EDUCATION

Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Master of Public Policy, 2020

Columbia University, Columbia Journalism School, New York City, NY Master of Science in Journalism, 2015

SpecializationinDigitalMedia

Master’sThesis:PoliticalActivismonNewYorkCityCampuses

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Bachelor of Science in Journalism, 2014

ConcentrationinPoliticalScience,MiddleEastStudies QatarFoundationMerit BasedScholarship,2012 2014 Dean’sList,2010 2012(GPA:3.64)

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Yahoo! News Canada, Toronto, ON News Editor, February 2017 Present

Curatenewshomepageonmorning,eveningandweekendshifts

Pitch,researchandreportoriginalnewsforwebsite(ca.news.yahoo.com)

CoverCanadianpolitics,policy,marijuanalegalizationandNAFTAtalks

ResearchandproducevideoscoveringimportantmomentsinCanadianhistory

Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar Communications Assistant, November 2016 March 2017

Wroteandeditedarticlesforuniversitynewsletteroneducationaloutreachprograms

Interviewededucationalprogramattendees,parentsanduniversityprofessorsinArabicandEnglish Shotandco producedvideomarkingtheendofMaerskOil’soperationinQatar

The New Republic, New York City, NY Editorial Intern, June September 2016

CoveredcurrentaffairsandpoliticsfortheMinutesblog(tnr.com)

Copy edited,factcheckedandpublishedallonlinecontentusingCMS

Researchedandcompiledlistsofupcomingbooksbyallmajorpublishinghouses TranslatedArabiclanguageinterviewsandsocialmediapostsforsenioreditors

The National Memo, New York City, NY Editorial Intern, January June 2016

Wroteandpublishedmultiplearticlesadaycoveringtheprimaries,debateanalysis,publicpolicyproposals,statecongressional races, election polls and voter trends

Wroteoriginallyreportedarticlesonprotests,politicalactivismandcampaignevents

Dailyresponsibilitiesincludedresearching,pitching,factchecking,writing,photo editing,pullingReuterswirecontentand

keeping website (nationalmemo.com) and social media pages up to date

The New York Times (nytimes.com), New York City, NY Fact Checking Intern, August December 2015

Factcheckedandcopy editedweeklycolumnsbyUmbertoEco,MelindaGatesandRichardBransonalongwithone time submissions by numerous other op ed writers

LearnedtheTimes’two stepprocessoffactcheckingandcataloguingverifiedfacts

Aidedsenioreditorsincopy editingmiscellaneousworkforflowandclarity

StrengthenedworkingknowledgeofLexisNexis,TimesPastandotherdatabases