San Francisco, CA, USA
4 reviews$400 - $1000 / Day
I'm a San Francisco-based producer with 12+ years of journalism and TV production experience across the US and Middle East. My diverse experience ranges from working as a fixer and producer in conflict zones to producing a half-hour monthly feature program for CNBC about investment opportunities and business trends in the Middle East (just me and one cameraman/editor!). I'm equally adept at conceiving and planning a story idea, writing a script, managing a crew, and overseeing the edit and assembly. Doing news for more than a decade has made me versatile and calm under pressure, and I pride myself on getting things done. I'm currently back in my hometown of San Francisco, an exciting place to cover subjects such as tech innovation, alternative culture, wellness trends, and an international arts, food and lifestyle scene. I am also well-versed in international and local politics. I love to create and I'm excited to work with you!
A small Palestinian village near Bethlehem becomes more tightly encircled by Israeli settlements, straining its agriculture and water supplies. Young men can only find work, ironically, by building the nearby settlements. This story returns to an elderly resident and a young man, 5 years after the first visit, to see how the village is coping.
Morocco has the MENA region's most ambitious renewable energy plans, aiming to generate 42 percent of its electricity needs by the year 2020. With just me as producer, writer, and presenter and a cameraman/editor, we travel from Marrakech to a wind farm in Tangiers. Researched, field produced, written, presented and produced by Lubna Takruri for Gateway to the Middle East on CNBC.
A business feature story for CNBC's "Gateway to the Middle East," examining the building and striking story of the collection in Doha's Museum of Islamic Art. Planned, produced and written by staff series producer Lubna Takruri, along with shooting and editing supervision.
An in-depth look about how the West Bank Palestinian city of Jenin, once a hotbed of conflict between Palestinian fighters and Israeli soldiers, became the center of international efforts to make it a model city for a Palestinian state. Featuring an interview with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Lubna Takruri: Associate Producer, securing local interviews, field production, translation
Produced for Global Citizen
Arabic translation of video material for a story on a Syrian Refugee's journey to make a new home in Canada
Produced for AJPlus
The housing crunch in the San Francisco Bay Area has left many artists with no choice but to create living spaces in industrial warehouses. In the aftermath of the warehouse fire in Oakland that killed 36, artist Angela Scrivani was just evicted from her low-rent warehouse space. Produced and directed by Lubna Takruri.
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