Zeina Khodr

Lebanese journalist

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

2011: Sky Women in Film and TV Awards (WFTV UK): 'the ITV Achievement of the Year Award', for her coverage of the Fall of Tripoli.^[6]
2013: Monte-Carlo Television Festival: a nominee for the prestigious [Jury] News award.^[7]

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

^ http://www.aljazeera.com/category/person/zeina-khodr Archived 21 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine (26/08/14)
^ "Zeina Khodr | Al Jazeera News | Today's latest from Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "@ZeinakhodrAljaz" on Twitter
^ "دروس من مراسلة حربية.. مقابلة مع زينة خضر".
^ The Independent U.K. (02/05/13)
^ "The Latest Entertainment & Hollywood News - The Hollywood Reporter". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
^ "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)
^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeinakhodr (04/02/17)