Guest For
MONDAY SEPT. 6, 2004
(Originally Aired
09-30-02)
ANISA MEHDI
Television Producer
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
ANISA MEHDI
Anisa Mehdi is executive producer for the PBS FRONTLINE two-hour special,
“Muslims,” which premiered nationwide on May 9, 2002. “Muslims”
explores the cultural and political diversity of Muslims worldwide, through
the lives of individuals in Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, Egypt, Senegal and the
United States. The program and the ensuing outreach campaign intend to expand
and challenge Americans’ understanding of Islam and Muslims. Ms. Mehdi is
also producer/writer of four programs for ABC News Nightline on the subject of
Muslims, Islam and the West. These programs are productions of The Independent
Production Fund.
In addition to television documentaries, Ms. Mehdi is reporting and producing
a radio series called “Living Islam,” to be broadcast on National Public
Radio. She is focusing on American Muslims under the age of 30. “Living
Islam” is produced by Independent Broadcasting Associates.
For several seasons Anisa Mehdi was a contributing correspondent to PBS’s
“Religion and Ethics News Weekly.” Her series of reports on the pilgrimage
to Mecca earned a prize in the 1998 International Film and Video Festival.
Mehdi is the first American woman to report on the Hajj from Mecca for US
television. She was one of the first reporters to cover the blossoming
American Muslim political movement.
Mehdi’s commentaries and articles have appeared in the San Jose Mercury
News, the Newark Star-Ledger, on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” on
Beliefnet.com, and on I-views.com.
Prior to “Muslims,” Ms. Mehdi was Arts and Culture Correspondent for the
New Jersey Network News (PBS). Her decade-long coverage of the creation of the
New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark won many awards in enterprise and
deadline reporting. Her series on breastfeeding was nominated for an Emmy.
Ms. Mehdi’s career began as a news writer and associate producer at WBZ-TV
in Boston. Later she moved to CBS News in New York where she worked on the
foreign desk for the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, and as an associate
producer for the acclaimed documentary series “CBS Reports,” and for “60
Minutes.”
Anisa Mehdi is an avid flutist who volunteers with the Livingston Symphony
Orchestra. She serves on the Board of Directors of Music for All Seasons, on
the Advisory Council for the World Festival at the Newark-based New Jersey
Performing Arts Center, and on the Board of Trustees of The Fraentzel
Foundation, in Maplewood, NJ.
She earned her Masters Degree in Journalism at Columbia University and a
Bachelors Degree in Spanish language and literature from Wellesley College.
She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two daughters.
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Anisa
Mehdi
Anisa at her home
Anisa
Mehdi specializes in reporting on religion and the arts. She is reporting on
the new generation of Muslims in the United States for "Living
Islam." Ms. Mehdi was executive producer for the PBS Frontline
documentary "Muslims", which premiered on May 9, 2002.
("Muslims" is scheduled for re-broadcast on PBS stations nationwide
on December 19, 2002.) She was producer/writer for a four part series on
Muslim views on faith and non-Muslim cultures for ABC News'
"Nightline". Ms. Mehdi produced award-winning coverage of the Hajj,
or pilgrimage to Mecca, for PBS's "Religion and Ethnics News
Weekly", and has many awards marking her 12 years as arts correspondent
for the New Jersey Network News (PBS). She began her career as a news writer
for WBZ-TV in Boston and later worked as an associate producer for CBS News in
New York.
Anisa
Mehdi has an M.S. from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia
University and a B.A. from Wellesley College. She is an avid flautist who
serves on the advisory board for the World Festival at the New Jersey
Performing Arts Center, and is a board member of Music for All Seasons, a
charity bringing professional performance to the infirm, the aging and the
imprisoned.
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