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{{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> 

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, which was later acquired by What's On India.

==Philanthropy==
In 2013, he co-founded [[Syria Direct]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mcnultyfound.org/impact/stories/syriadirect|title=This newsroom is producing credible reporting on…|last=Foundation|first=McNulty|date=2020-07-22|website=McNulty Foundation|language=en|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/on-the-frontline-citizen-journalism-in-syria/a-38602169|title=On the frontline-Citizen journalism in Syria {{!}} DW {{!}} 15.06.2017|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>, a non-profit media and training organization covering the Syrian civil war. The organization provides impartial coverage of the events in Syria and also trains aspiring Syrian journalists through its robust training program<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/opinions/syria-free-press-opinion-tadros-schuster/index.html|title=A vibrant press in the unlikeliest of places|last=Schuster|first=Amjad Tadros and Justin|website=CNN|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/journalismproject/syria-direct-amjad-tadros|title=What Press Freedom Means to the Co-founder of Syria Direct|website=What Press Freedom Means to the Co-founder of Syria Direct|language=en|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>. In 2017, he was named as a McNulty [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RaMnZB_L3I Prize]  laureate for his work at Syria Direct.

==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].