karen zarindast

About

Karen is a motivated and driven senior broadcast journalist (SBJ) with BBC News, with over 10 years of broadcast-journalism-experience. She has performed in various challenging roles across the BBC: presenter, reporter and field producer. To view some of her work, follow the links provided below. Karen is fluent in English and Persian (Farsi) & can read Arabic, understand Turkish and get by in German. After receiving an MA in Law from the University of Bristol in 2015, Karen is currently studying the Bar Professional Training Course at BPP University in London, whilst working as an SBJ at the BBC. Karen is a 2-time marathon runner. To her - objectives, equate achievements.

Country

united kingdom

City

london

Industry

broadcast media

Skill

radio, broadcast journalism, english, news writing, enps, audio editing, journalism, broadcast, radio broadcasting, television, television production, politics, on air, current affairs, video editing, adobe audition, editorial, copy editing, video production, editing, multimedia, online journalism, radio production, interviewing, writing, new media, copywriting, tv production, investigative reporting, avid, presenter, breaking news, public speaking, documentaries, storytelling, social media, quantel, dalet, media relations, interviews, film, feature articles, radio producing, media production, producing, broadcast television, video journalism, newspapers, field producing

Experience

world service newsroom reporter

bbc world service

2012-9 - 2013-1 · 5 mos

Reported on the BBC World Service's daily radio news bulletins & news programmes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/

documentary reporter

bbc television

2011-3 - 2011-3 · 1 mo

* Won a BBC competition to make a documentary about Muslims in the U.S. pegged to the 10th anniversary of the September 11th atrocity. Co-reported this 45-minute documentary for BBC World TV and reported a 28-minute radio version for BBC World Service. * Link to part1 for BBC World TV: http://vimeo.com/32436375 * Link to part1 for BBC Persian: http://vimeo.com/32500155 * Link to BBC World Service radio documentary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00jszv5

bbc world tv weekend reporter

bbc television

2010-7 - 2011-3 · 9 mos

Reported & produced news pieces as well as did two-ways for BBC World TV.

foreign desk ap

channel 4

2005-1 - 2007-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

news editor

cnbc

2003-1 - 2006-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

assistant producer

associated press

2003-1 - 2005-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

senior broadcast journalist

bbc news

2018-2 - 2010-3

The BBC is the world leader in global breaking news, providing trusted, accurate, impartial and independent news on TV, radio, online and social media to hundreds of millions of people worldwide each week. We have an unrivalled global network of world-class journalists based in more places than any other broadcaster and covering stories from the widest variety of locations.