Yasmine Ryan (ca. 1983 – 30 November 2017) was a print, television and multimedia journalist from New Zealand. She was involved in covering theArab Spring forAl Jazeera English. Ryan also created documentaries.
Biography
editYasmine Ryan was educated at theUniversity of Auckland (BA (Honours) in Political Science and French) andSciences Po Aix (Master's degree in journalism).[1] She worked forScoop,Al Jazeera English (September 2010 – October 2013) inDoha,The Independent (2015), and as a contributingfreelancer forTRT World.[2] She also wrote for theWashington Post,The New York Times,Foreign Policy, and theLos Angeles Times. She also made documentaries forAJ+.[3]
In 2016, she served as a Fellow at theWorld Press Institute. Ryan died "in conflicted circumstances",[4] inIstanbul, 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. Retrieved16 June 2020.
- ^Carim, Ashfaaq (30 November 2017)."In Memory of Yasmine Ryan". TRT World. Retrieved16 June 2020.
- ^"Yasmine Ryan".www.al-monitor.com.Al-Monitor. Retrieved16 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. Retrieved16 June 2020.
- ^abcd"Yasmine Ryan".www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved16 June 2020.
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