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Amjad Tadros
{{BLP sources|date=May 2018}} 
{{Infobox person
| name         = Amjad Tadros
| image        = Amjad Tadros.jpg
| caption      = Amjad Tadros at Sanaa Airport, Yemen, 2015
| birth_name   = Amjad Michael Tadros
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1968|6|12}}
| birth_place  = [[Amman]], Jordan
| occupation   = [[Journalist]]
| years_active = 1990–present
}}
'''Amjad Tadros''' (born June 12, 1968) is an award  -winning [[journalist]] and a media entrepreneur.

He is the point person for [[CBS News]] in the Middle East for [[CBS News]],and has managinged the network's coverage and operations in the region since 1990. He is also a contributor to [[CBS News]] website.

==Honors==
He is a four-time [[Emmy Award]] winner <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/television-and-radio/2016/09/23/Jordanian-journalist-wins-Emmy-award-for-CBS-Syria-documentary.html|title=Jordanian journalist wins Emmy award for CBS Syria documentary|date=2016-09-23|website=Al Arabiya English|language=en|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>in Investigative Journalism. ⏎
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In 2007, he received an Alfred DupPont Award for excellence from [[Columbia University]]. He was also a co-recipient of the [[Peabody aAward]] in 2008.

==Entrepreneurship==
He has successfully founded and managed more than a half a dozen regional businesses in media, communications, advertising, and logistics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4207096/|title=Amjad Tadros|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> 

In 2006, he founded ShooFeeTV<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albawaba.com/news/shoofeetv-launches-its-website|title=ShooFeeTV Launches its Website|website=Al Bawaba|language=en|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>, the first digital television guide for the Arab World. The television guide business, which was later acquired by What's On India.  

==Philanthropy==
In 2013, he co-founded [[Syria Direct]], a non-profit media and training organization covering the Syrian civil war by. The organization providinges impartial news andcoverage of the events in Syria and also trainings aspiring Syrian journalists. through its robust training program.

==Education==
Amjad Tadros holds an honors degree in Mechanical Engineering from [[Imperial College London|Imperial College]] at the University of London. He is also a member of the inaugural class of the Middle East Leadership Initiative at [[thThe [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen_Institute Aspen Institute]].