Yasmine Ryan

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Yasmine Ryan (ca. 1983 – 30 November 2017) was a print, television and multimedia journalist from New Zealand. She was involved in covering the Arab Spring for Al Jazeera English. Ryan also created documentaries.

Biography[]

Yasmine Ryan was educated at the University of Auckland (BA (Honours) in Political Science and French) and Sciences Po Aix (Masters degree in journalism).[1] She worked for Scoop, Al Jazeera English (September 2010 – October 2013) in Doha, The Independent (2015), and as a contributing freelancer for TRT World.[2] She also wrote for the Washington Post, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and the Los Angeles Times. She also made documentaries for AJ+.[3]

In 2016, she served as a Fellow at the World Press Institute. Ryan died "in conflicted circumstances",[4] in Istanbul, Turkey, on 30 November 2017, at the age of 34.[5]

Awards and honours[]

  • 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[]

  1. ^ "Yasmine Ryan". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ Carim, Ashfaaq (30 November 2017). "In Memory of Yasmine Ryan". TRT World. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Yasmine Ryan". www.al-monitor.com. Al-Monitor. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ 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. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Yasmine Ryan". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.


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