Ahmed Zidan

Ahmed is the deputy director of audience at Freedom of the Press Foundation, where he oversees the organization's audience strategy, social media, multimedia, and newsletters. Prior to FPF, he was deputy director of digital and social media at the Committee to Protect Journalists, and social media editor of Radio Netherlands Worldwide. He was also editor of Mideast Youth, a blogging collective that championed freedom of speech and expression that won the 2011 Best of Blogs Award from German broadcaster Deutsche Welle. Hailing from Cairo, Egypt, Ahmed is fluent in both English and Arabic. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.