DANIELA KARIM KHALAF P.O. BOX 18 JERICHO PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
Tel:009722 532 7340/ MBC TV ;
Fax 532 7346
009722 998 2979/Birzeit University
Nationality: Palestinian
Date of Birth: May 18th 1969
Place of Birth: Houston Texas, USA
Marital Status: single
EDUCATION
** Masters of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication ;
specializing in Television Journalism (June 19th 1994) from AUC-the American University in Cairo with 4.0 average
**Diploma in television production (June13th, 1994) from Adham Center For Television Productions at AUC
**Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication (Feb.7th, 1992) from AUC with Honors
**High school Certificate -tawjihi- (July 1987) from Saint Joseph School in Ramallah West Bank with %86.1 average and ranking number eight on Ramallah governorate
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
**News reporter (stationed in Jerusalem) for the Middle East Broadcasting Center -MBC- (a leading Arab international satellite station that broadcasts from London) on free lance basis from March 1997 - present
**Instructor Of Radio Journalism at Birzeit University from Sept.1st 1997- present
**Coordinator and trainer of the available two Radio training centers at Birzeit University on part time basis from sept. 1996 - present
**Media Coordinator for the West Bank Bureau of President Yasser Arafat on part time basis from August 1996 - Feb.1997 **Media Advisor for the Governor of Ramallah and El Bireh governorate on part time basis from October 1996 - March 1997 **Deputy Manager for the Television of Palestine, Director of the foreign programming in the voice of Palestine , head of the presenters department at the television from Feb. 1995- April 15th, 1996
**News and program presenter in both the television and the voice of Palestine (On the radio I had a daily program called Palestine Good Morning, it was a phone in program where people would phone and file their complaints about the function of public institutions and officials from July 1994 - April 15th 1996
**CNN World Report reporter on behalf of the Television of Palestine From Sept.1994- April 15th 1996
**Press Officer and media spokesperson for the central election commission of the first Palestinian Presidential and legislative elections From October 1995 -Feb. 1996
**Copresented with Liz Barclay on the BBC radio a two hours radio program titled CHRISTMAS FROM JERUSALEM in Dec. 1994
**Executive producer at Adham Center for Television Production at AUC from June 1993 -May 1994
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
**Participated in an invitation of Radio training Center's management in Helsinki in Finland from August 30th -Sept.7th, 1997 ** Participated in a seminar about Educators Role in the Peace Process in Denmark in July 1996
**Participated in the CNN World Report Contributor's conference in May 1995
**Participated in an invitation for Journalists from Masreq and Maghreb in Brussels in Dec. 1994
**Participated in a radio training course at the Radio France Internationale in Paris in Nov. 1994
**Earned the Outstanding Performance Certificate from Adham Center At AUC in June 1994
**I was nominated for the best active student cup in Feb.1992 at AUC
LANGUAGES
**Arabic - mother tongue
**English - very good (written and spoken)
**French- Good (written/assez bien and spoken/ bien)
**Italian - (written is fair but spoken is fair/good)