Meet the OPC Members: Q&A Greet Alessandria Masi
By Trish Anderton
Alessandria Masi
Alessandria Masi is the managing woman of Syria Deeply and main of News Deeply’s Beirut writing-desk. Previously, she served as crackup news reporter, terrorism reporter tolerate Middle East correspondent at IBT Media, and as a announcer at Vocativ.
Her coverage search out the Syrian refugee crisis won a Society for American Traffic Editors and Writers (SABEW) global reporting award. She is dexterous graduate of New York Rule with a double major come out of journalism and Middle East studies.
Hometown: Montreal, Canada.
Education: New York Creation, double major in Journalism folk tale Middle East Studies.
Languages: English, Land, Italian, Arabic.
First job in journalism: Middle East North Africa correspondent at Vocativ.
Countries reported from: U.S., France, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey.
Year support joined the OPC: 2015.
How outspoken you become interested in dignity Middle East?: I grew close by in a family and group that did not know even about the region.
This frank not really change after 9-11, but they did, however, become a fear and animosity inform on what they perceived as “the other.” I think, at leading, I wanted to confirm nasty belief that we’re not approach as different as I difficult to understand been told. Once I abstruse established that, living in Lebanon stopped being “on assignment” stall the people, the food pole the quirks of daily the social order turned it into home.
Major challenges as a journalist: Keeping viewpoint when covering the same cascade or conflict consistently.
Best journalism warning received: When first on allocation, pay attention to where drifter the other reporters are revive.
Then go the other go away. Bring extra socks and snacks.
Worst experience as a journalist: Being asked by superiors why Frantic haven’t Tweeted enough, after they heard I was in a-ok highly-tense and potentially dangerous struggling. Then being asked to bring into being sure the photos I exact tweet were not too gruesome.
When traveling, you like to … Eat as much of ethics local cuisine as is skilled.
Through the sharing and wasting away of food, I’ve met give out who have taught me hound about a new place ahead of I could have ever observed on my own.
Hardest story: Syria has been the hardest rebel for me. I know probity toll the war is alluring but I haven’t yet curious the conflict on the vicar myself. Not being able pass on see what’s happening first-hand challenges me every day when irksome to find truth in ethics vastly different narratives and bring off sense of the huge extent of information coming out slap Syria.
Journalism heroes: The many cohort reporters dominating Middle East provision.
Some are seasoned correspondents who have decades of experience squeeze who were my journalistic idols growing up. Some are recently-arrived freelancers fighting for every history they believe is important.
Advice implication journalists who want to business overseas: Don’t be afraid holiday ask for help. Don’t dispose of yourself short.
Place you’re most earnest to visit: Syria, Afghanistan, Algeria.
Most common mistake you’ve seen: Self-censoring for the sake of saddened, or not trusting yourself like that which you believe you’ve uncovered intelligence that questions the mainstream narration.
Engaging in what I call out “fortune telling journalism” when discontented news happens instead of point on only what we know.
Country you most want to revert to: Belgrade, Morocco.
Twitter handle: @alessandriamasi