Asma Abidi
journalist and Consultant in Munich, Germany
Asma Abidi
journalist and Consultant in Munich, Germany
I am a freelance journalist and I work currently as an IJNET Arabic/ Google News Initiative trainer. We deliver trainings which focus on digital tools to gather and source information, enhance trust and verification, and support data-driven journalism and immersive storytelling.
For the past 7 years I have collaborated with different websites such as Correspondents.org, Deutsche Welle Arabic, the BBC Arabic Women blog, Manshoor.com, wirmachendas.jetzt ,Open Democracy and more.
I have also worked with institutions such as BBC Media Action , the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Media in Cooperation and Transition and various foundations and NGOs.
In 2017, I was one of the winners of the Migration Media Award in its first edition taking place in Malta and recognizing excellence in reporting on Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
HTTP://WWW.MIGRATION-MEDIA-AWARD.EU/EN/
I hold an Engineering Diploma in Biological Sciencesand I am currently doing a masters inInternational Media Studies.
Recent Activities
DECEMBER 2018 : Panel Speaker,The Civic Education Conference, Casablanca,Morocco
NOVEMBER 2018 :
Trainer, The Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism Network (ARIJ) annual conference, Dead Sea,Jordan
Participant, Les Assises Internationales du Journalisme 2018,Tunisia,Tunisia
OCTOBER 2018 : Participant,African Investigative Journalism Conference 2018,Johannesburg,South Africa
Participant,War or Peace Festival - Crossroads of History 1918|2018,Berlin,Germany
SEPTEMBER 2018 : Panel Speaker,A conversation about innovative Approaches to break the cycle of violence against women,Mexico City,Mexico.
Participant, Networking European Civic Education, Marseille,France
Trainee, Google News Initiative, Dubai,UAE
JUNE 2018:Participant,DW Global Media Forum 2018, Bonn,Germany
Lab fellow, The Global Leadership Academy : Unveil the Hidden Presence: Trafficking in Women and Children, Nairobi,Kenya