Mariam Sami Email & Phone Number

Iraq

Trained staff on TV appearances, led a training program for WHO partners on social media, mobile phone photography and video in the field, launched and managed the Country Office's Twitter account. This in addition to the day-to-day functions such as press release writing, social media posts, video shooting and editing and liaising with creatives for longer video productions.

Cairo, Egypt

I trained scores of journalists in Egypt and in Arab states on themes like Science News Coverage, Coverage of Covid Virus, and Visual Data Presentation to the public.

Tripoli, Libya

Covered Energy and Politics for Bloomberg in Libya at a time of great turmoil. Broke major news such as the abduction of the ex Prime Minister, oil field closures that affect the global stock markets and the first parliamentary elections after the war.

Lebanon

The Fellowship covered Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. I was the first Fellow to work with ICFJ in Syria and also the only Fellow for whom the fellowship was extended by one full year.In Syria, I led a national-level professional training project that graduated 96 young media professionals. It was a complex role and I had to wear many hats including designing the 50-million dollar project frim inception to completion.I also handled the marketing and PR side of the network, oversaw the design of the website interface and network logoIn lebanon and Jordan, I trained TV producers at the LBC TV channel (news department)

Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

I wrote an M.A equivalent paper on the coverage of the environment in the UK press.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Monitored breaking news from the gallery during the airing of the bulletin. Reported and scripted my own VTs. I field-produced events like the IMF summit in Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

I set up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) page for the paper, hired reporters in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, freelancers and commissioned political columnists.I also oversaw daily and weekly story and feature assignments as well as special coverage of events and special pages in addition to liaising with the graphic and photography departments.

Cairo, Egypt

As a reporter at the Middle East headquarters for the agency, I reported on and from 18 Arab countries, mostly at times of conflict. I broke several stories during the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks but my forte was long-form features from hard-to-crack countries at the time such as Iraq and Saudi Arabia.