Massoumeh Mashih Alinejad

Personal Profile

I am a journalist who believes in the rule of law, democracy, citizen's rights and civil society, particularly in the context of Iranian politics and media over the past few years.

Highlights

• Published over 400 articles, reports and interviews (2000-2008)
• Professional Journalist since 2000
• Activist in Iranian women's rights
• Currently columnist with the daily Etemad Melli (Tehran, Iran)
• Some of my articles have been published in Agence France Press and New York Times
• Interviewed by BBC radio, Time, Financial Times, New Internationalist (UK), Corriere della Sera (Italy), Courrier International (France), Deutche Welle (Germany)
• Parliamentary journalist for four years
• Published two books
• Member of the Iranian Journalists Union
• Member of the International Federation of Journalists

Education

1990 - 1994

• Passed my exams in History, Physics, Chemistry, Math, Persian, English, Persian Literature, Geography, Religious Studies.
• Barred from further attendance at university for distributing leaflets.
• Awarded a JournalistÕs Certificate from the Iranian Press Study Centre.

Journalism

2008 - To Date

• Columnist for the daily Etemad Melli
• Executive director of Resanesh Publications Co (Tehran, Iran)

2000 - 2007

• Parliamentary reporter for the daily Hambastegi of Tehran.
• Chief editor of parliamentary reporting for Iranian Labour News Agency of Tehran
• Parliamentary reporter for the newspaper Bahar of Tehran
• Freelance writer and reporter for the newspapers Jam-e Jam, Vaqayeh Ettefaghiyeh, Eqbal, Sharq and Ham-mihan
• Maintained a blog, articles of which have been translated and published in The New York Times and Deutche Welle

2005

• Majlis (Parliament) reporter. Exposed secret Majlis pay hike. Expelled from Majlis
• Defended by Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi

1997 - 2000

• Certified photographer for official ceremonies and political events in Tehran, Iran

Achievements

April 2007

Invited to speak at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London on "Journalism and Women's Rights in Iran."

March 2007

Former Irish President Mary Robinson, former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell and former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin invited me on behalf of Club Madrid to speak at the seminar "Women's Leadership" in Barcelona. I was able to interview them and published the article in Etemad Melli.

2007

Juror for the International Weblog championship held by Deutche Welle.

2005

• Published three books, Tahasson, describing the political turmoil/challenges created when the Sixth Iranian Parliament went on strike and Taj-e-Khar, a novel, now being translated into English, and Man Azad Hastam, banned in Iran and published in Germany in 2008
• Winner of the first annual Omid Journalism Award from Semsar (Iranian - French Organization)

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