Sawsan Zaidah

Sawsan Zaidah is a journalist reporting on media and women’s issues in Jordan. She is the development manager of the Community Media Network (CMN), a Jordanian NGO that aims to promote independent, professional and alternative media, as well as community radio and citizen journalism in the region. The CMN runs Radio Al-Balad and AmmanNet website. She worked as the manager and editor-in-chief of AmmanNet, the first local independent FM radio station and the first internet-based radio station in the Arab region. Sawsan has an MA, with distinction, in Online Journalism from Nottingham Trent University, UK.

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