“A journalist is a hunter of truth. Our skill is to dispassionately wade through anger, opinion, emotion, lies, and differing perspectives in search of facts. The same way that an archeologist might seek historical artefacts or a doctor might wield a scapel.
If the moments of my broad career reporting from war zones, the developing world, and on domestic issues like education, crime, immigration have taught me anything it is to see that through the noise, smoke, and hea
t of conflict there is always a beating human heart at the centre of any story. Injustice affects real people with real lives. That is wh
ere the conversation begins.”
— Nadene Ghouri
Nadene Ghouri is an award-winning journalist with substantial experience across news, current affairs, and documentary. Her ability to source human stories behind the headlines, her incisive reporting, and her empathetic interviewing make Nadene a journalistic force. She is a former correspondent of both the BBC and Al Jazeera and has written for world leading publications such as The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday and Vice. Her wide scope of work spans both domestic and foreign across a variety of subjects.
Nadene is of mixed British, Afghan, and Pakistani heritage. She began her career in newspapers before moving into broadcast, and loves the diversity of working across the different mediums of print, radio, television and digital. Long-form current affairs is her true love for the in-depth flexibility it allows in telling a story. Whether reporting the pressing domestic agendas of the day or from the world’s most hostile or complex environments, Nadene gives the best of her ability to each, and every, story. If it matters to the viewer, listener, or reader – then it matters to Nadene.
She has multiple subject specialisms including:
Social Affairs, Human-interest and Education, particularly those relating to education, children and young people. Nadene believes children’s voices too often go unheard.
World Politics, International Development, Global Security. Years of living and working across conflict zones, in particular Afghanistan and the Middle East give Nadene an extremely strong understanding of world affairs.
Terrorism and Disinformation. Nadene has consulted for government in counter terrorism projects, as well as various editorial roles supporting media infrastructure in conflict or fragile nations, where disinformation is rife and access to free media scarce. This gives her a unique insight into the twin threats of domestic and international terrorism facing us today.
Fertility and Assisted Reproduction. A specialism borne from personal experience of a long journey to assisted parenthood.
Interiors. Nadene’s personal passion. She appeared as an amateur designer on BBC’s Your Home in Their Hands. And won!
Nadene is also a New York Times bestselling non-fiction ghost-writer, a screenwriter, and an in-demand media consultant and storytelling trainer, who has helped train journalists and media spokespeople all over the world.
She holds a Masters degree in Screenwriting (with distinction) and a Bachelors in Journalism. She was Writer-in-Residence at Gladstones Library.
Nadene has been nominated for many awards over the years. Including: Amnesty Media Awards (Winner Best Radio Investigation); The Human Trafficking Foundation Media Awards (Best National Newspaper Investigation); The Ethnic Minority Media Awards (Best Broadcast Journalist and Best Documentary); One World Media Awards (Winner Popular Features and Television Documentary); One World Media Awards (Twice times finalist for Broadcast Journalist of the Year); Asian Women in Media Awards (Winner Broadcast Reporter of the Year); Race in the Media Awards (Winner, Best Newspaper Investigation and Reporter of the Year). The Times/Catherine Pakenham Award (Winner, Journalist of the Year).
“A freelance journalist with integrity and bravery.”
— One World Media
“An outstanding investigation.”
— Amnesty Awards
“Our staff loved the powerful stories she used to demonstrate the golden rules of compelling communication. It is no exaggeration to say that if they remember to follow her guidance, they’ll get more call backs from TV and radio studios.”
— Clare O’Hagan, Head of Media, UNESCO Paris
Contact Nadene for commissions or storytelling training:
+64 (0) 22 159 1094
nadenenadene@gmail.com
nadene@nadeneghouri.com