About

I am an investigative journalist, analyst and the author of Crooked Alleys: Deliverance and Despair in Iran (HURST, 2021). I have spent the greater part of my adult life based in the Middle East and Europe.

A BRIEF CV

Afghanistan correspondent 2021 - 2022

Writer - Various - 2020

The Project – 2019 (writer)

Euronews – 2018 (on set political analyst)

TRT World – 2015 – 2018 (launch team / correspondent / presenter)

ABC Australia – 2015 (journalist)

Timelines – 2014 (writer / editorial board)

PBS Frontline – 2012 (freelance online correspondent)

Al Jazeera English – 2010 – 2014 (producer / correspondent)

WIN News Network – 2006-2010 (presenter/reporter)

World News Online – 2006 (correspondent)

Bylines and additional work: Washington Post, France 24, BBC, CNN, CGTN, Middle East Eye, Crikey, South African radio

HIGHLIGHTS

Long form

Bosnia: Justice and Genocide, 2017 (correspondent/producer - Investigative documentary)

Afghanistan: The Forever War, 2017 (correspondent/producer - Mini documentary)

Calais Jungle Camp, 2016 (correspondent/producer - Mini documentary)

ISIS attacks Paris, 2015 (correspondent/producer - Mini documentary)

Short form

Afghanistan’s secret HIV epidemic, 2015 (correspondent/camera)

The Fall of Mosul, 2014 (correspondent)

Iran Nuclear Deal, 2013 and 2015 (correspondent)

Other

Bahrain uprising, 2011 (correspondent) – various team awards

Legal Reporting Award, 2010 (Victorian Law Foundation)

EDUCATION

Various short courses including, UC Berkeley – Blockchain Technology, UC Berkeley – Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies, Cornell University – Wiretaps to Big Data: Privacy and Surveillance in the Age of Interconnection, University of Hong Kong – FinTech Ethics and Risks

MA International Diplomacy (MENA), University of London School of Oriental and African Studies

BA Communications, Griffith University

Certificate of Counter Terrorism Studies, Georgetown University

Certificate of Advanced Farsi, University of Tehran

Certificate of Intermediate Spanish, IH Bogotá