Magda Gad

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Magda Gad
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Magda Gad in November 2016
Born
Magda Gad

(1975-10-17) 17 October 1975 (age 47)
Falun, Sweden
OccupationWar correspondent
Known forCovering the assault on Mosul where she reported the war against ISIS

Magda Gad[needs IPA] (born 17 October 1975 in Falun) is a Swedish war correspondent and Middle Eastern analyst who writes, photographs and films her stories. She has been a correspondent for the Swedish media outlet Expressen since 2015. Gad came to international prominence in June 2016 by covering the assault on Mosul in Iraq, where she reported the war against ISIS.

Magda Gad at Expressen's editorial office 2016.

She has been reporting from Afghanistan since September 2018, and is one of the few western journalists who gained access to the Taliban before the Taliban's take over 2021. She stayed in Afghanistan during the take over and was never evacuated. She has continued to report from Afghanistan in 2022.

Her focus is to shine a light on underreported regions and conflicts.

Previous assignments[edit]

Magda Gad is one of few journalists in the world who has reported the war in Myanmar after the military coup. She spent almost one month in the fighting at the frontlines in Myanmar in 2022. [1]

Gad did an in-depth reportage series from Afghanistan on the US' withdrawal of troops 2021, and covered the fall to the Taliban.

Gad returned to the DR Congo in 2022 and covered violence against women and children and the new IS frontline in Ituri province.

She reported on the Covid-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the elections in the US 2020.

In 2019, she reported the conflict in Syria and revealed suspected war crimes. She reported the aftermath of the war against ISIS in Raqqah, Syria and in Mosul, Iraq, and the uprising in Baghdad, Iraq.

In 2018, Gad reported from Saudi-coalition controlled areas in south Yemen and Houthi-controlled areas in north Yemen.

In 2017, she reported from the front lines of the war against ISIS in Raqqah, Syria.

From 2016, she covered the war against ISIS in Iraq, including nine months in Mosul. Among her stories were the discovery of an ISIS mass grave in Hamam al-Alil and war crimes committed by Iraqi forces.

In 2016, Gad did in-depth stories about drug-affected ghettos in Sweden and in Romania. She reported from both sides of the front lines in war-torn eastern Ukraine.

Between 2014 and 2015, she reported from Liberia during the Ebola outbreak. In 2015 she reported about the war between drug cartels in Honduras and interviewed gang members from Mara Salvatrucha and Mara 18.

In 2013, she reported on the conflict over blood minerals in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and exposed child slavery in Ethiopia.

Magda Gad hosted the Swedish radio show Sommar I P1 2017.[1] She is co-founder of the foreign news-reporting site Blankspot.

Between 2004 and 2014, Gad worked as a journalist and editor for newspapers such as Tidningen Vi, Läkartidningen,[2] Modern Psykologi,[3] Café,[4] Svenska Dagbladet, QX, and as a feature and news journalist for newspaper Aftonbladet.

Magda Gad studied Political Science and Journalism in Stockholm. Additional edX coursework: "Terrorism and Counterterrorism", Georgetown University, "Religion, Conflict and Peace", Harvard University, ”Islam Through Its Scriptures", Harvard University.

Books[edit]

Co-author[edit]

  • Vi: de bästa texterna, volym 1, 2018[5]
  • En annan historia, 2017.[6]
  • The preface to Denis Mukwege's book "Kvinnors styrka", 2022. 32

Awards[edit]

  • Newspaper of the Year Award for Best Photojournalism 2022.[7]
  • "Professional Woman of the Year" by the international organization Business and Professional Women 2022. [2][3]
  • Finalist INMA 2022.[8]
  • Finalist Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism 2021.[9]
  • Pennskaftspriset 2021.[10]
  • Newspaper of the Year Award for Best Picture and Sound 2020.[11]
  • Digital Educator of the Year Award from Consid AB 2020.[12]
  • Stig Dagerman Award 2020[13]
  • Bronze Medal Award from the Board of Nordic Veterans Foundation 2019.[14]
  • Finalist the Stockholm Media Week Award in the category Media Personality of the Year 2019.[15]
  • Voice of the Year Award by Dagens Opinion 2019.[16]
  • Finalist the Red Cross Journalism Award 2019 for reportage series in Afghanistan.[17]
  • Finalist Swedish TV Award Kristallen 2019.[18]
  • European Newspaper Award for best War Journalism 2018.[19]
  • Swedish TV Award Kristallen 2018.[20]
  • European Digital Media Awards finalist in Best in Social Media Engagement 2018.[21]
  • The Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism 2017.
  • Per Wendel Prize for News Journalist of the Year 2017.[22]
  • Finalist MEG Award in the category Innovator of the year for innovative war journalism 2017.[23]
  • Scoop of the Year Award by Faktum 2017.[24]
  • Finalist Guldspaden Award for reportage series "Utanförskapet inifrån" 2017.[25]
  • Finalist INMA for "World-class war coverage and interaction on Facebook" 2017.[26]
  • Finalist Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism 2016. [27]
  • Silver for Distinguished Writing at European Press Prize 2016.[28]
  • The Honor Award by Wendela 2016.[29]
  • Cordelia Edvardson Award 2016.[30]
  • Journalist of the Year 2015.[31]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Magda Gad - Sommar & Vinter i P1". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. ^ Hammarström, Text: Magda GadFoto: Niclas (6 August 2013). "Två miljoner våldtagna i krigets Kongo". Läkartidningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. ^ jonasmodernpsykologi (2 December 2013). "Vapnet heter våldtäkt". Modern Psykologi (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Dokument: Kampen mot viruset som dödat 7 000 människor". Cafe.se (in Swedish). 23 November 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Vi : de bästa texterna - Vol. 1 av Lars Ahlin, Karin Boye, Denis Duperley, Stig Edling, Peter Englund (Häftad)". Bokus.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  6. ^ "En annan historia av Lina Thomsgård (Bok)". Bokus.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  7. ^ "De kan vinna Årets Dagstidning 2022 | Tidningsutgivarna". Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  8. ^ "INMA: Best Practice - Expressen's War Correspondent Magda Gad Reporting from Afghanistan". www.inma.org. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Magda Gad finalist till Stora Journalistpriset". www.expressen.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Magda Gad är årets Pennskaftsprisvinnare". www.expressen.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Expressens Magda Gad vinner pris för talibanrapportering". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Årets digitala förebilder prisade". Consid. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  13. ^ Anonym. "Magda Gad is awarded this year's Stig Dagerman Prize | tellerreport.com". www.tellerreport.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Magda Gad och Jeanette Widén hyllas med medaljer av Sveriges Veteranförbund". www.pressmachine.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  15. ^ W4, Wonderfour. "De kan bli Årets Branschpersonlighet | Stockholm Media Week". www.stockholmmediaweek.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Vinnarna i Årets Opinionsbildare 2018". Dagens opinion (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Nomineringarna till Röda korsets journalistpris är klara | Röda korset". via.tt.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Expressen TV och Di TV kan vinna Kristallen 2019". www.expressen.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Expressens Magda Gad tilldelas prestigefullt pris". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Här är alla vinnarna i Kristallen". www.dagensmedia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Expressens Magda Gad får särskilt omnämnande i European Digital Media Awards". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Magda Gad tilldelas årets Per Wendel-pris". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  23. ^ "De kan vinna Meg Award". www.dagensmedia.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  24. ^ "Magda Gad blev Årets avslöjare". www.dagensmedia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  25. ^ "Här är nomineringarna till årets Guldspade". www.resume.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  26. ^ "INMA: Best Practice - Magda Gad – World-class war coverage and interaction on Facebook". www.inma.org. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  27. ^ "Magda Gad". www.storajournalistpriset.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  28. ^ "2016". European Press Prize. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  29. ^ "Pressrelease-Wendelapriset-2016" (PDF). Retrieved 19 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  30. ^ "Magda Gad tilldelas 2016 års Cordelia Edvardson-pris". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  31. ^ "Expressens Magda Gad Årets journalist". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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