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Amjad Tadros
{{BLP sources|date=June 2020}} 
{{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 media entrepreneur.

He is the point person for [[CBS News]] in the Middle East and has managed 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://en.royanews.tv/news/15339/Jordanian-Amjad-Tadros-awarded-at-39th-News-and-Documentary-Emmy-Awards|title=Jordanian Amjad Tadros awarded at 39th News and Documentary Emmy Awards|website=en.royanews.tv|language=en|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> <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><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2019/3/27/award-winning-jordanian-journalist-charged-200-to-bring-emmy-home|title=Award-winning Jordanian journalist charged $200 customs fee to bring Emmy prize home|last=Arab|first=The New|website=alaraby|language=en|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>in Investigative Journalism. 

In 2007, he received an Alfred DuPont Award for excellence from [[Columbia University]]. He was also a co-recipient of the [[Peabody Award]] in 2008.

==Entrepreneurship==
He has successfully founded and managed more than a half 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> 

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==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 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen_Institute Aspen Institute].

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