Leyla Doss
Audio Producer at Kerning Cultures Network
About
I'm a New York-based audio producer and tell stories that cover the "why" and combine journalism and storytelling.
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I'm currently a producer at Kerning Cultures Network, the first ventured-funded podcasting company in the Middle East. Our work has been featured in Radiolab, 99 Percent Invisible, This American Life, and others. Kerning Cultures is described as the "This American Life" of the Arab world. In my role, I produce audio documentaries for clients, most notably for the Inside Expo Podcast and for the People and Planet Podcast for Expo 2020 Dubai (Dubai's World's Fair). I'm also the sole producer for the People and Planet Podcast.
I also have an M.S. in journalism (audio specialization) from Columbia's School of Journalism. My experience there included producing fast-paced daily audio reporting, and long-form narrative audio producing. I also expanded on my journalism skills through hands-on classes focusing on investigative techniques, reporting, journalism business and journalism law. During my time there I was also the President of the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association, Columbia University Chapter.
I have 10 years of experience in journalism, strategic communications, and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) political analysis. I also co-founded the global prizewinning news site Mada Masr, described by The Guardian as "the news site keeping press freedom alive in Egypt."
My experience abroad included reporting for the Financial Times, The Guardian and other international outlets on Egyptian politics, the criminal justice system, police violence, social movements and resource conflicts in Nile basin countries. I also covered key events such as the trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and Egyptian presidential elections.
I graduated with a B.A. from the University of Toronto with a double major in Political Science and Media Studies, as well as an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from SOAS; the world's top institution for the study of the MENA region.
Audio Clips
PRODUCING
Beyond Sound and Vision, Inside Expo Podcast
This is Our Time, Inside Expo Podcast
Creating Change through Storytelling with guest Yusuf Omar - People and Planet Podcast
Beyond the Classroom with grand chessmaster Judit Polgar, People and Planet Podcast
The Power of Digital Accessibility with guest Richard Thanki, People and Planet Podcast
Leaving the Coptic Orthodox Church - Master's Project at Columbia University
The quest to find Nafas - Telling True Stories in Sound Podcast
The journey home through Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. - Telling True Stories in Sound Podcast
History of the minimum wage fight - Columbia News Service
The Missing Box - on not having a MENA category in the census and all forms of natiowide data collection. - Uptown Radio
HOSTING and PRODUCING
What are vaccine passports? And are they ethical? - Uptown Radio.
New York mayoral race signals political shift on Palestine and Israel. - Uptown Radio
Johnson and Johnson Vaccine receives mixed responses from the Catholic Community - Uptown Radio
Co-host - entire broadcast - Uptown Radio
Print Clips
To view my print clips, (both long-form and news) please check out this portfolio here.