NASSER ABDUL HAQ
Irvine,CA
Summary
Motivated Journalist offering exceptional skills, as well as in-depth knowledge of newsgethering and publishing tools and technologies. A correspondent offering leadership skills and a very good background in the delivery of in- depth and informative news pieces on topics ranging from scientific and social to international politics and Economocs. A Journalist accomplished in research, interviewing and reporting with advanced knowledge of newsroom Computer System. High-energy Reporter having 16 years experience in Journalism. Effective Communicator with effective communication skills. Delivering high quality news stories, successful in developing feature articles, short stories, editorial pieces and broadcast scripts. Committed to maintaining Journalistic excellence and integrity. and high knowledge of local and national politics. Good Chinese Economic analyst due to my Major in International Economics and my Experience as a Journalist in reporting Economic and Trade in China.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Correspondent
Middle East Broadcasting Networks, INC.
03.2024 - Current
- Present local news and feature reports in the public TV style
- Write and correct, concise and engaging news stories within tight deadlines
- Gather and verify factual information regarding stories through interviews, observation and research
- Conduct many on-air interviews
- Introduce fresh and new angles on previously-reported material to update and inform viewers
Bureau Chief
Al Jazeera Media Network
05.2018 - 01.2024
- I worked to consolidate relations of cooperation between Al Jazeera network and Chinese media institutions, with Xinhua News Agency on top, and worked in 2019 to prepare for Al Jazeera Network's participation in the World media summit established by Xinhua News Agency, in which some of the most important international media institutions were participating such as, Associated Press, Russian news agency, BBC, Russian, Indian and Italian news agency, among others
- I also worked on strengthening Al-Jazeera Network's relations with the Chinese official authorities
- Where, during his visit to China, I arranged a meeting between the Managing Director of the Network and the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister for West Asian and North African Affairs to discuss the prospects for cooperation as well as the problems encountered the work of the Al Jazeera network office in China
- Arranged Visits for the Director General to some Chinese research centers and meetings with those in charge to discuss ways of cooperation between them and Al Jazeera Media Network
- During the years of my work as a Bureau Chief of the Al Jazeera Media Network office in China, I worked on the fabric of a wide network of relations at various levels, official, popular and academic
Correspondent
Al Jazeera Media Network
12.2006 - 05.2018
- Presented local news and feature reports in the public TV style
- Wrote and correct, concise and engaging news stories within tight deadlines
- Gathered and verified factual information regarding stories through interviews, observation and research
- Conducted many on-air interviews
- Introduced fresh and new angles on previously-reported material to update and inform viewers
- Traveled to conduct on-site reporting of Events as it unfolded
- Combined video, audio and Graphics to effectively convey each story
- Captured visual content and edited general assignment stories for multiple platforms
- Over the past 16 years working for Al-Jazeera, I have completed more than nine hundred political, economic, cultural and social reports
- In addition, a set of long reports on the Al-Jazeera correspondents program, through which I delved into the customs and traditions of the Chinese people of different minorities
- Covering the devastating earthquake that struck Sichuan Province in southern China in 2008, in which more than eighty thousand Chinese were killed
- Covering the violent riots incidents in the 'Xinjiang' region in northwest China in 2009, which took place between the Muslim Uygur minority and the region’s residents of the Khan ethnicity, which claimed the lives of more than two hundred people
- I visited North Korea three times to cover the celebrations of North Korea on various occasions, the last of which was the celebration of the birthday of the founding leader 'Kim Il Sung' in April 2017, during which some reports were completed from different places in the capital of that mysterious country
- I was the only Arab reporter who entered a North Korean house to make feature reports on their lives
- I had the opportunity to be the first Arab reporter to interview a high-ranking North Korean official
- I interviewed North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Chen Hong-chul about the nuclear crisis between his country and the international community and the tension that raised at the time with the United States
- This was recorded as a scoop for Al Jazeera
Business Coordinator
Alpha Trading
03.2002 - 11.2005
- I worked as a Coordinator between Chinese Suppliers and Arab Buyers in Deferent kind of Import-export Business
Sales Representative
Juma Al Majid Est.
05.1997 - 12.2001
- Beside my Job as a Sales Representative, I was doing a Business Coordinator Helping The Department Manager in Discussing Business with the Chinese Suppliers
Education
TV Reporting, Dealing with Social Media, Reporting in War and Dispute Areas
Al Jazeera Training & Development Centre
DohaBachelor of Science - International Economics
Peking University
Beijing01.1996
Certificate of Language Proficiency - Mandarin Chinese Language
Peking University Language Centre
Beijing01.1992
Certificate of Language Proficiency - Mandarin Chinese Language
Beijing Language and Culture University
Beijing01.1991
Skills
- Multi Lingual
- Good Editor
- Photojournalism
- Effective Interviewer
- Strong Interpersonal Skills
- Broad Knowledge of Local news topics
- Self Motivated
Accomplishments
- Produced More than 900 TV News Reports with total of more than 2500 Minutes from different Parts of China. Cities, Provinces, Villages, Autonomous region.
- Produced several Economic and Feature and Sport Reports from China and neighbouring countries such as, Mongolia, South and North Korea.
Training
Al Jazeera Training & Development Centre, Doha, Qatar, TV Reporting, Dealing with Social Media, Reporting in War and Dispute Areas, Management, Internet security
Timeline
Correspondent
Middle East Broadcasting Networks, INC.
03.2024 - Current
Bureau Chief
Al Jazeera Media Network
05.2018 - 01.2024
Correspondent
Al Jazeera Media Network
12.2006 - 05.2018
Business Coordinator
Alpha Trading
03.2002 - 11.2005
Sales Representative
Juma Al Majid Est.
05.1997 - 12.2001
TV Reporting, Dealing with Social Media, Reporting in War and Dispute Areas
Al Jazeera Training & Development Centre
Bachelor of Science - International Economics
Peking University
Certificate of Language Proficiency - Mandarin Chinese Language
Peking University Language Centre
Certificate of Language Proficiency - Mandarin Chinese Language
Beijing Language and Culture University
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