Joseph Tawk Email and Phone Number

Panelist in the weekly show "Menna w Jerr", the lebanese version of the French show "Touche pas a mon poste">

After serving in the International news department, Culture department and being responsible of "Media" page, i was promoted to take in charge the Culture and Entertainment department, where my responsibilities included:• Setting the headlines and managing the team of editors and surveying the content, standards and target readers of the page.• Supervising the work of the entire team of journalists working in the cultural and entertainment department.• Editing the language and style of different articles on a daily basis.• Revising and writing the titles and subtitles of articles.• Holding weekly orientation meetings for editors working on the following pages: Arts, Health and nutrition, Woman, Culture and Literature, Media, Cars, Engines, Technology and Entertainment.• Supervising the production of 5 weekly supplements.• Giving editorial guidance on the hottest topics that need to be covered.

• Writing critical and analytical articles covering the diverse artistic and cultural activities in Lebanon and publishing critical reviews on the latest TV and Radio Shows. • Writing a weekly column• Covering the latest artistic and cultural activity of renowned personalities on social media platforms.• Conducting interviews with a wide spectrum of renowned artists, directors, producers and media personalities.• Writing critical reviews and analyses on TV productions, shows and series from all over the Arab World.

You can check the archive of all my published articles on the following link: http://www.aljoumhouria.com/editors/index/50

• Developing creative ideas and concepts in partnership with the art director and marketing department.• Presenting ideas to colleagues and clients.• Writing clear, persuasive and original copies.• Updating digital and social media content.• Amending, revising and redeveloping adverts or campaigns.• Working on several campaigns at once.• Keeping up to date with popular culture and trends.• Monitoring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.• Overseeing the production phase.• Writing white papers. • Creating landing pages and ads for Facebook and Google.

• Writing critical and analytical articles covering the diverse artistic and cultural activities in Lebanon and publishing critical reviews on the latest TV and Radio Shows. • Writing a weekly column• Covering the latest artistic and cultural activity of renowned personalities on social media platforms.• Conducting interviews with a wide spectrum of renowned artists, directors, producers and media personalities.• Writing critical reviews and analyses on TV productions, shows and series from all over the Arab World.

• Conveying a positive image of the RCA embassy with a variety of diplomats, politicians and public institutions• Showing a good understanding of the diplomatic mission’s objectives and pro-activeness in generating new ideas, for effective communication of those objectives particularly press/media interactive PR, social networks analysis• Coordinating all inbound and outbound PR activity and logistics• Creating a strong image for the RCA embassy, which would induce other corporate sponsors and affiliates to support the designated diplomatic mission and assigned projects• Writing and editing effective press releases in English, French and Arabic for the media• Liaising closely with different media institutions in the Middle East• Organizing press conferences and official ceremonies and receptions on various national occasions• Planning, organizing and participating in diplomatic missions to different countries such as KSA, Qatar, Syria, Central Africa, Kuwait and many others• Monitoring and correcting Arabic and English texts before publishing.