Farhan Khan

Experience

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  Human Development Society

  Feb 2007 - Feb 2010

  Area Coordinaor
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  International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

  Mar 2010 - Sept 2013

  Communication Officer

  •Drafts proposals/ plans of action pertaining to the communication objectives of the ICRC in Sindh.•Suggests ways to develop and implement strategy and activities for enhancement of cooperation between the ICRC and different stakeholders in the country.•Assist in establishing and expanding network of contacts and dialogue with authorities including provincial authorities, judicial authorities, academic circles, journalists, civil society at various degrees independently. •Develops and carries out dissemination and information sessions of ICRC mandate and activities for different stakeholders. •In coordination with the communication department ensures media coverage of ICRC activities. •Contributes to the drafting of institutional/ external communication material and dissemination tools (e.g. ICRC newsletters, operational updates, leaflets).•Reports events and changes within the province that could have an impact on ICRC's activities and hence provides sound elements to the Delegation that allows establishing objectives and priorities.•Monitor the relevant national and provincial media and prepares a weekly digest and collection of relevant press cuttings•Daily monitor the relevant national and provincial media and contribute to daily media monitoring of the ICRC in the country. •Contributes to the analysis of the security, socio-economic, scientific, cultural and political environment relevant to the ICRC. Show less

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  Live Rostrum News Agency

  Jan 2014 - now

  Manager Regional Leads

  • Finding new citizen journalist recruits in target regions.• Organizing and motivating citizen journalism recruits through offline workshops, events and news media challenges.• Acting as the main contact point for [company] for all breaking and important news stories within the designated region.• Educating people on the tools and capabilities of [company]’s platform.• Starting discussions with other citizen journalists, bloggers and media practitioners and engaging them with the [company] platform.• Leading street level citizen journalism efforts as needed.• Self-educating on the best tools and practices for citizen journalists and educating what they learn back to their community.• Sourcing stories and information from different organizations and assisting production team by arranging interviews.• Maintaining and updating a database with all the relevant contacts.• Creating relationships with worldwide based organizations and Coordinating with their liaison officers. • Maintaining an ‘ear to the ground’ on important, trending and above all breaking news stories in the region.• Responsible for organizing citizen journalists to respond to the regions newsworthy stories as determined by that community. Show less