Kimiya Shokoohi is an international journalist who's reported from four continents, with work published across numerous publications, and aired across the BBC.

 

She landed her first by-line in a story about a Canadian connection to the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama. The Obama administration would sign the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the nuclear deal amid Kimiya's studies at the University of Southern California, alma matter to Crown Prince of Iran HRH Reza Pahlavi. Following this, Kimiya helped the Olympic Broadcasting Services launch a multi-platform media studio. In all, she has been across seven editions of the Olympic Games. She joined the BBC as part of the World 2020 project. She and teams across Africa and Europe reported and produced numerous short documentaries from the field for the BBC. Currently, her work examines the role of environment and economy in pre-revolutionary Iran. She is working on a project about Pahlavi-era Iran from Oxford.

 

Kimiya holds a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Journalism from Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Master of Arts degree in Specialized Journalism from the University of Southern California, where she attended on full scholarship. The Annenberg Fellowship is named after publisher and diplomat Walter Hubert Annenberg, appointed by President Richard Nixon as US Ambassador to the UK from 1969-1974.