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SENIOR SEMINAR 2003 – 2018

Alumni List

Australia

Ms. Jane NORMAN Political Reporter, Australian Corporation, Canberra (2017)

Mr. Steven VINEY Chief of Staff, Asia Pacific Newsroom, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Melbourne (2018)

Afghanistan

Mr. Mujahid M. AKBAR Manager and Presenter, Tolo and Lemar TVs, Kabul (2007)

Mr. Ramin ANWARI Online Producer, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Kabul (2010)

Kawa PARWIZ Senior , Hasht e Sobh Daily , Kabul, (2011)

Mr. Jawad SUKHANYAR Reporter, , Kabul Bureau, Kabul (2015)

Mr. Habib Khan TOTAKHIL Reporter, Wall Street Journal, Kabul (2016)

Bangladesh

Mr. Mahbubul ALAM Editor, The Independent, (English Daily), Dhaka (2003)

Mr. Mashiul ALAM Assistant Editor, The Daily Prothom Alo, Dhaka (2005)

Mr. Iqbal Sobhan CHOWDHURY Editor, The Bangladesh Observer, Dhaka (2003)

Mr. Shahidul Islam CHOWDHURY Special , New Age, Dhaka (2018)

Mr. Ashfaqul HAQUE News Editor, The Daily Star, Dhaka (2005)

<<< The Senior Journalists Seminar is supported by the East-West Center, the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute >>> SENIOR JOURNALISTS SEMINAR, East-West Center, 1601 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96848-1601 Telephone: 808-944-7384; Fax: 808-944-7600; [email protected]; www.eastwestcenter.org/jefferson Mr. Anisul HOQUE Deputy Editor, The Daily Prothom Alo, Dhaka (2004)

Mr. Shah Husan IMAM Associate Editor, The Daily Star, Dhaka (2004)

Ms. Syeda Gulshan Ferdous JANA Editor and Facilitator, Somewhere In Blog, Dhaka (2014)

Mr. Sajjad SHARIF Deputy Editor, The daily “Prothom Alo” C.A. Bhaban, Dhaka (2007)

Canada

Mr. Muhammad LILA Special Correspondent, CNN, (2016)

China

Ms. Ailing QIN Senior Reporter, South Reviews Magazine, Guangzhou Daily News Group, Guangzhou (2015)

Egypt

Mr. Hany DANIAL Assistant Editor, Albwabh News, (2016)

Ms. Ethar EL-KATATNEY Senior Producer, AJ+, San Francisco, California, USA/Egyptian (2015)

India

Mr. Mobshar Jawed AKBAR Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director, The Asian Age, New (2003)

Mr. Syed Firdaus ASHRAF Chief Correspondent, Rediff.com, (2005)

Mr. Syed Shujaat Ahmad BUKHARI Special Correspondent (Bureau Chief), , Kashmir (2009)

Mr. Raj CHENGAPPA , India Today, (2003)

Mr. Bidhayak DAS Asia Correspondent, Eastern Chronicle, Guwahati (2011)

Ms. Syeda Saadia Azim DAYAL Bureau chief, Eastern India, Sahara India TV Network, Kolakata (2010)

Mr. Vijay JOSHI Assistant Asia Pacific Editor, , , Thailand/India (2014)

2 Ms. Aisha KHAN Correspondent, Munsif Daily, Hyderabad (2006)

Mr. Mohammed Shoeb KHAN Principal Correspondent, , Jaipur (2017)

Mr. Shahid Ahmed KHAN Regional Manager (East) and Bureau Chief, The Press Trust of India (PTI), , West Bengal (2007)

Ms. Arfa KHANUM Consulting Editor, Thewire.in, New Delhi (2018)

Mr. Sameer Arshad KHATLANI Chief Copy Editor, The Times of India, New Delhi (2015)

Mr. Ayaz MEMON Editor-Special Projects, Times of India, Mumbai (2004)

Ms. Shahira NAIM Special Correspondent, Tribune Trust, Chandigarh (2005)

Mr. Yunus Ashfaq Husain SAYED Senior Editor, Indian Express , Mumbai (2007)

Mr. Zaffar Iqbal SHEIKH Bureau Chief, New Delhi Ltd (NDTV), Srinagar(2016)

Mr. George THOMAS Chief Sub Editor, Malayala Manorama, (2006)

Mr. Riyaz WANI Principal Correspondent, , Srinagar (2008)

Mr. Shazi ZAMAN Executive Producer, TV Today Network Limited, New Delhi (2004)

Indonesia

Ms. Dessy ANWAR Executive Producer, Metro TV, (2003)

Mr. Mauludin ANWAR News Producer, SCTV Jakarta, Jakarta (2006)

Ms. Mardiyah CHAMIM Managing Editor, TEMPO News Weekly Magazine, Jakarta (2011)

Ms. Devianti FARIDZ Producer, “Indonesia Now,” Metro TV, Jakarta (2008)

Mr. Heru HENDRATMOKO Production Director / Editor in Chief, ( ) KBR & PortalKBR.com, Jakarta (2014)

3 Mr. Helmi HIDAYAT Chief Editor, Potensi BUMN, Jakarta (2005)

Mr. Usman KANSONG Editor-in-Chief, Media Indonesia Daily, Jakarta (2017)

Mr. Dandy KOSWARAPUTRA Indonesian Correspondent, IslamOnline.net, Jakarta (2010)

Mr. Sunandar NANDAR Lecturer, University of Islam, Jakarta and Executive Director, Gontor Magazine, Jakarta Selatan (2004)

Ms. Purwani Diyah PRABANDARI Bureau Chief for , Central Java and Yogyakarta, Tempo Inti Media, Yogyakarta (2009)

Ms. Najwa SHIHAB Anchor, Metro TV, Jakarta Barat (2006)

Mr. Abdul Latif SIREGAR News Producer, TPI TV, Jakarta Timur (2007)

Mr. Mohamad Arief SUDITOMO News Production Manager & Senior Anchor, PT Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia, Jakarta (2004)

Ms. Yulia SUPADMO Executive Producer, RCTI Television, Jakarta (2005)

Iran

Mr. Reza Zandi AGHORI Member of Association of Iranian Journalists Iranian Association, (2009)

Mr. Saeed Kamali DEHGHAN Foreign Reporter, The Guardian, , England/Iran (2014)

Mr. Amir A. FAKHRAVAR President, Iranian Freedom Institute, Falls Church, Virginia/Iran (2010)

Mr. Roozbeh MIREBRAHIMI Editor-in-Chief, Iran dar Jahan Magazine, Brooklyn, New York/Iran (2011)

Mr. Kourosh ZIABARI Op-ed , Tehran Times and Correspondent, Iran Review, Tehran (2015)

Iraq

Ms. Shahad J. HASAN Chief Editor and Reporter, Iraqi Media Network (IMN), Baghdad (2018)

Mr. Hayman H. MOHAMMED Head of Digital Media, RudawMedia Network, Erbil (2015)

4 Mr. Zeyad Nihad Al ZUBAIDI Senior Correspondent, Alhurra-Iraq Television, Baghdad (2014)

Kuwait

Ms. Chaitali B. ROY Special Correspondent, Arab Times Kuwait and Producer/Editor, Radio Kuwait, Safat, Kuwait/Indian (2015)

Mr. Shakir RESHAMWALA Front Page and Executive Editor, Kuwait Times, Kuwait City (2017)

Malaysia

Ms. Non Einai Mohammed AMIN Journalist, Utusan Melayu (M’sia) Bhd., (2007)

Ms. Norzie Binti Pak Wan CHEK Senior Executive Broadcast Journalist, Sistem Televisyen Berhad (TV3), Selangor (2006)

Ms. Norila Mohd. DAUD Sub-Editor, Utusan Melayu (M) BHD, Kuala Lumpur (2005)

Ms. Yee Ping FOO Deputy News Editor, , Selangor (2010)

Mr. Ghaz Ghazali News Editor, The Borneo Post, (2018)

Ms. Shahanaaz Sher HABIB Senior Writer, The Star (M) Publications, Petaling Jaya (2003)

Mr. Mohammad Herman HAMID News Editor, , Kuala Lumpur (2016)

Ms. Darshini KANDASAMY Assistant News Editor, , Kuala Lumpur (2014)

Ms. Theresa MANAVALAN Senior Journalist, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (2004)

Mr. Kamaruzaman MOHAMAD Assistant News Editor, Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd, Kuala Lumpur (2004)

Mr. Krishnan Kutty PARKARAN Deputy Editor, News, The Star, Petaling Jaya (2005)

Mr. Brian SAGAYAM Executive Editor, Star Media Group, Kuala Lumpur (2017)

Mr. Tomi SOETJIPTO Deputy News Editor, Al Jazeera English, Kuala Lumpur (2008)

5 Ms. Seen Hau THAM Head of Content, Kinitv, Kuala Lumpur (2015)

Mr. Azman UJANG Executive Editor, , Kuala Lumpur (2003)

Mr. Kai Ping YONG Chinese Editor, Malaysiakini.com, Kuala Lumpur (2011)

Myanmar

Mr. Thomas KEAN Editor-in-Chief, Frontier Myanmar, (2018)

Nigeria

Mr. Nurudeen OYEWOLE Senior Reporter, Media Trust Ltd., (2017)

Pakistan

Mr. Ashraf ALI Producer/Reporter, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC World Service), Peshawar (2007)

Mr. Reporter, BBC Office, Peshawar (2006)

Mr. Rana Tanveer ALI Senior Reporter, The Express Tribune, Lahore (2015)

Mr. Talat ASLAM Editor, The News, Karachi, Karachi (2005)

Mr. Muhammad AYUB Deputy Editor, The News International, Lahore (2006)

Mr. Masood HAIDER United Nations Correspondent, Daily Dawn, , New York/Pakistan (2004)

Mr. Syed Talat HUSSAIN Senior Correspondent, Anchor Person, News and Current Affairs, ARY-TV, (2003)

Mr. Muhammad Ibrahim KHAN Senior Staff Reporter, News Network International (NNI), Peshawar Cantt, NWFP (2009)

Mr. Muhammad Riaz KHAN Bureau Chief, The Daily Nawa-i-Waqt, Peshawar Cantt, NWFP (2010)

Mr. Muhammad Yasir PIRZADA /, Daily Jang, Lahore (2014)

Mr. Rasheed Khan SAFI Bureau Chief, Daily Jinnah Islamabad, Peshawar (2008)

6 Mr. Waseem Ahmed SHAH Senior Staff Correspondent, Dawn Newspaper, Peshawar (2016)

Mr. Md. Zahir Shah SHERAZI Bureau Chief, DwanNews, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa and FATA (2011)

Palestine

Mr. Khaldoun ABUKHATTAB International News Editor, Alhayat Aljadida Newspaper, Albireh (2014)

Mr. Abdelrauof ARNAOUT Senior Political Reporter, Al-Ayyam Newspaper, Ramallah (2015)

Mr. Muamar Orabi NAKHLA General Director/Chief Editor, Wattan Media, Ramallah (2015)

Philippines

Ms. Elena L. ABEN Senior Reporter, The Manila Bulletin, Manila (2015)

Mr. Art BONJOC, Jr. Area News Manager, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, Cagayan de Oro City (2009)

Ms. Arlene BURGOS Head, Social Media and Mobile, ABS-CBN Corporation, Manila (2017)

Ms. Ethel Cantor CONSTANTINO Senior Reporter, National Broadcasting Network, Davao City (2010)

Ms. Marilou Cadelina MANAR Programming Director, Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation (NDBC), North Cotabato (2007)

Ms. Ana Marie PAMINTUAN Executive Editor, The Philippine Star, Manila (2011)

Mr. Fernando (Jun) SEPE, Jr. Deputy Editor, Multimedia, ABS-CBN News Digital, Manila (2016)

Mr. Edmund “Edd” K. USMAN Reporter, Manila Bulletin, Manila (2008)

Mr. DJ YAP Senior Reporter, The Philippine Inquirer, Manila (2018)

Singapore

Ms. Emillia AMIN Senior Broadcast Journalist, Media Corp. Pte. Ltd. (2014)

Mr. Chairul Fahmy HUSSAINI

7 Correspondent, (2008)

Mr. Mohd Puad IBRAHIM Digital Editor, Berita Harian, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. (2016)

Mr. Jeremy KOH Editor, Channel News Asia (2018)

Ms. Mazlena A. MAZLAN Deputy Editor, DETIK, Malay Current Affairs Unit, Mediacorp News PTE Ltd. (2005)

Mr. Mohamed Guntor SADALI Editor, Berita Harian/Berita Minggu, Singapore Press Holdings (2003)

Mr. Saini Bin SALLEH Assistant Editor, Berita Harian (2009)

Mr. Mafoot SIMON Senior Writer, The Straits Times (2004)

Sri Lanka

Mr. Darshana Ashoka KUMARA News Editor, Independent Television Network (2018)

Tunisia

Ms. Naima Abdallah JOUINI News Producer, Télévision Tunisienne, (2018)

Mr. Tarek BEN MAAOUI Reporter, Télévision Tunisienne, Tunis (2017)

Ms. Chadia KHEDHIR Editor-in-Chief, Tunisian Public Television, El Manar (2016)

Turkey

Ms. Gonul GEZBUL Senior News Correspondent, Turkish Radio and Television, Istanbul (2016)

Ms. Ilgin YORULMAZ , HuffPost and Reporter, Voices, Istanbul (2017)

United States

Ms. Lorraine Mahia ALI Senior Culture Writer, The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California (2016)

Ms. Saba ALI Special Projects Editor, Newsday, Melville, New York (2017)

Ms. Kimberly BARKER

8 National Correspondent/Reporter, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois (2003)

Mr. Jon BEAUPRE Associate Professor of , California State University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (2008)

Mr. Antonio BERNHARDT, Jr. Senior , WTTG Fox News, Washington, DC (2009)

Ms. Emily BOBROW U.S. Online Editor, The Economist, Washington, DC (2014)

Mr. Jeffrey BROWN Senior Producer, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Arlington, Virginia (2004)

Mr. Timothy CONNOLLY International Editor, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas (2005)

Ms. Katherine CORCORAN Race and Demographics Writer, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, California (2005)

Mr. David M. CRUMM Religion Writer, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan (2004)

Mr. William DOBSON Managing Editor, Foreign Policy, Washington, DC (2006)

Ms. Maria EBRAHIMJI Associate Director & Senior Editorial Producer, CNN Network, CNN Worldwide, Atlanta, Georgia (2008)

Mr. Kevin ECKSTROM Editor-in-Chief, Religion News Service, Washington, DC (2014)

Ms. Patricia C. ESCOBEDO Editor News Editor, The CNN Wire CNN, Time Warner/CNN, Atlanta, Georgia (2009)

Mr. Paul D. FELDMAN Assistant Foreign Editor, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California (2009)

Ms. Barbara FRAZE International Editor, , Washington, DC (2010)

Mr. Howard FRENCH Shanghai Bureau Chief, The New York Times, Shanghai, China/USA (2003)

Ms. Susanne FOWLER Freelancer, The New York Times, London, Great Britain (2018)

Mr. James GIBNEY Deputy Managing Editor, The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, DC (2007)

Mr. Dan GILGOFF Politics Editor, Beliefnet.com, New York City, New York (2008)

9 Mr. Eric D. GORSKI Religion Writer, The Post, Denver, Colorado (2007)

Ms. Neva GRANT Senior Producer, Morning Edition, NPR, Chevy Chase, Maryland (2008)

Ms. Cathy GROSSMAN Religion Reporter, USA Today, McLean, Virginia (2007)

Mr. David HAGE Editorial Writer, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2006)

Ms. Ashley HAYES Hews Desk Editor, The CNN Wire, Atlanta, Georgia (2011)

Mr. Tom HENEGHAN Senior Correspondent & Religion Editor, Thomson , , France/USA (2016)

Mr. Kim HJELMGAARD European Correspondent, USA Today, London, Great Britain (2018)

Mr. John HUDSON Senior Reporter, Foreign Policy, Washington, DC (2015)

Mr. Steven JIANG Senior Producer, CNN, Beijing/American (2017)

Mr. Jack JENKINS Senior Religion Reporter, ThinkProgress, Washington, DC (2016)

Mr. Larry JOHNSON Foreign Desk Editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington (2006)

Ms. Toni M. JOHNSON , Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York (2010)

Mr. Jaweed KALEEM Religion Reporter, The Huffington Post, New York City, New York (2014)

Mr. Michael KENNEDY Assistant Foreign Editor, National Public Radio, Washington, DC (2010)

Mr. Howard LAFRANCHI International Affairs Correspondent, The Christian Science Monitor, Washington, DC (2011)

Mr. Eli J. LAKE National Security Reporter, Washington Times, Washington, DC (2010)

Mr. David LAMB Reporter/Washington Bureau, Los Angeles Times, Washington, DC (2003)

Ms. Kim LAWTON

10 Managing Editor/Correspondent, Religion & Ethics News Weekly, System, Washington, DC (2015)

Ms. Donna LEINWAND National Reporter, USA Today, Washington, DC (2008)

Mr. Michael MCGOUGH Senior Editorial Writer, Los Andeles Times, Wahsington Bureau, Washington, DC (2011)

Ms. Margaret MCGURK Features Staff Writer, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio (2006)

Ms. Sue MCMILLIN Local News Editor, Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colorado (2011)

Mr. Adam S. NAJBERG Senior Editor, Video, , New York, New York (2009)

Mr. Joseph NEFF Staff Writer, The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina (2017)

Ms. Anjum NIAZ Columnist, Dawn, East Hanover, New Jersey (2003)

Ms. Kyrstin K. NGUYEN HA Host/Reporter, Pacific Time, KQED Radio, San Francisco, California (2007)

Mr. James P., O’TOOLE Politics Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2007)

Mr. Wesley G. PIPPERT Associate Professor & Washington Program Director, University of Missouri School of Journalism, Washington, DC (2005)

Ms. Mallika RAO Arts Reporter, The Huffington Post, New York City, New York (2015)

Mr. Jason SCANLON Producer/Editor, FOX News Channel, Washington, DC (2011)

Ms. Allie SHAH Staff Writer, Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Louis Park, Minnesota (2008)

Ms. Stephanie A. SHAPIRO Features Reporter, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland (2007)

Ms. Yonat SHIMRON Managing Editor, Religion News Service, Washington, DC (2016)

Ms. Robin SHULMAN Reporter, New York Bureau, , New York, New York (2009)

Mr. Jim SIMON

11 Metro Editor, Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington (2003)

Mr. Joseph Marshall STERLING Newsdesk editor, Cable News Network, Atlanta, Georgia (2010)

Ms. Aisha SULTAN Editor and Columnist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri (2015)

Dr. Muhammad A. SYED Visiting Professor, Department of South Asia Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2004)

Mr. Guy TAYLOR National Security Team Lead, The Washington Times, Washington, DC (2014)

Mr. Alex H. TRAVELLI Editor Online Edition, The Economist, New York, New York (2009)

Ms. I-Chin J. TU Religion Reporter, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington (2007)

Ms. Kimberly WINSTON National Correspondent, Religion News Service, San Francisco, California (2015)

Mr. Graeme C.A. WOOD , The Atlantic Monthly, Dallas, Texas (2010)

Mr. Arshad Rasool ZARGAR South Asia Producer, CBS News, New Delhi, India (2018)

12 Countries: 22

Participants: 184

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