Jacky Sutton
Middle East and North Africa, Media and Civil Society for Transparent Governance (MCSTG), Media and Technology for Community Development in Iraq (MTCD), Support to the Iraqi National Public Service Broadcaster, Uniting Communities Through Multifaith Dialogue (UCTMD), Women, Justice and Media in Iraq (WJMI)
Program Director, Media and Technology for Community Development Program in Iraq
Jacky is the new Country Director and Program Director for the Media and Technology for Community Development Program in Iraq. She joins IREX from UNDP Iraq, where she was media and media/elections projects manager.
Prior to joining UNDP in January 2008, Jacky was regional communications advisor for UNESCO in Central Asia (Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Iran) and West Africa (Benin, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Liberia).
Jacky was once a journalist, working as a correspondent for the BBC World Service and freelancing for Deutsche Welle, Vatican Radio and various print publications such as the Economist Intelligence Unit and African Business.
Jacky’s transition from journalism to media development was made in Eritrea, where she was sent on a short term assignment for BBC but ended up staying five years as an employee of the Eritrean Ministry of Information training journalists and writing for the new English language newspaper Eritrea Profile. She was deported but returned to clear her name of spying charges and ended up in Massawa for another two years in charge of a municipal library project.
You may not know...
Jacky was voted the best international trainer for 2006 by staff at the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) and was offered a job as an English language anchor for Iran's new Press TV network. She also has an awesome Maori tattoo on her back.
