Daoud Kuttab

Daoud Kuttab is a Palestinian journalist and media activist. He is the former Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University. Daoud Kuttab is the former director-general of the Community Media Network (CMN), a not-for-profit media organization dedicated to advancing independent media in the Arab region. CMN is registered in Jordan and Palestine and administers Radio al Balad in Amman and www.ammannet.net

Born in Jerusalem in 1955, Kuttab studied in the United States and has been working in journalism ever since 1980. He began his journalism career working in the Palestinian print media (Al-Fajr, Al-Quds, and Asennara) as well as the audiovisual field (Documentary producer). He established and presided over the Jerusalem Film Institute in the 90s. In 1995, he helped establish the Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN) a censorship-free Arab website www.amin.org. He established and headed the Institute of Modern Media at Al-Quds University from 1996 to 2007. In 1997, he partially moved to Amman (because of family tragedy and remarriage) and in 2000 established the Arab world's first internet radio statio,n AmmanNet (www.ammannet.net). Mr. Kuttab is active in media freedom efforts in the Middle East. He is a regular columnist for the Jordan Times, The Jerusalem Post, and the Daily Star in Lebanon. He has co-produced a number of award-winning documentaries and children's television programs. His op-ed columns have appeared in the NY Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angles Times, The Daily Telegraph, and Shimbum Daily in Tokyo. He has received a number of international awards, among them the CPJ Freedom of Expression Award, the IPI World Press Freedom Hero, PEN Club USA Writing Freedom Award, the Leipzig Courage in Freedom Award, and the Next Foundation (UK) Peace through Media Award. He is a regular columnist for the Huffington Post, Palestine News Network, Al Arrabiya.Net, and the Jordan Times.