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Anna Therese Day is an award-winning reporter and filmmaker, focused on the intersection of international politics, social movements, human rights, security, and technology. Most recently, Day was recognized for her international reporting and press freedom advocacy as the 2020 recipient of the James Foley World Press Freedom Award.

On the ground in Middle East and beyond, her coverage focuses on US foreign policy, youth and women’s issues, and social movements. Her work has been featured in a variety of media outlets, including CNN, Al Jazeera English, BBC, CBS, VICE Media, among others. Her print reporting has been translated into Arabic, English, Hebrew, and Spanish, and from 2015-2017, Day served as a regular contributor to The New York Times Women in the World.

For her work, Day was recognized as one of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in Media in 2017. She is a 2018 Atlantic Council Millennium Fellow, a 2016 Truman National Security Fellow, 2013 Fulbright Fellow, a 2012 United Nations Press Fellow, and was named one of Google Zeitgeist’s Top 30 Great Young Minds of Our Time in 2011. The Shorty Awards for Social Media recognized her as one of the Top 10 journalists of the Year in 2013 and 2014. She was named a national finalist for Running Start's Emerging Young Leader 2015 Awards and selected as one of Mic.com's #Mic50 Millennial Leaders 2015 list. In 2015, Day became a global brand ambassador for Skype's "The Things We Can Do" English-language campaign.

Day is the co-founder of Fovrth Studios, an independent multimedia documentary house. Day's series, AUTHENTICALLY US, was selected by Cannes, Tribeca, and SxSW film festivals in 2018. Day’s latest immersive film, Children Do Not Play War, premiered at Tribeca Film Fest in 2019.

Day is a founding board member of The Frontline Freelance Register, a representative body for freelance conflict journalists organized by freelance conflict journalists, supported by the Frontline Club Charitable Trust in London. Day is currently on the board of the ACOS Alliance for journalist safety. You can follow her on the ground via Facebook.com/AnnaThereseDay and Twitter/Instagram @ATDLive.