Social Media Mental Health

Fatma Khaled Abdulfattah Email:*************@*****.***

*** ****** **. ********, ** 11206 Cell: 917-***-****,(20-101******* Video Portfolio: https://vimeo.com/fatmakhaled

Website https://www.fatmakhaled.com/

Education

Columbia Journalism School, New York May 2020

● Honors in Media Ethics and Journalism History classes

● Coursework in narrative writing, hard news, investigative techniques, video & audio journalism, multimedia storytelling, and Gender & Migration, documentary filmmaking

● Wrote Feature stories ranging from a Russian drag queen’s journey in resettling in the United States after recovering from anti- gay laws in Russia to filming a short documentary about water lead-poising among children in Newark, New Jersey.

● Master’s Project: audio, video and text story looking into mental health as it reveals the struggles of Afghan asylum seekers who are trying to resettle in the U.S. under rigid asylum policies after escaping war, famine, and violence under the Taliban in their home country. Misr International University June 2015

Bachelor of Arts in mass communication with major in print journalism. Coursework involved photojournalism and analyzing Arab and international news and covering Egypt’s political discourse during the uprising in 2011 and 2013. Investigative Journalism Summer Workshop at Ahram Institution for Journalism in Cairo.

HarvardX Initiative, Harvard University May 2019

Certificate of Achievement in Humanitarian Response to Conflict & Disaster focusing on humanitarian disasters in Asia, Africa and Europe. Journalism Experience

Business News Fellow at Business Insider, New York Writing daily breaking news covering tech, cybersecurity, media, earning reports, finance, retail, markets, and transport beats. I also write two long- form pieces per week including an investigative or data-driven story that takes a deep dive into a specific industry. Reporter Intern at New York Daily News, New York October 2020 – December On-field reporting and writing stories for the metro desk including crime, immigration, courts, obituaries, and protests. Financial Reporter Intern at TheStreet, New York September 2020- December Wrote two to three news stories, covering Wall Street, finance, and anything concerning the stock market. Compiled daily and weekly lists about the best and worst performing stocks and reasons behind their performance based on market trends, company news, and industry experts. International Features Writer at Modern Treatise, San Francisco January Remotely writing analysis or features once or twice a month about the changing geopolitical landscape in the Middle East and the role of the U.S. foreign policies in the region and its impact on local Arab communities. Freelance Researcher at Leafly, Seattle November-January Worked on annual job report looking into unemployment, diversity, equity, race, and sales in the cannabis industry/ market in New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Long Island, and Connecticut. Used databases, archives, and FOIA requests to quantify the impact of COVID-19 on the industry in these states including impact on sales, employment, and delay in legalization. Freelance journalist at DocumentedNY, New York May 2020 –October Reported and wrote about immigration news relevant to communities in New York. My reporting focused on struggles faced by DACA recipients, the Yemeni diaspora impacted by the Muslim ban under Trump, among others. Multimedia Journalism Intern at Work it Daily, Remote May – June 2020 Wrote weekly articles and listings about the work/ job beat including information that matter to employers and employees during the economic slowdown and unemployment imposed by COVID-19. I also helped design graphics that would support the theme of the articles and performed social media and SEO tasks.

Business journalist at Business Forward, Cairo Feb. 2019- Aug. 2019 Wrote in-depth feature stories about different business sectors in the Egyptian market including, finances, informal economy, emerging markets and FinTech.

Business Researcher/ writer at Frontier MEA, Cairo July. 2018- Feb. 2019 Wrote and compiled a daily newsletter covering the transport and aviation industry in Egypt and neighboring countries with special focus on regional transport projects including a dive into projects’ budgets, stakeholders, tenders, investor funds, and contracting companies. Freelance journalist, The Globe Post, New York Jan.2018- Feb.2019 Reported from Cairo and wrote in-depth features including Egypt’s minority groups including lacks of laws protecting women against sexual violence, the changing regional relations between Egypt and Israel, the refugee crisis, and political dissent. Freelance Journalist, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Washington Jan 2019- Aug 2019 Reported from Cairo and wrote in-depth features including the crackdown on press freedom and women elevating different job markets as a new women movement is becoming an integral part of the country’s economy. Arts & Culture section head, Egypt Today, Cairo May 2017- April 2018 Managed a team of culture reporters who worked on covering and writing about culture news, analysis and created multimedia stories. While editorially managing the team, wrote feature stories for the monthly print magazine. Real Estate journalist, Invest-gate Magazine, Cairo July2016- April 2017 Reported on the real estate market in Cairo. Wrote stories about Egypt’s real estate bubble and the shutdown of over 1,000 companies in the market due to economic pressures nationwide and the exit of foreign investors from mega projects in the country. Politics Journalist internship, Daily News Egypt, Cairo June 2013- Sep.2013 Wrote on spot news stories about Egypt’s dizzying political turmoil in the lead-up to the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi and in its aftermath.

Skills

Multimedia Editing: Premiere, Audition, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Investigative: tax, court, property records, incident reports, SEC filings Memberships: Co-Vice President in Women in Media at Society of Professional Journalists, Columbia Journalism School Languages: Fluent in English and Arabic. Level B2 in German Social media: networking applications include Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn Visual practice: Video documentary, video and audio editing, audio journalism and photojournalism Volunteer Experience

Interpreter/ translator at HIAS, New York

July 2020 to Present

Assisting in the resettlement of refugees and asylum speakers who are coming from Arab-speaking countries through translating documents for them and interpreting communication and cultural dialects. English literature teacher, Saint Andrews refugee center (Stars), Egypt June- August 2018

Volunteered at a refugee center in Cairo called Saint Andrews as an English Literature Teacher for the summer school period. Awards/scholarships

-Qalaa Scholarship Foundation scholar 2019-2020

-White House Correspondents Association scholar 2019-2020 Professional References

Joanne Faryon, Master’s Advisor, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism University, 858-***-****, ******@********.*** Eleonore Hamelin, Adjunct Video Professor, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, +1-718-***-****, *******@********.*** Barry Paddock, Metro desk editor at New York Daily News ********@***********.*** Dale Sprusansky, Editor at Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, 954- 234-0043, ********@*****.***

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