Nawar Firdaws

Writer, Editor. Jounalist

Personal Profile

Name :

Nawar Firdaws Idrus

Date Of Birth :

6th November 1988

Address :

****, ********* ***,

Brooklyn,

NY 11221,

United States

Phone :

+601*-*******

Email :

ac2rpl@r.postjobfree.com

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 : ac2rpl@r.postjobfree.com E : ac2rpl@r.postjobfree.com E : ac2rpl@r.postjobfree.com

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