Pooneh Ghoddoosi

Pooneh Ghoddoosi is a journalist and broadcaster. She is one of the BBC's select group of multilingual presenters. During her two decades with the organization, she has edited, produced, and presented a variety of programs on BBC World News, BBC Persian Television, and BBC World Service Radio. She presented the award-winning Interactive program, "Nowbat-e-Shoma" (Your Turn) on BBC Persian Television for four years. Pooneh has also worked as a Senior Media Trainer with the BBC Academy's College of Journalism. In 2009, she managed a project that examined and promoted the effective use of social media and user-generated content across BBC Global News. This resulted in a new set of editorial guidelines for social media and UGC, being used by all staff. She is also a voice-over artist and a public speaker. She began her career in journalism in 1990 in her birthplace, Iran, working for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.