Heba Aly | |
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| Born | 1983  Ottawa |
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| Occupation | Journalist |
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Heba Aly is a Canadian and Egyptian[1] journalist and news executive, currently serving as chief executive officer of the independent, non-profit news agency The New Humanitarian, formerly a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) known as Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN). She led the transition of the news agency into its current status as an independent organization, which focuses on conflict journalism, especially in Africa.[2][3]
Aly was named a 2018 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[4] Her public leadership work involves advocating for quality news coverage of conflict areas and humanitarian work. She has been a speaker at TEDxChamonix[5] and at PeaceTalks.[6]
- ^ "Sudan expels reporter over Darfur, arms: US". Reuters. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Granger, Jacob (8 July 2021). "Heba Aly, CEO of The New Humanitarian, on reshaping coverage of the Global South". journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Herman, Marc (12 October 2016). "Freed from UN, a 20-year-old news network embraces independence". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Heba Aly". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Aly, Heba (June 2017). "Stop eating junk news". TEDxChamonix.
- ^ "Heba Aly – PeaceTalks". Retrieved 21 September 2021.