Palestine
Omayma Masoud
First of all, since 1999, I worked on ‘Palestine TV’ as a TV presenter. On this channel I had my own
live talk shows that specialized in women and children issues. Items covered were focused on
Gaza and other countries in the Arab world.
In that organization I was promoted to be ‘Head of European and Arabic files’ in the
International Relations department. I was the Palestinian local liaison officer responsible for news
exchange with ‘Eurovision’ and ‘ERNO’ (Eurovision Regional News Exchange for South-East
Europe) the two main circuits for news exchange that provide news to agencies throughout
Europe.
I was trained in Sarajevoby ERNO and for many years I attended the workshops in different
European cities concerning the news exchange between both regions. Moreover, I was responsible
for providing in-house training for Palestine TV for different departments to enhance their skills.
I gave training on a multitude of topics such as sound and light systems, news desk, digital
narrations and changing Palestine TV from analog to digital systems.
I also had several short and long term positions in other media organizations such as Al Jazeera children channal, Ramattan and the third channel of Malaysian TV.
I experienced working as a correspondent for ‘Al Jazeera Children’ for four years for which I was
trained at Al Jazeera children headquarters in Doha, Qatar. Furthermore, I covered the aftermaths of the
first war in 2009 for a specialized channel of Al Jazeera, El Fakhouar. This one week project was
very intensive and working under time constraint was a must. Specifically in that position I wrote
reports, news stories and did legislative work. I was going live from 3 pm until 9 pm, continuously
reporting, in an uninterrupted manner. After 9 at night, I started preparing interviews and
collecting information to prepare for the next day.
At another agency, Ramattan News Agency in Gaza, I worked as a producer, as a correspondent
and finally on the news desk.
As well as my journalism work on television, I worked on other media outlets such as radio and
film. I worked for Gaza SM Radio that aired my live shows on topics related to female gender issues
and I had several assignments as a freelance movie maker specialized in low-budget
documentaries.
Besides the journalism work, I have been privileged to acquire some teaching experience in the
field. I taught journalism in Gaza Polytechnic University. The courses I gave were ‘Specialized
Journalism’, ‘Management of Journalism Houses’ and ‘Editing for newspapers and television’
I have also written and published on Donia Al Watan News Site.
Participating and organizing conferences and workshops specialized in political current affairs, Feminism and young women journalists’ training.
Date de naissance :
12/01/1964
Nationalité :
Palestinian
Genre :
F
Commune de résidence en Belgique :
Tournai / La Louvière
Expérience professionnelle : presse en ligne, radio, télévision
Fonction(s) exercée(s) : journaliste, teaching, training, conferences, workshops, movie making,
Langue(s) de travail : anglais, arabe
Domaine(s) d'intervention : culture, lifestyle, médias, société/diaspora, women and children
Candidate pour les fonctions suivantes : témoignage sur ma propre situation, militant, aide au reportage, documentariste, journaliste, temoignage
