Samya is an independent journalist, a media trainer and a digital storyteller. In her training, Samya focuses on digital storytelling, innovation in newsrooms, and the process of employing technology to respond to the different journalistic needs. She was the first teaching fellow with the Google News Initiative in the Middle East and North Africa. Before joining Google, Samya worked as an online video and social media producer at CNN in Dubai, covering entertainment and cinema, and specializing in the Arab film industry. She produced one season of the podcast “Scene Cinema”, which focuses on independent Arab Cinema. She hosts a bi-monthly show on CNNArabic, “Poster,” which also focuses on indie Arab cinema. She currently serves as a communication consultant for ARIJ in Jordan. Samya focuses on visual storytelling in her work, creating ways to promote news stories across different digital platforms. In her training, she focuses on teaching journalists innovative ways to cover news, tell stories, and distribute their productions across different platforms. Samya is also a children books writer. She leads an initiative called “Samya Reads.”