Kourosh Ziabari is a journalist and media studies researcher. A contributor to New Lines Magazine, he has earned a master’s degree in political journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In 2022, he received the Professional Excellence Award from the Foreign Press Correspondents Association. He is also an alumnus of the Senior Journalists Seminar Fellowship by the East-West Center and a 2022 World Press Institute fellow with the University of St. Thomas. He was a finalist for three Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Connect on LinkedIn.