Opheera McDoom (born 1977) is a journalist and Reuters correspondent. For several years, McDoom has been reporting news in Egypt and Sudan.
Biography
McDoom was born and educated in London, England and graduated with a master's degree from the University of Edinburgh. She is of Guyanese descent and her name derives from her family's place of origin in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana, McDoom village. She describes her surname as "a colonial mess-up," ascribed when the British mistakenly anglicized her father's family name.
Reuters
McDoom joined Reuters in September 2002. She spent one year in London before moving to Cairo in July 2003 to cover Egypt and Sudan. The agency had her establish the first Reuters bureau in Sudan since the news service vacated that country 15 years prior. The bureau now consists of two full-time journalists, two TV crews, and a stringer. She is based in Khartoum, and files reports from throughout the country.
References
- "Reporting War: A Western female journalist amongst warlords". Luna Pictures. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
- ^ My Daughter's Sudan Wedding, Guyana Chronicle Archived 2008-06-15 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on June 3, 2008
- Sudan's 'wedding of the year', BBC News, Retrieved on June 3, 2008
- Darfur:An investigation into a tragedy, Reporters Without Borders, Retrieved on June 3, 2008
External links
Selected articles
- Opheera McDoom, Sudan surrounds, attacks volatile Darfur camp - witness, Reuters, 22 August 2007
- Opheera McDoom, Armed men attack police in Darfur refugee camp, Reuters, 20 August 2007
- Opheera McDoom, Former Darfur rebels say Khartoum arming militia, Reuters, 16 August 2007
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