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WNN – Women News Network Staff
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Lys Anzia – WNN Director / Editor-At-Large
In 1979, WNN director, award-winning playwright, (2007) Pushcart Prize nominee and humanitarian journalist – Lys Anzia, was the first woman on the programming board for US Public TV Channel 12 KBDI in Denver, CO. After an early career training in public radio with Pacifica affiliate station WPFW in Washington, DC, she continues to produce radio today covering international women’s stories for WINGS – Women’s International News Gathering Service.
Lys is currently the director and curator for Women News Network Video collection
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Drea Knufken – writer/journalist – US
Drea Knufken is a freelance writer living in Boulder, Colorado. She first became aware of international women’s issues when she studied abroad in Accra, Ghana, and saw first-hand the powerful role women had in keeping that country thriving. Reach her via email at air (dot) elements (at) gmail (dot) com.
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Shuriah Niazi – humanitarian journalist – Central India
Journalist Shuriah Niazi is based in Central India. In 2006, he received an award recognition at the sixth Sarojini Naidu journalism awards hosted by The Hunger Project – India. As a journalist, Niazi focuses on human rights and women’s rights development issues.
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Sally Chiwama – gender development journalist – Zambia
Sally Chiwama uses professional training in journalism as ammunition to inform society on the importance of information. As part of the Zambia Media Women Association (ZAMWA) Secretariat, Sally has represented ZAMWA in Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa. She is a recent Dec 2008 recipient of a newly acclaimed media award started by humanitarian luminaries, THE ELDERS. The EHHR Media Award – the Every Human Has Rights Media Award honored Sally’s WNN feature story with a ten day training in humanitarian journlism in Paris. She received her prize for her WNN article, “When a Girl Student Stands Up and Wins.”
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Elahe Amani – humanitarian journalist – gender specialist – peace activist – Iran/US
Elahe Amani works with immigrant women in the ethnic communities of South Asian, Iranian and the Middle Eastern in Southern California to help women from these communities build peace at home and in society. She is current chair of Women Intercultural Network, a global women’s organization with grassroot circles in Uganda, Japan and Afghanistan. Elahe has also been a professor through the Women’s Studies Department and is also on the advisory board of the Women Center at CSU, Long Beach, California.
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Mana Ammar – women’s news reporter – Egypt
WNN correspondent, Manar Ammar is an Egyptian freelance journalist and translator. Her work has been published in The Daily News Egypt and All Headline News (AHN). She is a professional translator, having worked on a number of international projects in the region.
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Joseph Mayton – human rights correspondent – Cairo, Egypt
Joseph Mayton is a WNN journalist based in Cairo, Egypt. He is currently also a correspondent for Middle East Times and contributes regularly to The Middle East Magazine, The Media Line, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Newsweek Turkey and a number of other publications.
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Svetlana Bahchevanova – photographer – Bulgaria/US
Bulgarian photographer for WNN, Svetlana Bahchevanova, has exhibited her work in Europe and the United States in galleries and museums and has been published by numerous major newspapers, agencies and magazines such a International Herald Tribune, l’Humanitie, Soar, Pravda, Biography, Reuters and Associated Press.
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Punita Lohani – women’s news reporter – Asia-Pacific / Nepal
Punita Lohani is a freelance journalist who specializes in covering women’s advocacy news for the Asia-Pacific Nepal region. She is a member of Nepal women’s media group, SANCHARIKA.
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Brenda Zulu – ICT policy journalist – Zambia
WNN Zambia correspondent, Brenda Zulu, has been an ICT policy journalist since 2005. Her dedication to women’s issues in South Africa is strong and focused.
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