1. Omar Obeidat
5745 Oakshore Ct.
Burke, VA 22015
USA
Tel: 0012028128014
E mail: obeidat.omar@gmail.com
Personal Data
Date ofBirth: December 2nd
, 1971
Nationality: American
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Goal
Looking for a new challenge to express my true capabilities, and achieve my ambitions.
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Employment
Senior producer/ MBN - Alhurra TV/ USA August 2010 – Present
DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES:
Prepare format/rundown for newscast and any assigned special event coverage.
Review all scripts for assigned newscasts to ensure they adhere to broadcast standards

2. Obtain legal and editorial clearances from Executive Producer and News Director.
Oversee all quality assurances and live content material.
Ensure that all additional production details are completed, including graphics.
Pursue breaking news.
Participate in editorial meetings.
SUPERVISORY
Supervise performance and development of assigned broadcast team members; this include anchors,
producers, writers, associate producers and production assistants.
Conduct annual performance planning for each team member.
Provide appropriate, and timely on-going performance feedback to assigned team members to
continually improve the quality of the broadcast.
In consultation with Human Resources, prepare annual Performance Planning and Appraisal Report
for assigned team members.
OTHER DUTIES:
I am a member of Alhurra hiring committee. I participate in viewing applicant’s resumes, interview
candidates, and provide recommendation to the HR Department.
News Producer/ Alhurra TV / USA April 2006 – August 2010
DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES:
Coordinate with Executive Producer & Senior Producers on selecting timely news material.
Prepare format/rundown for newscast, summaries, updates or assigned special event coverage
Review all script for assigned newscasts.
Obtain legal and editorial clearances from Executive Producer and the news director.
Ensure that all additional production details are completed, including graphics.
Follow commands of Senior Supervising Producer in the control room when breaking news is on the
air.
Participate in editorial meetings.
OTHER DUTIES:
Determine show vision and showcase major stories.
Assign and edit stories to writers on the team.
Contribute story ideas on a daily, weekly and long-range basis.

3. Press Attaché' / Embassyof Jordan/ WashingtonDC April 2005 – April 2006
Monitor the US media for any content related to the interests of the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, and
report this to the government of Jordan.
Contact the American journalists and producers to give them more info on what they produce and write
about Jordan.
Monitor the Jordanian press and prepare extracts to the Ambassador and the diplomats in the embassy
about the most important events and articles in the Jordanian press.
Press Coordinator / Good Governance Conference / Jordan 24th
Jan – 7th
Feb 2005
By a special request of the Attorney general in Jordan, I organized the logistics for the Jordanian and
foreign media to facilitate their coverage of the conference funded by the UN.
Reporter/field producer - JTV / Prime Ministers’ office December 1998 – April 2005
Covering the Prime ministers activities in Jordan and abroad for JTV,this includes conducting interviews
with him and his counterparts from all over the world.
I’ve interviewed through all these years lots of world leaders and high ranks including Nelson Mandela of
South Africa, George W Bush of the US, Yasser Arafat of the PLO,King of Jordan, Izzat Ibrahim, Taha
Ramadan, Tariq Aziz of Iraq, the president of Yemen, the president of Algeria, the crown prince of Saudi
Arabia, the Prime Ministers of Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Qatar,Kuwait, Bahrain, and lots of
other politicians in the Arab world.
Executive Assistant to the DirectorGeneralof JRTV August 1998–December 1998
Office manager, helping the DJ in organizing his work including preparing his meetings and keeping his
important documents.
Co-producer/ JTV July 1997- August 1998
Co-produced a successfulpolitical talk show called “Frankly from Amman”. The show was very popular
as we used to have guests from all over the world to participate in it. We covered hot unprecedented
areas.
My role was:bringing ideas and topics to cover, suggesting guests to participate in the show, preparing
the material to the show host, and writing his intro most of the times.
News Writer August 1996 – July 1997
Writing stories to be broadcast in the news casts,and producing "in house" reports.
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Courses
• Previnting harrasment in the workplace. a 12 hour cource by AMA Nov. 18-25, 2014

4. • Communication training course by AMA /Springfield Feb. 19th
- 20th
. 2013
• A series ofBroadcastJournalism training courses/
Colombia University / School ofJournalism 2007 – 2013
• ESL and American Studies Course/JHU/Washington DC June 13th
-July 21ST
2005
• Broadcast Journalism Course/Thompson Foundation /UK June21st –Sep.11th
2004
• Worked for one week in Norwich/UK at BBC station. August 2004
• Worked under a two week project in the USA funded by the DoS July 2003
• Regional Television News Reporting Workshop by VOA May 1997
Democracy in Israel / the Role ofMass Media /ISD Feb 1997
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Education
B.Sc. In Agricultural Engineering .Jordan University, Amman, Jordan 1989 – 1994
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Languages
`- Fluent in spoken and written Arabic
`- Excellent in spoken and written English
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Computer Skills
Very skilled: ENPS, Edios editing systems,Internet reasearch.
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Interests & Activities
News, Current affairs, History, Politics, writing poems,and coin & stamp collecting.
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Memberships
Member ofAgricultural Engineers Association - Jordan
Member ofthe Royal Society for the Conversation ofNature – Jordan.
Member ofthe National Geographic Society – USA.
Member ofthe ADC – USA
Member ofthe Smithsonian Institution - USA