Donna Abu-Nasr

Previous Professions

    • Bureau Chief, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 1, 2019-Present Bloomberg LP.
    • Bureau Chief, Lebanon, December 2017-December 2018 Bloomberg LP.
    • Reporter, March 2011-December 2017, Bloomberg LP.
    • Fellow, 2010 - present, International Center for Journalists (Amman).
    • Bureau Chief, 2008 - January 2010, Associated Press (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
    • Correspondent, Reporter, & Newswoman, 1987 - 2008, Associated Press (Beirut, Cairo, & Washington).
    • Assistant Instructor of English, 1981 - 1987, Lebanese American University.

Major Achievements

    • Reporting on the upheavals that hit the Arab world following the eruption of the Arab Spring in 2011 for Bloomberg from Bahrain, Yemen and Syria.
    • Writing about the changes underway in Saudi Arabia, including being a part of a six-person team who interviewed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in October 2018.
    • Setting up the first bureau of Associated Press in Saudi Arabia in 2008.

Field(s) of Expertise

Journalism
Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Distinctions

  • Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship, 1990.