mona iskander

Independent producer and director, founding board member @ameja

[Peabody Awards @PeabodyAwards]

📸 Peabody Portrait with Robert Padavick, Liz Schubauer, Mona Iskander, and Yasmeen Qureshi of @USATODAY's The Post Roe Baby Boom: Inside Mississippi’s Maternal Health Crisis.

For more: https://t.co/sFfuiJTERy

[Peabody Awards @PeabodyAwards]

For its stellar reporting on the crisis of maternal healthcare in an often overlooked region, The Post Roe Baby Boom: Inside Mississippi’s Maternal Health Crisis wins a Peabody Award. 🏆✨
@USATODAY | @Tennessean | @monaisk2010 | @YasmeenQ | @djdreilinger
See why 👇👇

[Blair J. Wylie @blairwylie]

@monaisk2010 @USATODAY Congrats Mona on this important work! Thank you for your voice.

[Economic Hardship Reporting Project @econhardship]

Congratulations @monaisk2010 and @YasmeenQ!

We are thrilled to share that EHRP-supported doc, “The Post Roe Baby Boom,” won a @PeabodyAwards 🎉

Produced in partnership with USA Today and The Tennessean, Mona Iskander & Yasmeen Qureshi follow Mississippi’s maternal health crisis

[Peter Maass @maassp]

Kudos to all including @econhardship (my fave journalism nonprofit).

[Lauren Feeney @lavrentia]

@maassp @econhardship Amazing! Congrats @monaisk2010 and @lisquart, so nice to see this.

[Economic Hardship Reporting Project @econhardship]

@monaisk2010 @USATODAY @PeabodyAwards We are so honored to work with you and Yasmeen. Congratulations ❤️

[mona iskander @monaisk2010]

Our film for @usatoday #statesofamerica on the maternal health crisis in Mississippi has won a @PeabodyAwards for public service! Thanks to an amazing production team, @econhardship for its support and most of all the women who shared their stories. https://t.co/DKm6kl9YaK

[AMEJA @AMEJA]

We hesitated to make this announcement given somber mood. However, AMEJA exists to support Arab & Middle Eastern #journalists and the awards highlight stellar coverage of the region and heritage communities here at home. Our mission is more important than ever (more in 1st slide)

[South Asian Journalists Association @sajahq]

Sharing from our colleagues at AMEJA re the current conflict:

[mona iskander @monaisk2010]

@marwamorgan Mabrouk!!!

[Farnoush Amiri @FarnoushAmiri]

AAJA ‘23: An amazing and important panel with incredible Iranian women on how to cover Iran when you’re not able to be on the ground, hosted by @AMEJA @yasminv @ArtemisChats @YeganehSalehi

[mona iskander @monaisk2010]

@ameja announces its second annual awards! call for entries here: https://t.co/SRHQ6zDiIH #journalism

[Danielle Dreilinger @djdreilinger]

Every Black woman you ask in Mississippi knows someone. Someone who lost a baby or lost their life, or came too close. A friend, a sister, a neighbor, themselves.

Then, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled against Mississippi’s abortion clinic.

https://t.co/VjbJLfjEYW

[mona iskander @monaisk2010]

Our latest film for @USATODAY's #statesofamerica one year after Roe v Wade was overturned we travel to Mississippi to find out what's happening on the ground. https://t.co/DKm6kl9YaK

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

Under Mississippi’s abortion ban, Shirley makes a life-or-death decision. “My doctors tell me that if I don't go through with the termination of the pregnancy, then I might not live.” Watch the full “States of America” episode here: https://t.co/AyhQjE7hgG

[The Intercept @theintercept]

WATCH LIVE Insecurity: Economic Hardship in the Pandemic EraPresented in partnership with @econhardship and featuring a discussion with @lisquart, @monaisk2010, @lavrentia and Lisa Ventura.
https://t.co/WoO8747MTz

[Alissa Quart @lisquart]

Our film Insecurity by @KarlaMurthy @monaisk2010 @RaySuarezNews @lavrentia @econhardship and @theintercept will be showing on @ThirteenWNET @chasingthedream and we will be speaking on it @PeoplesForumNYC on the 23rd of the month! Come by...

[Jon Stewart @jonstewart]

Jimmy Carter is one of the kindest most thoughtful people I’ve ever had the honor of meeting. He’s the best of us.