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