Ramita Navai | |
---|---|
Born | Tehran, Iran | July 21, 1973
Education | Putney High School, GDST City University London |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
Television | Unreported World |
Website | http://www.ramitanavai.com/ |
Ramita Navai (born July 21, 1973) [1] is an Emmy [2] and Robert F. Kennedy award-winning [3] British-Iranian journalist, documentary producer and author. She has reported from over forty countries and has a reputation for investigations and work in hostile environments. [4]
Ramita Navai was born in Tehran, Iran. She moved to London after the Iranian Revolution. [5] Ms. Navai is an alumna of Putney High School, GDST in South-West London. In 2023 she was voted Alumna of the Year of the Girls' Day School Trust for her work with "women’s and girls’ issues in some of the most war-torn and conflicted regions in the world" [6] .
After a postgraduate degree in journalism at City University, London, where she won the Broadcast Journalism Training Council Young Journalist of the Year award, [7] Navai worked as the Tehran correspondent for The Times from 2003–06, where she covered events including the Bam earthquake, [8] and parliamentary and presidential elections. [9] [10] [11] She has reported from more than forty countries, including reporting for the UN in Iran, [12] Pakistan [13] and Iraqi Kurdistan. [14] She has made twenty documentaries for Channel 4's current affairs series Unreported World . [15] For ITN / Channel 4 News she has made various features, including investigating child trafficking in India, [16] and police gang killings in Brazil. [17] Her report Macedonia: Tracking Down the Refugee Kidnap Gangs [18] won the London Foreign Press Association for News Story of the Year: TV award, [19] the Royal Television Society for The Independent Award. [20]
More recently she has reported on ISIS in Iraq (2017), [21] and the UN Peacekeepers in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2018). [22] She has written for many publications including The Times , [23] [24] The Sunday Times , [25] The Guardian , [26] [27] The Independent , [28] [29] the New Statesman , [30] [31] The Irish Times . [32]
In 2012 she won an Emmy award [33] [34] for her undercover report from Syria for PBS's Frontline . [35] In September 2014 she appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart . [36]
In 2017 she reported and produced the Frontline PBS documentary Iraq Uncovered, [37] which was also broadcast on Channel 4 with the title ISIS and the Battle for Iraq. [38] Iraq Uncovered/ISIS and the Battle for Iraq won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (International Television), the British Journalism Award for Foreign Affairs Journalism, [39] and the Frontline Club award for Broadcast Journalism. [40] It was also nominated for two Emmy Awards (Outstanding Investigation and Outstanding Research). [41]
In 2017-2018 she produced and reported the Frontline PBS, Channel 4 and ARTE documentary the UN Sex Abuse Scandal [42] which was broadcast in 2018.
City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran was published in the UK by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in May 2014 and in the US by PublicAffairs in September 2014. Based on extensive interviews and research City of Lies is an intimate portrait of modern Iran. It chronicles the lives of eight protagonists drawn from across the spectrum of Iranian society. It has been translated into five languages. [43] City of Lies won Debut Political Book of the Year Award at the Political Book Awards [44] as well as the Royal Society of Literature's Jerwood Award. [45] It was a Book of the Year in both the Evening Standard (2014) [46] and The Spectator. [47]
The stories are beautiful, and they’re so well-detailed and nuanced. [48]
One of the world’s most exciting cities, as revealed by one of journalism’s most exciting women. Navai slips effortlessly into the boots of earthy, urban writer to tour Tehran’s ripped backsides in this intimate, grand guignol debut. She transports us through the Iranian capital’s multiple personas with deft and knowing navigation: never short of love for even the lowliest of her fellow Tehranis. An intimate and devoted portrait, lifting a beautiful truth from a city masked in lies. [49]
Eliza Griswold, The Sunday Telegraph:
A talented writer, she quickly sucks us in with her first character ... Navai has a reporter’s eye for the telling detail… this is a timely and beautifully written insight into the lives of Tehranis. [50]
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
2022 | Afghanistan Undercover | Frontline PBS; |
2018 | The UN Sex Abuse Scandal | Frontline PBS; Dispatches, Channel 4; ARTE Awards: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Award, Television - International [51] |
2017 | ISIS and the Battle for Iraq | Dispatches, Channel 4 Awards: British Journalism Awards: Foreign Affairs Journalism, and The Frontline Club: Broadcast Journalism Award Nominations: Rory Peck Trust: Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs, [52] and One World Media: Television Documentary Award [53] |
2017 | Iraq: Uncovered | Frontline , PBS Awards: The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for International Television Nominated: Emmy Award: Outstanding Investigation, and Outstanding Research |
2012 | Egypt: Sex Mobs and Revolution | Nominated: Foreign Press Association Award (2014), One World Media Award (2013) |
2012 | Honduras and Mexico: The Lost Girls | |
2011 | Undercover Syria | Awards: News & Documentary Emmy Award (2012) Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine, Nomination: One World Media Award in the Television category (2012) |
2011 | Breaking into Israel | Nomination: FrenchAmerican Foundation Immigration Journalism Award (2012) |
2011 | Burundi: Boys Behind Bars | Shortlisted: One World Media Award (2012) |
2010 | Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds | |
2010 | Afghanistan's Child Drug Addicts | |
2010 | El Salvador: The Child Assassins | |
2010 | USA: Down and Out | |
2009 | Sudan: How to Fuel a Famine | |
2009 | Peru: Blood and Oil | |
2009 | Papua New Guinea: Bush Knives and Black Magic | |
2009 | Turkey: Killing for Honour | |
2008 | Nigeria: Child Brides, Stolen Lives | |
2008 | South Africa: Body Parts for Sale | |
2008 | Bangladesh: The Drowning Country | |
2007 | India: The Broken People | Nomination: Amnesty International Gaby Rado Award for Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year (2009) |
2007 | China: Chongqing: Invisible city | |
2006 | Guatemala: City of the Dead | |
2006 | Malaysia: Asia's Slaves |
Year | Nominated Work | Category | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2003 | Broadcast Journalism Training Council: Young Journalist of the Year | Won | |
2008 | South Africa: Body Parts for Sale | Amnesty Media Awards: Gaby Rado Young Human Rights Journalist | Nominated |
2008 | India's Trafficked Girls | Amnesty Media Awards: Gaby Rado Young Human Rights Journalist | Nominated |
One World Media: Children's Rights Award | Nominated | ||
2009 | Brazil: Murder in São Paulo (2008) | Amnesty Media Awards: Gaby Rado Young Human Rights Journalist | Nominated |
2009 | India: The Broken People (2007) | Amnesty International Gaby Rado Award for Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year (2009) | Nominated |
2012 | Burundi: Boys Behind Bars (2011) | One World Media Award | Shortlisted |
2012 | Breaking into Israel (2011) | French-American Foundation Immigration Journalism Award | Nominated |
2012 | Undercover Syria (2011) | News & Documentary Emmy Award, Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine | Won |
2012 | One World Media Award in the Television Category | Nominated | |
2012 | City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran | Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award | Won |
2014 | Egypt: Sex Mobs and Revolution (2012) | One World Media | Nominated |
2013 | Foreign Press Association Award | Nominated | |
2015 | City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran | Debut Political Book of the Year | Won |
2015 | Macedonia: tracking down the refugee kidnap gangs | Foreign Press Association in London: News Story of the Year: TV | Won |
Amnesty Media Awards: TV News | Shortlisted | ||
Royal Television Society: The Independent Award | Won | ||
2018 | Iraq Uncovered (Frontline PBS) | The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for International Television | Won |
Emmy Award: Outstanding Investigation | Nominated | ||
Emmy Award: Outstanding Research | Nominated | ||
2018 | ISIS and the Battle for Iraq (Dispatches, Channel 4) | British Journalism Awards: Foreign Affairs Journalism | Won |
The Frontline Club: Broadcast Journalism Award | Won | ||
Rory Peck Trust: Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs | Nominated | ||
One World Media: Television Documentary Award | Nominated | ||
2019 | UN Sex Abuse Scandal (Frontline, PBS) | Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Award, Television - International | Won |
2023 | Alumna of the Year, Girls' Day School Trust | Won |
Frontline is an investigative documentary program distributed by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. Episodes are produced at WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts. The series has covered a variety of domestic and international issues, including terrorism, elections, environmental disasters, and other sociopolitical issues. Since its debut in 1983, Frontline has aired in the U.S. for 39 seasons, and has won critical acclaim and awards in broadcast journalism. It has produced over 750 documentaries from both in-house and independent filmmakers, 200 of which are available online.
Christiane Maria Heideh Amanpour is a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief International Anchor for CNN and host of CNN International's nightly interview program Amanpour and CNN show The Amanpour hour on Saturday. She is also the host of Amanpour & Company on PBS.
Al Arabiya is an international Arabic news television channel, based in Riyadh that is operated by the media conglomerate MBC Group which is majority owned by the government of Saudi Arabia.
Farnaz Fassihi is an Iranian-American journalist who has worked for The New York Times since 2019. She is the United Nations bureau chief and also writes about Iranian news. Previously she was a senior writer for The Wall Street Journal for 17 years and a conflict reporter based in the Middle East.
Azadeh Moaveni is an Iranian-American writer, journalist, and academic. She is the former director of the Gender and Conflict Program at the International Crisis Group, and is Associate Professor of Journalism at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Institute of Journalism. She is the author of four books, including the bestselling Lipstick Jihad and Guest House for Young Widows, which was shortlisted for numerous prizes. She contributes to The New York Times, The Guardian, and The London Review of Books.
Richard Engel is an American journalist and author who is the chief foreign correspondent for NBC News. He was assigned to that position on April 18, 2008 after serving as the network's Middle East correspondent and Beirut bureau chief. Before joining NBC in May 2003, Engel reported on the start of the 2003 war in Iraq for ABC News as a freelance journalist in Baghdad.
Leslie Cockburn is an American investigative journalist, and filmmaker. Her investigative television segments have aired on CBS, NBC, PBS Frontline, and 60 Minutes. She has won an Emmy Award, The Hillman Prize, Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and the George Polk Award.
Mónica Villamizar Villegas is a Colombian American broadcast freelance journalist, working for PBS Newshour, Univision. She was previously a reporter for Vice News, CBS, Al Jazeera English and ABC News.
Michael Kirk is a documentary filmmaker and partial creator of the PBS show Frontline, where he worked as senior producer until 1987. Kirk founded and currently owns the production company, the Kirk Documentary Group, in Brookline, Massachusetts, which has produced dozens of award-winning documentaries, both for Frontline and through his company, that focus on political, social and cultural issues.
Mariana van Zeller is a Portuguese journalist and correspondent for National Geographic Channel. She was the chief correspondent for Fusion, and is a former correspondent for the Vanguard documentary series on the former Current TV. She's a recipient of the Peabody Award.
Martin Smith is a producer, writer, director and correspondent. Smith has produced dozens of nationally broadcast documentaries for CBS News, ABC News and PBS Frontline. His films range in topic from war in the Middle East to the 2008 financial crisis. He is a member of the Overseas Press Club and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Wael Dabbous is a UK-based journalist.
Raney Aronson-Rath produces Frontline, PBS's flagship investigative journalism series. She has been internationally recognized for her work to expand the PBS series' original investigative journalism and directs the editorial development and execution of the series. Aronson-Rath joined Frontline in 2007 as a senior producer. She was named deputy executive producer by David Fanning, the series’ founder, in 2012, and then became executive producer in 2015.
Vice News is Vice Media's alternative current affairs channel, producing daily documentary essays and video through its website and YouTube channel. It promotes itself on its coverage of "under-reported stories". Vice News was created in December 2013 and is based in New York City, though it has bureaus worldwide.
The Iranian intervention in Iraq has its roots in the post-2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States and allies when the infrastructure of the Iraqi armed forces, as well as intelligence, were disbanded in a process called "de-Ba'athification" which allowed militias with close ties to Tehran to join the newly reconstituted army.
Nazila Fathi is an Iranian-Canadian author and former Teheran correspondent for The New York Times. She also reported on Iran for both Time and Agence France-Presse. In her book The Lonely War, she interweaves her personal history with that of Iran, from the 1979 Revolution until, when continuing to report from Iran became life-threatening in 2009, she was forced into exile.
Iran is an opponent of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), fighting the group in Syria and Iraq.
Ben C. Solomon is an American filmmaker and journalist. He is currently an international correspondent for VICE News. He was the inaugural filmmaker-in-residence at Frontline after spending nine years as a foreign correspondent and video journalist for The New York Times. In 2015, Solomon won a Pulitzer Prize as part of a team of Times reporters working in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea during the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. He has reported from over 60 countries including numerous war zones, including Syria, Iraq, Libya and Ukraine.
June Cross is an American documentary film director and producer.
City of Lies is a 2014 nonfiction book by British-Iranian journalist Ramita Navai. It deals with society in contemporary Iran and the impact of morality laws and censorship in Iran.
{{citation}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)