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Thameen Kheetan

Journalist

Thameen Kheetan
35 years old
Driving License
Paris (75009) France
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
Resume created on DoYouBuzz
  • Business news anchor - Arabic language
  • Desk and field reporter - international hard news and feature stories on the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and other parts of the world.
  • Assistant producer of news bulletins, The Debate programme and other special editions at the Arabic channel of France 24.
  • Articles, features and daily coverage of international and Middle East affairs for the website of France 24 news channel in both Arabic and French.
  • Stories covering international politics and social issues on the website of TV5 Monde.
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  • Reporting on political and economic reforms in Jordan and the influx of refugees from neighbouring Syria in summer 2012.
  • Covering youth, universities, on-campus political groups, religion, cinema and music, in addition to waves of protests that swept Jordan during the Arab spring since late 2010.
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  • Features about Jordan's politics, youth, religious groups, sports and society.
  • Editing features about Iraqi politics and society.
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Fixer

Self-employed
March 2011 to June 2011
Freelancer
Amman - Ramtha
Jordan
  • With Sarah Birke, Middle East correspondent for several media outlets including The Independent, The Times, the BBC, The Economist and The Foreign Policy. The work included phone interviews with Syrian citizens in places witnessing confrontations between president Bashar Al Assad's regime forces and demonstrators in the beginning of the March 2011 uprising.
  • With French journalist Benjamin Barthe, Le Monde correspondent and Middle East expert, at the Jordanian-Syrian border city of Ramtha to cover the influx of Syrian refugees to Jordan and the Assad's regime bombardement of Deraa across the borderline.

Master's degree

Lille Graduate School of Journalism (ESJ Lille)

July 2011 to May 2013
Two-year practical courses on TV reporting (TV writing, presenting, filming and editing), radio journalism, web, print media and news agency work.

Specialised in online journalism.

Master's degree

The Institute of Political Sciences (Sciences Po Lille)

September 2011 to May 2013

BA in French language and literature

The University of Jordan

September 2007 to June 2011

The General Certificate of Education (GCE) A-levels

Collège De La Salle (Frères) - Amman

September 2005 to June 2007
  • Translation.
  • Reporting (both print and audivisual).
  • An investigative report on "marginalised cyclists" in France. It tells the story of French cyclists who could not gain access to main international competitions such as the Tour de France because they refused doping.
    Investigation carried out with French colleague and journalist Aurélien Delfosse - ESJ Lille 2012.
  • An investigation on the "battle over sheep": conflicts between Evangelical and Apostolic churches in Jordan over recruting young believers - Al Sijill magazine 2008.
  • Several courses and workshops on investigative journalism organised by the Amman-based Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) network since 2007.
  • Filming.
  • Editing and daily news production (AVID & Final Cut Pro).
  • Presentation.
  • Specialisation at the ESJ Lille.
  • Production of online content (videos, infographs, interactive elements... etc) and use of other web tools.
  • A webdocumentary on skating culture in the city of Lille - Northern France.
  • Social networking.
  • Several courses on computer-assisted reporting, cybersecurity and online privacy.
  • Reporting.
  • Editing (Audacity).
  • Presentation.
  • Quark Xpress.
  • Photoshop.
  • SD550, SD600 and other types of cameras.
  • Playing oriental lute (oud).
  • De La Salle Scouts - Jordan (elected board member 2005 - 2007).
  • Jordan Scouts member (1999 - 2009).
  • A "Young Master's" degree in preventive environmental strategies - Lund University - Sweden (2006).
  • The Global Environmental Youth Convention (GEYC) - Dubai 2006.
  • Hiking.
  • Soccer.