Media Officer
New South Wales Police Force
Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months
July 2011-To date
New South Wales Police Force - Media Officer
Sydney, NSW
Key Responsibilities
• Devise media strategies for the NSW Police Force to deal with ongoing operations.
• Write media releases to be circulated to media outlets in NSW.
• Communicate with the press corps and address their interview requests and filming needs.
• Liaise with commanders and officers in the field to obtain information for media releases.
• Advise commanders and officers on media related issues.
• Archive, record and file media clippings and audio and video clips and send them to commanders and officers upon request.
• Maintain hardware, software and press conference rooms to ensure a smooth operation.
• Collate, edit, copy and archive police-related media articles and audio and video clips that form part of a comprehensive police media strategy.
July 2008-Jan 2009 Correspondent
Bloomberg-Cairo, Egypt
Key Responsibilities
• To cover political and financial events in Egypt, including government, opposition,
• tourism and the Egyptian stock and financial markets.
• To apply my experience and knowledge of the region to provide an in-depth coverage of Egypt, the Arab world's most populous nation and one of the main powerbrokers in the region.
• Key Achievements
• Interviewing key chief executives and breaking stories that moved shares in the Egyptian stock exchange, beating the competition.
• Covered major stories, including the abduction of foreign tourists and emergency Arab League meetings.
• Dec. 2006-June 2008 Correspondent
• Bloomberg-Dubai, U.A.E.
• Key Responsibilities
• To cover financial, economic and political news from across the region, with a focus on the telecommunications industry.
• To utilize my experience in, and knowledge of the Persian Gulf to provide expert
• coverage of the oil-rich region.
• To provide coverage on energy-related news in the region, especially Iran and Saudi Arabia and be the first to get the story in a highly competitive market.
• Key Achievements
• Interviewed market leaders, particularly in the telecommunications industry, and broke news related to the industry. Covered takeover bids and wrote features. Covered gas and oil meetings and interviewed oil officials to break and generate news.
1996-2006 Correspondent/Editor
The Associated Press-Dubai, U.A.E.
Key Responsibilities
• Edit, write and cover news stories from across the region, including hot spots such as Iraq and Kosovo.
• Manage a network of stringers in the region to ensure comprehensive news coverage, including political, financial and sports events.
• Set up a monthly calendar of upcoming events and assigning reporters to cover them.
• Direct crews while on assignment to ensure full coverage of breaking and ongoing news events.
• Key Achievements
• Covered the Iraq war and the war in Albania, providing readers with in-depth analysis and a first-person account of events on the ground, under extremely difficult and often life threatening situations.
• Traveled to various Persian Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran and Qatar, to cover terror attacks, political news, OPEC meetings and economic conferences.
• Wrote features and analysis pieces, covered the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, golf tournaments and the ATP Tennis Tour in Dubai
1995-1996 Reporter
The Associated Press-Beirut, Lebanon
Key Responsibilities
• To cover Lebanon's post-war revival and reconstruction effort as well as the Lebanese-Israeli conflict.
• Key Achievements
• Covered the Lebanese-Israeli conflict from the front line and the reconstruction of • downtown Beirut following the 1975-1990 civil war.
1992-1995 Editor, English News Desk
Eco Beirut Radio Station-Beirut, Lebanon
Key Responsibilities
• Edit news and anchor on-the-air financial and economic news bulletins in Lebanon's only financial radio station.
• Key Achievements
• Led the English-language news desk, editing, proof-reading and anchoring the news 3 times a day. Provided help to the Arabic-desk in translating and editing wire copy.
2012 Master Of Arts, International Relations, University of New South Wales, cum laude