Dania Akkad

Senior Editor Investigative Journalist @Middle East Eye

London, GB

Senior Editor, Middle East Eye, Aug 2017 – present•Report and write impactful investigations, including using data-driven techniques •Regularly lead fast-paced news shift, deciding what stories to cover, managing diverse team of journalists, editing and coordinating with multiple departments in multiple time zones •Routinely lead company-wide weekly planning meetings to prioritise coverage and drive discussion of creative ways to tell stories •Cultivate relationships with and sustain wide network of freelancers in Middle East, working with journalists across entire editorial process from commissioning to editing to publishing •Appear on regional TV shows and documentaries discussing investigations, host live on-camera Q & As and represent MEE at public eventsOpinions Editor, Middle East Eye, Aug 2016 – Aug 2017•Singled-handedly ran busy section, commissioning and editing wide range of contributors, raising substance and profile through recruiting prominent writers while prioritising women and first-person accounts, and managing weekly budgetNews Editor, Middle East Eye, March 2014 – Aug 2016•Working with diverse team of journalists, reporting news from across region and editing wide-range of contributors•Helped launch MEE, finding initial contributors and working with team to shape platform’s pace and agenda