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On promoting Lebanese banks

byHabib Battah
Nov 5, 2013

Here’s a copy of my latest “Media Uncovered” column for Bold Magazine.Excellence Isn’t An AttitudeSLICK PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS PUT…

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Supermarket television

byHabib Battah
Oct 28, 2013

The frozen food section just got a new addition. While perusing the aisles, I couldn’t help jamming to…

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What does the Ministry of Tourism do?

byHabib Battah
Jul 5, 2013

I have to admit, the Ministry’s latest ad is probably their best production yet. It doesn’t try too…

Habib Battah is an investigative journalist and founder of the news site beirutreport.com. Battah has covered Lebanon and the Middle East for over 15 years and teaches journalism and media studies at the American University of Beirut. He is a contributor to Monocle, The Guardian, BBC World, Al Jazeera and others, a former fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and two-time recipient of the Samir Kassir Press Freedom Award. Battah's investigative work was recently recognized for outstanding local reporting by the Columbia University Oakes Award for Environmental Reporting. Battah earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Near East Studies and Journalism from New York University.