Al Jazeera Career
Saeed manages Al Jazeera's global communications and public affairs, and is credited with delivering the network's strongest period of worldwide publicity after his appointment in January 2011. He was responsible for promoting the network's coverage of the Arab uprisings which won global plaudits, and culminated in awards including Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year and a Peabody. That year, Al Jazeera English also won a DuPont, a George Polk, and a Four Freedoms Award.
He also has to deal with adverse reputational issues affecting the network and has led on communications involving captured journalists in Syria, Iran, Libya and Israel. He helped launch the new Al Jazeera Balkans channel and organised campaigns for new distribution deals in India and the US.
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