Eyad Abu Awad

Experience

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  Telpress International

  Oct 1995 - May 2005

  Computer Systems Engineer

  - New IT projects coordinator for local and International customers. The company’s main products were aimed at the creation, transmission and reception of news for media and news agencies.- Systems security and antivirus software management.- Documentation, Technical and commercial design and writing.- Satellite technology solutions marketing/technical writing and customer service.- Network management & systems / Network monitoring.- Hardware and software installation manuals writing and design.- Web & graphics design.- Arabization (solutions to some Arab countries).- Translations from/to English, Italian and Arabic of technical documents. Show less

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  Freelance

  Aug 2005 - now

  Freelance Writer and Consultant

  Contributing writer at cultural and scientific magazines in the Middle East and cooperating with a British writing agency in a variety of research fields.In addition to the above, I have been publishing a scientific magazine in Arabic on the Internet since 2005.Technology and computer / Mobile systems manager and consultant for different companies and small projects and businesses.

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  RT

  Jul 2007 - Mar 2020

  - Organizing and planning daily and weekly tasks of local and International correspondents according to the expected events and day-to-day follow-ups and to up-to-date following of world events.- Proofreading, fact checking, correcting, and approving scripts for each correspondent, before checking the quality of the video used for each report.- Evaluating the level of every correspondent’s work. - Copy-editing material to ensure it meets the standards regarding accuracy and style (checking spelling and grammar).- Overseeing the content and structure of the news of the daily bulletins.- Proofreading material.- Keeping a check on all the incoming news and the accuracy of translations.- Identify any political, historical, or ethical problems in any text and ensure that it is corrected/resolved. - Generating ideas for features and stories and following leads from news agencies, newspapers and magazines, press conferences and other sources.- Writing, preparing and editing news for the political/scientific news section.- Translate news stories from English and Italian into Arabic.- Creating/Editing video for the political/scientific news section.

  • Assignment Desk Manager

    Mar 2014 - Mar 2020

  • Output/Style Editor

    Feb 2013 - Feb 2014

  • Broadcast Journalist

    Jul 2007 - Feb 2013
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  Asharq News الشرق

  Mar 2020 - now

  Senior News Desk Producer