Writer, Editor
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Nawar Firdaws
Writer, Editor. Jounalist
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Name :
Nawar Firdaws Idrus
Date Of Birth :
6th November 1988
Address :
Brooklyn,
NY 11221,
United States
Phone :
Email :
*********@*****.***
Profile Personal Statement
Personal Details Profile Summary
I am an energetic and confident individual with good communication and people skills, who also knows the importance of being able to read and understand people’s actions, words, and body language. I work well individually and also in a team, both as a leader and as a team member with the ability to follow directives well. I also enjoy challenges that come with learning new things.
I adapt well to every situation and challenges thrown my way and I work well under pressure. I practice a high level of discipline and always strive to meet deadlines even if it means working overtime. Work Experience
Dec 2015 – Oct 2017 Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia Senior Journalist / Assistant Chief Reporter
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/author/nawar/ In just under a year at Free Malaysia Today – one of the only two leading independent news portals in Malaysia – I was promoted to the post of senior journalist and assistant chief reporter. My post required me to among others, edit other journalists’ copies before they were handed over to the sub-editors for the final editing process. I managed to arrange and conduct not just one, but two exclusive interviews with the former and longest-serving Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. I also exclusively interviewed many other Malaysian political personalities, such as Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, and renowned social activists. In 2016, I led a team of 7 journalists which provided a month-long coverage of Sarawak state election.
Sept 2014 – Dec 2015 The Rakyat Post, Malaysia
Journalist
www.therakyatpost.com/author/nawar/
Here I focused mostly on politics and human interest stories, specializing in breaking news. These included covering two by- elections, parliament sittings and debates, among other things. I had also led a team of 5 journalists for the on-the-ground coverage of Malaysia’s biggest rally, Bersih 4.0, which called for fair and clean elections.
Nawar Firdaws
Writer, Editor. Jounalist
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Sept 2013 – Sept 2014 The Malay Mail, Malaysia
Crime Journalist
www.themalaymailonline.com
I began my journalism career here, where I was part of a three-member team on the organization’s crime desk. I had my first front page in the second week of employment, and in the same month, wrote an exclusive article that was shared over 20,000 times in under 24 hours. My job required me to perform investigative journalism involving undercover work and research, which I performed well enough that I got promoted in just four months into the employment.
Jan 2013 – Sept 2013 The Hope Factory, Malaysia
Sales and Marketing Executive / Legal Adviser
My job scope here involved handling the sales process from initiating first contact with potential clients, the preparation of proposals, presentations and negotiation process, to meetings with the company’s directors. I had to also work closely with the creative team in designing the contents and updates of the company’s website and product design. OTHER EXPERIENCES
Sept 2012 – Dec 2012 Barisan Nasional Youth Volunteer, Malaysia Intern
I began my internship here immediately after graduation. My job required me to update the contents and designs of the organization’s official website. I also sharpened my writing skills here, where I wrote numerous articles on the organization’s volunteerism activities. I continued volunteering with the organization even after I started my first job. During Malaysia’s 2013 general election, I worked on the now- Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin’s election campaign, in collaboration with his office.
May 2015 – Dec 2015 l UNHCR
Volunteer Teacher
From May to December 2015, I became a volunteer teacher with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). In that 7 months, I taught English and Mathematics to a Rohingya refugee family with four children.
Language
English
Written and spoken
Malaysian
Written and spoken
Indonesian
Written and spoken
Education
2014 - 2016
Master Degree in Economic
Crime Management
HELP University, Malaysia
Thesis Topic: A study on the
need for political financing
laws in Malaysia (the first
academic research on the
topic of political financing in
Malaysia)
2010 – 2012
Bachelor Degree in Law and
Criminology (LLB) (Hons)
Aberystwyth University,
United Kingdom
Nawar Firdaws
Writer, Editor. Jounalist
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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Computer Skills:
• MS Office – Word, PowerPoint, Excel,
etc
• Adobe Suite – Photoshop, InDesign
• Quark Express 9
• Windows Movie Maker
Writing Skills :
• Fiction
• Non-fiction
• Politics
• Law and Crime
• Business and Finance
• Lifestyle
• Color and human interest stories
• Others
REFERENCES
Farah Harith Zikri Kamarulzaman Sean Augustin
Malay Mail Malaysiakini Free Malaysia Today
(Former) News Editor Senior Journalist News Editor P : +60-12-388*-*** P : +60-19-244*-*** P : +60-12-233*-*** E : *****.******@*****.*** E : *****.************@*****.*** E : ****.**********@*****.***
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