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There are most Lebanese channels….

byHabib Battah
Jun 24, 2013

And then there is MurrTV (MTV): Airing a live segment on a bikini pagent, as the others covered…

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Blaming the media

byHabib Battah
Oct 10, 2012

Here is a copy of my “Media Uncovered” column for the September issue of Bold Magazine. I’m late…

Habib Battah is an investigative journalist and founder of the news site beirutreport.com. Battah has covered Lebanon and the Middle East for over 15 years and teaches journalism and media studies at the American University of Beirut. He is a contributor to Monocle, The Guardian, BBC World, Al Jazeera and others, a former fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and two-time recipient of the Samir Kassir Press Freedom Award. Battah's investigative work was recently recognized for outstanding local reporting by the Columbia University Oakes Award for Environmental Reporting. Battah earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Near East Studies and Journalism from New York University.