Amid disinformation, economic turmoil and state control of the free press, how do we shift power to independent newsrooms? How can the journalism community tear down structural barriers and support vi...
Rawan Damen
Rawan Damen is Director-General of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ). She is a media consultant with 25+ years of experience in television and digital production and training in addition to media management. Before joining ARIJ in January 2020, Rawan worked on producing and directing more than 30 hours of documentaries and investigative TV stories, published in different languages. She was a senior commissioner at Al Jazeera Network for 10 years (2006-2016), leading a team who produced more than 250 documentary and investigative TV episodes. She also led large interactive multi-language international platforms.
Rawan received a master’s degree with honours in media and communication from the University of Leeds in the UK, 2003. She was also awarded the Media Creativity Award from the Arab Thought Foundation in Beirut, 2015.
Events IJF 2025
How do you manage and support yourself and your newsroom when the demands are ceaseless and the topics emotionally challenging? Our panelists, representing various geographies and operational contexts...
Palestinian journalism between occupation, daily violence and global censorship
The death toll of Palestinian journalists continues to grow as the conditions of those working on the ground continue to deteriorate. The violence on the ground has refocused attention on the importan...
Gender, leadership and surviving authoritarian regimes and cultures: women leading independent Arab media speak up
Women's leadership representation in the independent journalism sector in the Arab world is high especially when compared to their representation within the leadership of mainstream media. How does th...
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