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Heba Aly (journalist)

Heba Aly
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Heba Aly is a Canadian and Egyptian[1] journalist and news executive, currently serving as chief executive officer of the independent, non-profit news agency The New Humanitarian, formerly a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) known as Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN). She led the transition of the news agency into its current status as an independent organization, which focuses on conflict journalism, especially in Africa.[2][3]

Aly was named a 2018 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[4] Her public leadership work involves advocating for quality news coverage of conflict areas and humanitarian work. She has been a speaker at TEDxChamonix[5] and at PeaceTalks.[6]

Early life

Aly was born in Ottawa, Canada. She graduated with highest honors and B.S. degrees in journalism and human rights from Carleton University.[7]

Career

Aly spent her early career reporting from conflict zones in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia.[8] While a working journalist, she focused on reporting from Senegal, West Africa and Chad, central Africa, covering development and conflict in Niger, child trafficking in Nigeria, riots, and poverty in Senegal and Guinea Bissau, floods in Ghana, and displaced refugees from Chad and Sudan.[7]

Her reporting has appeared on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The Christian Science Monitor, and Bloomberg News.[9] As chief executive, she is a frequent commentator and speaker on humanitarian policy at government briefings and conferences.[10]

Awards and honors

Aly received a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting for work in Sudan from 2008 to 2009.[11]

She was named a 2018 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[4]

Aly was named one of the 100 Most Influential Africans of 2018 by the New African Magazine.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Sudan expels reporter over Darfur, arms: US". Reuters. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  2. ^ Granger, Jacob (8 July 2021). "Heba Aly, CEO of The New Humanitarian, on reshaping coverage of the Global South". journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. ^ Herman, Marc (12 October 2016). "Freed from UN, a 20-year-old news network embraces independence". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Heba Aly". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  5. ^ Aly, Heba (June 2017). "Stop eating junk news". TEDxChamonix.
  6. ^ "Heba Aly – PeaceTalks". Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Heba Aly". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Interview of Heba Aly, The New Humanitarian, on Peace & Humanitarian". genevasolutions.news. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  9. ^ "About Us". The New Humanitarian. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Heba Aly – ONA Community Profile". Online News Association. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  11. ^ Ali, Wasil (11 February 2009). "Canadian journalist recounts days leading to expulsion from Sudan". The Sudan Tribune via the Pulitzer Center. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

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