Yasmine Ryan

Yasmine Ryan (ca. 1983 – 30 November 2017) was a print, television and multimedia journalist from New Zealand. She was involved in covering the Arab Spring for Al Jazeera English. Ryan also created documentaries.

Biography

Yasmine Ryan was educated at the University of Auckland (BA (Honours) in Political Science and French) and Sciences Po Aix (Master's degree in journalism).{{cite web |title=Yasmine Ryan |url=http://education.mei.edu/profile/yasmine-ryan |publisher=Middle East Institute |access-date=16 June 2020}} She worked for Scoop, Al Jazeera English (September 2010 – October 2013) in Doha, The Independent (2015), and as a contributing freelancer for TRT World.{{cite news |first= Ashfaaq |last=Carim |title=In Memory of Yasmine Ryan |url=https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/in-memory-of-yasmine-ryan-12756 |access-date=16 June 2020 |publisher=TRT World |date=30 November 2017 |language=en}} She also wrote for the Washington Post, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and the Los Angeles Times. She also made documentaries for AJ+.{{cite news |title=Yasmine Ryan |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/authors/yasmine-ryan.html |publisher=Al-Monitor |access-date=16 June 2020 |work=www.al-monitor.com}}

In 2016, she served as a Fellow at the World Press Institute. Ryan died "in conflicted circumstances",{{cite journal |last1=Manning |first1=Selwyn |title=OBITUARY: Yasmine Ryan—a sketch of an extraordinary journalist’s international career |journal=Pacific Journalism Review: Te Koakoa |date=17 July 2018 |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=215–221 |doi=10.24135/pjr.v24i1.412 |url=https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/412 |access-date=16 June 2020 |language=en |issn=2324-2035|doi-access=free }} in Istanbul, Turkey, on 30 November 2017, at the age of 34.{{cite news |title=Yasmine Ryan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/yasmine-ryan.html |access-date=16 June 2020 |work=www.aljazeera.com}}

Awards and honours

2010, International Award for Excellence in Journalism
2011, Al Jazeera English team member, winner, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism's Alfred I duPont award
2011, Online News Association's Online Journalism Award in the category Breaking News, and General Excellence in Online Journalism

References

Category:2017 deaths

Category:New Zealand journalists

Category:21st-century New Zealand women writers

Category:New Zealand non-fiction writers

Category:New Zealand documentary film directors

Category:New Zealand women journalists

Category:University of Auckland alumni

Category:Year of birth uncertain