FARHOD FAMILY

617.935.2885 / farhodkhan@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE

NEWS21, March 2011 - present Carnegie-Knight Reporting Fellow, New York, NY Part of a 10-week fellowship contributing to the Brave Old World: Our Future Selves project. Shot, edited and produced video stories about alternative senior housing in Virginia, Chicago and New York. THE WEEK IN GREEN (www.weekingreen.org), September 2009 - October 2010 Assistant Producer, New York, NY Edited video, produced shows and coordinated interviews for weekly webcast on Iranian politics. Supervised the website and development of blog content and traffic. TEHRAN BUREAU/PBS FRONTLINE, September 2009 - August2010 Writer/News editor, Boston, MA Freelanced articles about my experience in Iran covering the 2009 presidential elections. Aggregated news stories for the "Press Roundup" section of the website and responsible for page layout. Copy-edited translated Farsi news stories. PRESS TV, February 2009 - July 2009 Election Blogger & Correspondent/Production Assistant, Tehran, Iran Founder and editor of "The Election Blog" on Press TV's website. Traveled across country following presidential candidates on campaign trail. Contributed photos and daily write ups of events for the Blog. Shot and edited video for Iran Today a weekly program about Iranian affairs.
EDUCATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, 2011 Master of Science in Journalism, concentration in Digital Media Completed a long-form masters project on handball in New York City. Shot and produced a video documentary on the Golden Gloves boxing tournament. Covered northern Manhattan for TheUptowner.org contributing multimedia and print stories. Produced video overview of Press TVs coverage of the Egyptian uprisings as part of the Global Media Wars project for the international newsroom class that was published in the Global Post. BOSTON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES, 2008 Graduate coursework in International Relations Completed courses in Political Economy of the Middle East; Transnational Shiism. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, 2007 Bachelor of Arts, double major in History and French Recognized on Deans list, French Honors Society, History Honors Society. Wrote thesis on U.S. Policy during the Iranian Revolution. Studied abroad at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France (2006).

SKILLS

Fluent in French and Farsi. Strong knowledge of DSLR cameras, very proficient in Final Cut Pro, Aperture, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom. Also versed in HTML, CSS.