Multi-skilled freelance Video Journalist based in London and Islamabad with over 15 years experience of radio and TV news. Worked for BBC News, ITN, GlobalPost, Channel NewsAsia and reported live for CBS, ABC, Huffington Post, RTÉ and LBC radio.

 

Reports, shoots, edits and produces news stories and features in an original, accessible and informative way. Proven editorial judgement with a broad range of contacts. Speaks Urdu and possesses a Pakistan ID card. HEFAT trained. Has own production company in Pakistan, AKS Films, with state of the art HD cameras and editing equipment. Clients include UNAIDS and UNDP.

 

[ www.aks-films.com ]

About

Almeena is a multi-skilled freelance Video Journalist.

EDUCATION

Oct 1997- June 2000 BA (Hons) Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge University, 2:1

 

Sept 2002- June 2003, Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism, Cardiff University, sponsored by BBC Network News

Skills

ENPS, iNews, Final Cut Pro 7 and X, Q-Cut, Jupiter, Sony Z1 & Canon XF100 cameras

 

 

 

Portfolio

Some of my recent work is shown below

Pakistan massacre: child tells of 'playing dead' to escape gunmen- ABC News
Journalist describes 'horror movie scene' in Peshawar school after Taliban attack kills 141- ABC News
Imran Khan calls for PM to resign- Channel NewsAsia
Imran Khan calls for PM to resign- Channel NewsAsia
PTI party holds anti-Government protests- Channel NewsAsia
Swat's first practising female lawyer - GlobalPost
Interview with UN Envoy Gordon Brown- Channel NewsAsia
Superstitions in Pakistan- GlobalPost
Micro-credit loans for women- Channel NewsAsia
Profile of trainee female fighter pilot- BBC World News
Truck artist fears- 60 Seconds on Earth, GlobalPost
Governor of Punjab profile - BBC Scotland
Pakistani diaspora- BBC Asian Network 
Pakistan Idol - GlobalPost
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES- Karachi Stock Exhange, Pakistan Chamber of Commerce
Karachi voters talk about forthcoming election
POLLING DAY AND 13TH MAY- various lives, rants, as-lives for TV/WSR/Radio 4/Radio 5Live/online live page and tweets
SECURITY IN KARACHI- ANP candidate, Karachi Police, out on patrol
PPP IN RURAL SINDH- First english TV interview with Faryal Talpur, disillusioned PPP voter and opposition candidate in Larkana
Murder of senior PTI politican in Karachi- BBC 6 and 10 o'clock news
PTI leader Imran Khan leaves hospital- BBC World News
School bus fire deaths in Gujrat- BBC World News
Jewish donor Twitter campaign- VJ report BBC London
World’s first Hajj exhibition: BBC London and BBC World News America
First TV interview with Muslim EDL member- BBC Home Affairs/Online
Health concerns over Ramadan- VJ report BBC London
Missing Olympic boxers- VJ report BBC London
On Patrol with Metropolitan Police on Halloween- BBC Breakfast and BBC Newschannel
Magic therapy for children- VJ report BBC London
East End mobile midwives- VJ report BBC London
Measles outbreak in Lahore- BBC World and BBC Newschannel
Residents' fears over extension of Northern Line- VJ report BBC London

 

Interviews

Interviewed by students involved in the innovative Pakistan Calling project run by The RSA/The Samosa

Interviews

Interviewed for BBC World Service Radio Fifth Floor programme about covering the recent General Election in Karachi

 

 

 

Contact

Do you have any questions?
Get in touch!

almeenaahmed@gmail.com