Koshan Khidhir
Koshan Ali Khidhir serves as head of media monitoring and research for NRT TV in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, where he supervises a group of journalists who research and write about local and international issues. NRT is the only independent media source in the region, without ties or funding from political parties.
Koshan was born in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, in 1988. He received a BA in Politics and International Relations from the University of Kurdistan – Hewler, Iraq, in 2012, and an MA in International Studies from the same institution in 2014. He also earned a Diploma in Advanced TEFL from Notting Hill College in 2016.
Koshan has more than 8 years of experience in journalism and translation, in addition to 4 years of experience doing research on the Middle East. He has held managerial and supervision roles throughout his career. He supervised the International Section at Aso Newspaper (2010-2011) and served as Online Liaison Officer at the STATT organization (2012-2015). He has been head of media monitoring and research at NRT since 2014.
Koshan frequently appears on Kurdish television channels as a political affairs analyst and he has written numerous articles in Kurdish and English on the politics of Middle East.
He was awarded the 2012 MJ Bear Fellowship Honorable Mention by Online News Association. In addition, as one of the top students at the University of Kurdistan – Hewler, he was chosen to participate in an exchange program with the University of Amsterdam and travelled to the Netherlands and Belgium in 2012.
Koshan was born in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, in 1988. He received a BA in Politics and International Relations from the University of Kurdistan – Hewler, Iraq, in 2012, and an MA in International Studies from the same institution in 2014. He also earned a Diploma in Advanced TEFL from Notting Hill College in 2016.
Koshan has more than 8 years of experience in journalism and translation, in addition to 4 years of experience doing research on the Middle East. He has held managerial and supervision roles throughout his career. He supervised the International Section at Aso Newspaper (2010-2011) and served as Online Liaison Officer at the STATT organization (2012-2015). He has been head of media monitoring and research at NRT since 2014.
Koshan frequently appears on Kurdish television channels as a political affairs analyst and he has written numerous articles in Kurdish and English on the politics of Middle East.
He was awarded the 2012 MJ Bear Fellowship Honorable Mention by Online News Association. In addition, as one of the top students at the University of Kurdistan – Hewler, he was chosen to participate in an exchange program with the University of Amsterdam and travelled to the Netherlands and Belgium in 2012.
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