Producer (Broadcast News)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Al Jazeera English | Interview Producer, The Stream

MARCH 2018 - PRESENT, WASHINGTON, D.C.

  • Increase diversity of show topics, regions covered and diversity of gender & ethnicity in the makeup of daily discussion panellists. Serving an audience of over 310million subscribers.

  • Producing accessible stories: 6 of the Top 10 live episodes with the highest views on YouTube in 2019. Produced 5 out of 12 episodes with Top Monthly engagement on Twitter in 2020.

  • Introduced audio preinterviews: increasing anchor productivity & research accuracy in 2021

  • Produced 3 of Top 10 episodes with the highest views on YouTube in 2021. Perform monthly technical management & production support in the control room.

Broadcasting live into over 140 countries. Produce & manage live interviews. Including pitching, sourcing guests, live technical production and preparing anchors. Responsible for interview producing 30mins of live interactive global news discussions per week.

Al Jazeera English | United Nations Fellow

JULY 2017 - DECEMBER 2017, NEW YORK

  • Translated the network's mission to be the voice of the voiceless into questioning Ambassadors outside the UN Security Council Chambers, sourcing diplomatic statements & breaking news.

  • Optimized industry sources to gather news in real time from within the press pens & briefings of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly (incl. booking interviews with heads of state).

Al Jazeera English broadcasts into over 310million homes in over 140 countries.

Monkey Films | Executive Assistant + Production Coordinator

SEPTEMBER 2015 - JULY 2016,  CAPE TOWN

Monkey Films is a film production company based in Cape Town; specialised in producing films across Sub-Saharan Africa. Monkey Films' clients range from Adidas, Guinness, Nikon to National Geographic, Unicef and Airbus.

More Than Food Online Magazine | Managing Editor

NOVEMBER 2014 - JUNE 2015,  CAPE TOWN

More Than Food brings you food, wine, travel and lifestyle content from unique voices around the world.

Propertuity Development (The Maboneng Precinct) | Communications Manager

SEPTEMBER 2014 - NOVEMBER 2014, JOHANNESBURG

The Maboneng Precinct is a connected urban neighbourhood in downtown Johannesburg.

Maboneng, meaning “Place of Light”, is a privately developed urban neighbourhood on the east side of Johannesburg CBD. A fully fledged thriving community, Maboneng is home to numerous independent retail, restaurants and entertainment venues as well as designful apartments, offices, hotels, a museum and creative factory spaces in a connected urban environment. Organically, Maboneng has grown to become an entrepeneurial hub due to creatives seeing the opportunity to collaborate with like-minded people.

Monocle Magazine | M24 Radio Intern

JANUARY 2014 - FEBRUARY 2014,  LONDON

Monocle24 is the 24 hour radio station affiliated with Monocle Magazine. Pitched, reported and produced world-class quality radio packages from ideation to broadcast.

Monocle Magazine is a derivative of Winkreative, the creative agency that reaches the world's most discerning audience

 

EDUCATION

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism / New York

AUG 2016 - MAY 2017,  Masters of Science in Journalism

  • Video broadcast student with a specialization in covering racial dynamics in the US & News Narrative writing.

  • Reported, shot, edited & produced video on ICE impersonators in Queens, claims of  NYPD over policing in public schools  & a piece on special district election.

  • Print beat began as Midtown West;  expanded to include Ban Ki Moon’s farewell Security Council Session & Food Bank New York’s attempt to increase its portion of the Mayor’s budget.  

  • Co - President Columbia University African Student Journalist Association

Independently solicited full scholarship from The Cyril Ramaphosa Educational Trust, The Ackerman Foundation, The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust and the Charles Clarkson Education Trust

University of Cape Town / Bachelor's  in Politics, Economics + Philosophy

2010 - 2014, POST-GRAD HONORS WITHOUT DISSERTATION IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION

Applied international trade & bargaining theory in semester long simulation of the World Trade OrganiZation. SpecialiZed in crisis communication & political rhetoric. Exercises range from representing Boko Haram releasing torture videos to writing real time Presidential speeches for the Mandela Funeral.

 

 

SKILLS

Language: Conversational Kiswahili, Basic Afrikaans

Digital Editing: Adobe (Photoshop, Premiere, Indesign, Audition, Lightroom), Excel Data Analysis, Research

 

AWARDS

Allan Gray Orbis Foundation full “Undergraduate Scholarship & Leadership Fellowship”.

United Nations Association of South Africa Travel Grant to represent South Africa at  Stockholm +40 UNEP (Conference)

 

REFERENCES

Jelani Cobb | Dean,  Columbia Journalism School | details on request

Femi Oke | Senior Journalist & Host,  Al Jazeera English | details on request

Maya Garg | Senior Producer,  Al Jazeera English | details on request

Barry Malone | Deputy Editor in Chief, Thomson Reuters Foundation | details on request