Yasmine Ryan
Yasmine Ryan (ca. 1983 – 30 November 2017) was a print, television and multimedia journalist from New Zealand. She was involved in covering the Arab Spring for Al Jazeera English. Ryan also created documentaries.
Biography
[edit]Yasmine Ryan was educated at the University of Auckland (BA (Honours) in Political Science and French) and Sciences Po Aix (Master's degree in journalism).[1] She worked for Scoop, Al Jazeera English (September 2010 – October 2013) in Doha, The Independent (2015), and as a contributing freelancer for TRT World.[2] She also wrote for the Washington Post, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and the Los Angeles Times. She also made documentaries for AJ+.[3]
In 2016, she served as a Fellow at the World Press Institute. Ryan died "in conflicted circumstances",[4] in Istanbul, Turkey, on 30 November 2017, at the age of 34.[5]
Awards and honours
[edit]- 2010, International Award for Excellence in Journalism[5]
- 2011, Al Jazeera English team member, winner, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism's Alfred I duPont award[5]
- 2011, Online News Association's Online Journalism Award in the category Breaking News, and General Excellence in Online Journalism[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Yasmine Ryan". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ Carim, Ashfaaq (30 November 2017). "In Memory of Yasmine Ryan". TRT World. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Yasmine Ryan". www.al-monitor.com. Al-Monitor. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ Manning, Selwyn (17 July 2018). "OBITUARY: Yasmine Ryan—a sketch of an extraordinary journalist's international career". Pacific Journalism Review: Te Koakoa. 24 (1): 215–221. doi:10.24135/pjr.v24i1.412. ISSN 2324-2035. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Yasmine Ryan". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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