Ayza Omar
Toronto,Ontario
Summary
Versatile Reporter successful at live news stories. Background includes radio and television reporting. Familiar with local areas, people and issues.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Reporter
Express News
01.2011 - 05.2012
- Anchor, producer, television show host
- Wrote and submitted accurate, engaging, and fact-checked stories.
- Collaborated with other journalists and departments to produce well-rounded and comprehensive news coverage.
- Developed stories by researching facts and tracking down sources.
- Responded quickly to emergencies and other breaking news stories.
- Captured and edited audio, video and photographs to provide multimedia content to enhance stories.
- Investigated important community issues and put together well-received reports.
News anchor and Producer
Indus News
07.2018 - 03.2020
- Host of prime-time current affairs talk show, Newswire
- Pitched show ideas about conflict zones, and the world economy
- Interviewed guests
- Wrote intro scripts
- Concluded program with live extros
- Determined segment focus and direction
- Other than Newswire, covered live news without script, interviewed international guests on developing stories
- Topics covered in Newswire included the latest developments in conflict zones
- Ayza Omar - MS Broadcast Journalism, Columbia University in the Middle East, Indian Occupied Kashmir and South Asia
- Guests on the show included academics, politicians, experts, analysts and pioneers in the field of IR
- The aim was to analyze and understand the story behind the headline.
Producer/contributing reporter
CNN
06.2012 - 07.2012
- Reported, compiled, and wrote local news stories for CNN’s regional web page
- Worked closely with CNN correspondent, Reza Sayah, coordinating interviews and live spots with CNN’s news headquarters in Atlanta, USA
- Voice-over artist for news packages and boom operator for special interviews
Planning Producer
Express News
01.2011 - 05.2012
- Initiated, directed, and produced follow-up news coverage of significant news events and calendar events
- Provided supplemental news packages, graphics, and story ideas for thehour news bulletin
- Also interim host for The Morning Show while the regular anchor was on leave for three weeks
- (see e.g
- Http://bit.ly/yvouZp)
- Documentary: In August 2011, was awarded a two-week fellowship from
- America Abroad
- Media to research and film a documentary on the disintegrating relations between the Afghan and Pakistani immigrant community in Washington DC as compared to those in Pakistan
- The documentary aired in February 2012 on
DawnNews
11.2006 - 12.2010
- Reported on finance, security, politics, natural disasters, business, health, and environmental issues
- Pitched and wrote news package scripts and edited videos
- Recorded voice-overs
- Anchor for over 50 episodes of the weekly news magazine show, called ‘At
- Liberty’
- Produced and anchored a traveling food show, ‘For the Love of Food’
- Reported live from special events such as provincial assembly sessions and emergency events including bomb-blast sites and flood-affected areas (see http://vimeo.com/14730899)
- Anchored and helped produce a season of a traveling cooking show, “For the
- Love of Food” (see e.g
- Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXRp4-kBuYc&feature=related)
- Special programs: Co-hosted Dawn’s coverage of the 2008 Presidential elections, and Pakistan’s provincial budgets for the fiscal years 2008 and 2009
- Hosted “In Focus,” a political and business talk show series, for over a dozen specials for occasions such as Independence Day and International Women’s Day
- Ayza Omar - MS Broadcast Journalism, Columbia University
Education
Customer Service Excellence Certificate -
Tourism Education Corporation, Ontario
Toronto 09.2022 - 09.2022
START Customer Care Program -
ACCES Employment
Toronto 09.2022 - 09.2022
BBA - Finance
University of The Punjab
Pakistan06.2010
Master of Science - Journalism
Columbia University
New York City06.2010
Canadian Workplace Essentials
Ontario Tourism Education Corporation
Toronto 09.2022 - 09.2022
Skills
- Editorial Collaboration
- Writing
- Social Media Platforms
- Telephone Interviews
- Interview Techniques
- Information Analysis
- TV Broadcasting
- On-Air Delivery
- Copywriting
- Online News Content
- Time Management
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Urdu
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Customer Service Excellence Certificate -
Tourism Education Corporation, Ontario
09.2022 - 09.2022
START Customer Care Program -
ACCES Employment
09.2022 - 09.2022
Canadian Workplace Essentials
Ontario Tourism Education Corporation
09.2022 - 09.2022
News anchor and Producer
Indus News
07.2018 - 03.2020
Producer/contributing reporter
CNN
06.2012 - 07.2012
Reporter
Express News
01.2011 - 05.2012
Planning Producer
Express News
01.2011 - 05.2012
DawnNews
11.2006 - 12.2010
BBA - Finance
University of The Punjab
Master of Science - Journalism
Columbia University
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