Award-winning filmmaker & University of Washington Director of M.C. in Digital Media
Greater Seattle Area
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- Director M.C. Digital Media at University of Washington
- Director at Independent America Media Inc.
- President at HRH Media Inc.
- Past
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- Correspondent at CBC News
- Middle East Producer/MSNBC correspondent at NBC News
- Producer at NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
- Education
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- Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
- Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II)
- McGill University
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Hanson Hosein’s Summary
Hanson Hosein: is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker, as well as the Director of the Master of Communication in Digital Media at the University of Washington in Seattle. He specializes in social media, digital storytelling and research strategies.
Throughout his career, Hanson has sought out the technological changes that are now upending traditional media—from being one of the first contributors to a nascent MSNBC.com, to pioneering digital content creation as a globe-trotting solo broadcaster.
His film Independent America: The Two-Lane Search for Mom & Pop was an early exercise in the use of digital technology in storytelling and ongoing interaction with its audience. Self-produced and self-financed, the award-winning documentary has also been featured by Yahoo!, USA Today, BusinessWeek, Variety, ABC News, National Public Radio, and has been broadcast by NHK Japan, SBS Australia and the Sundance Channel. He recently completed the award-winning sequel, Independent America: Rising from Ruins.
In the last few years, Hanson has also shot and edited groundbreaking films for the American government in southern Africa, for TurnHere.com and Discovery Channel Mobile in Latin America, and for aid organizations such as PATH and Mercy Corps.
In 2004, he coordinated NBC Nightly News’ coverage of the U.S. handover of power to the new Iraqi government and was embedded with the First Cavalry Division.
In 2003, Hanson served as an NBC correspondent and solo journalist during the war in Iraq. Armed with a laptop, satellite phone and camcorder, he filed ongoing Persian Gulf coverage live from the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. He then covered the aftermath of the war from Beirut, Damascus, Amman and Jerusalem.
Hanson won an Emmy for his NBC Nightly News coverage “The Fall of Kosovo” as well as an Overseas Press Club Award. He was NBC News’ Middle East Producer and MSNBC.com correspondent, based in Tel Aviv from 1997 to 2001.
Hanson Hosein’s Specialties:
video production, social media, online video, storytelling, news reporting, television, emerging technologies, international relations.
Hanson Hosein’s Experience
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Director M.C. Digital Media
University of Washington
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
Manages the Department of Communication's Digital Media program and teaches about social media, online video and journalism.
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Director
Independent America Media Inc.
(Entertainment industry)
2005 — Present (4 years )
We're on the lookout for "Mom & Pop" -- producing our own road movie across the United States. More than ever it seems like it's Independent America vs. Corporate Chain store America. We went hunting for those pressure points along with our black lab Miles. We tried to make our 55-day trip without relying on interstate highways, corporate chain restaurants, motels or stores.
What we discovered, and experienced, was surprising. The expedition allowed us to capture an America at a historical and ideological crossroads. Where even the health of its democracy hinges on the survival of independent business. And where many citizens are increasingly concerned that they have lost control over the nation's large and powerful institutions. Which is why "local" matters more than ever. -
President
HRH Media Inc.
(Broadcast Media industry)
2003 — Present (6 years )
Award-winning digital filmmaking & communications team of Hanson Hosein & Heather Hughes. Provided film production and television news reporting services to NBC News, CBC News, Global National, USAID, Discovery Mobile, Mercy Corps, PATH, and TurnHere.com
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Correspondent
CBC News
(Broadcast Media industry)
June 2001 — February 2003 (1 year 9 months)
Worked for Canadian national public broadcaster as a video journalist and correspondent, covering breaking news and producing long-form enterprise stories. Trained to shoot and edit broadcast quality stories in the field using a small DV camera and laptop editing system. Opened and operated office for the network in Kelowna, B.C.
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Middle East Producer/MSNBC correspondent
NBC News
(Public Company; GE; Broadcast Media industry)
November 1997 — February 2001 (3 years 4 months)
Based in NBC's Tel Aviv bureau, produced breaking news international coverage for Nightly News, The Today Show, Dateline and MSNBC, directing camera crews, editors and correspondents. In 2000, given General Electric Man- agement Stock Award for outstanding contribution to the network. Memorable experiences include surviving a Hezbollah rocket attack on Israel's northern border, being deported from Pakistan due to affiliation with the Jewish state, and uncovering a mass grave in Kosovo.
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Producer
NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
(Broadcast Media industry)
July 1994 — November 1997 (3 years 5 months)
Based at NBC headquarters in New York City, worked primarily on investigative stories and hard-hitting features with top correspondents and with anchorman, Tom Brokaw.
Hanson Hosein’s Education
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Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
M.S. , Broadcast journalism , 1993 — 1994
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Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II)
M. en droit , International and European law. , 1992 — 1993
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McGill University
LL.B., B.C.L. , Canadian and International law. , 1989 — 1993
Additional Information
Hanson Hosein’s Interests:
Independent retail, social media, mobile networking, the rest of the world, video, video everywhere.
Hanson Hosein’s Groups:
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Department of Communication at University of Washington
Hanson Hosein’s Honors:
Emmy Award, Overseas Press Club Award.
Hanson Hosein’s Contact Settings
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