Zeina Khodr (Arabic: زينة خضر) is a Lebanese broadcast journalist for the Al Jazeera English channel.

Career

Khodr has been a news correspondent, in national and international news, for over 15 years. She has worked for several news organizations, including: Al Jazeera's online, Arabic-language and English services, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Emirates Dubai Television, the BBC World Service, and CNN.[1]

Khodr has worked for Al Jazeera English since it launched, in 2006.[2] After reporting from Pakistan and Afghanistan, she came to international prominence as one of the first correspondents to enter Tripoli in 2011.

Now a senior correspondent for the Near East, Khodr reports from the Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.[3][4] Though not styled a war correspondent, her permanent presence on the ground, in a region of continual unrest, ensures a regular place on the front-line of conflict; her reports are frequently made in protective flak jacket and combat helmet, and often to a background of gunfire.[5]

Awards

Personal

Khodr was educated at the American Community School (ACS), in Beirut, and at the American University of Beirut, where she earned her BA in political science in 1994.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/category/person/zeina-khodr Archived 21 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine (26/08/14)
  2. ↑ "Zeina Khodr | Al Jazeera News | Today's latest from Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "@ZeinakhodrAljaz" on Twitter
  4. ↑ "دروس من مراسلة حربية.. مقابلة مع زينة خضر".
  5. ↑ The Independent U.K. (02/05/13)
  6. ↑ "The Latest Entertainment & Hollywood News - The Hollywood Reporter". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.tvfestival.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeinakhodr (04/02/17)
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