Farah Ahmed Atyyat

Farah Ahmed Atyyat works in Al-Ghad Daily Newspaper from May 2004 – until now, covering the Ministry of Environment, and Climate Change issues in Jordan and MENA region for more than 19 Years.

During her work, she earned a Multi-Arab and international awards, for the journalistic work, such as The Qarib Journalism Award 2023, the 2023-Arab Media Excellence Award, organized by League of Arab States, and the 2022 Media Freedom Award, organized by the Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ), the prize for the regional competition for young journalists on issues of protecting the ozone layer, organized by the Ozone Unit for West Asia in the United Nations Environment Program.

She is a certified trainer in media issues and used to give training in climate change journalism, environmental reporting, and on different media subjects for the people who work in the media. Previously she worked as a media consultant, campaigns and communications officer in a number of international organizations, including the International Climate Action Network (CANI), the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Global Water Partnership (GWP).

Previously, she also worked as correspondent for a number of Arabic TV channels such as Kuwait TV, and Oman TV.

She got a master’s degree from the Jordan Media Institute in the field of journalism and new media. Her first research paper on Ethical Standards in Publishing Press Pictures on Websites was published in Mutah Journal for Studies and Research in March 2021.