Neheda Barakat

From her earliest days working in Cyprus and producing material on the Middle East and Africa for Australian and European networks, Neheda Barakat has brought the highest journalistic and professional standards to her production work for television.

From 1996 to 1998, Ms. Barakat worked to conceive and research a multi-part documentary on the survival of indigenous people in the 21st Century for Transmedia Productions of Melbourne.

In 1998, Neheda Barakat joined Australian Broadcast Corporation. There, as Senior Producer and Acting Bureau Chief, she was responsible for working with the Business and Economics Editor to producing a nightly segment for ABC’s ‘7:30 Report, ’ in addition to producing a weekly report for the ABC investigative program ‘Four Corners.’

Ms. Barakat has made a name for herself as an expert negotiator who uses her skill and persistence to land tough interviews with elusive newsmakers. Figures with whom Barakat has landed exclusive interviews include the US Federal Court Judge John G. Davies, convicted Mi-Lai Massacre participant Lieutenant William Calley, and infamous leader of the ill-fated Brand-Davidian Church David Koresh.

In 2002, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) promoted Neheda Barakat to the position of Executive Producer and tapped her to craft and develop Inside Business, a weekly national business affairs program.

After three years of steering the flagship program to critical acclaim Ms. Barakat left at the end of 2005 to undertake special assignments for Al Jazeera English in Kuala Lumpur, and for the United Nations in New York City.

Since then, Neheda Barakat has forged a reputation as a highly sought after freelance producer and writer.

She has provided production consultation on a feature documentary being developed by Global Vision Productions, and continues to contribute regular articles on businesses, business leaders, firms and trends to Australian Financial Review’s ‘Boss’ magazine.

Neheda Barakat is presently on assignment in Israel.