Anissa Naouai

Anissa Naouai (born 1982)[1] is an American journalist and former television presenter. She is the CEO of Maffick Media, a Berlin-based digital media company with Russian links, as of February 2019.[2]

Anissa Naouai
Born	1982 (age 37–38) New York City, New York, United States
Education	Hunter College Moscow Art Theatre
Occupation	Journalist
Notable credit(s)	In the Now Maffick Media
Children	2

Early life and career

Naouai was born in New York City and is of Tunisian and German-American descent.[3]

In 2000-2001, Naouai studied at Hunter College City University of New York. In 2001, at age 19,[4] she entered the school-studio at Moscow Art Theatre (MAT), graduating in 2005.[5] As a student she starred in performances as Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare), Rose in The Rose Tattoo (Tennessee Williams), and Mom in True West (Sam Shepard).[6]

Acting

Naouai was a member of the international theater company Studio 6 with the Moscow Art Theater.[7][8] Naouai performed the audiobook The School for Scandal by Richard Sheridan in English for Russian company ArdisBook.[9]

Documentary filmmaking

She produced the documentary film Isklyuchitelism (Exceptionalism in English), which was shown on NTV.[10][11] Zashto?, another work she co-produced, was awarded Best Documentary Film by Cubavision International.[12]

Journalism

Naouai appeared on the program What's going on? on REN TV, anchored by Margarita Simonyan.[13] From 2009, she anchored the program In the Now for RT. The program brand has since expanded into a cross-channel digital platform that offers content via a variety of social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube). Naouai is the Chief Executive Officer of the Berlin-based media production company Maffick GmbH, which acquired In the Now in 2018.[14] As of February 2019, Maffick's majority shareholder was Ruptly, a subsidiary of the Russian RT network.[2][15]

Notable Interviews

On September 2, 2014, on her program In the Now, the general producer of the Ukrainian channel Ukraine Today Tetiana Pushnova accused RT of lying in her opening remarks before promptly leaving the interview, displaying the message "Russia Today Stop Lie."

Awards

New York Festivals finalist for Best News Analysis/Commentary for In the Now on RT (2016).[16]

Personal life

Naouai is married and has two children.[17]

References

1. Russia 24 (14 January 2013). "Понять Россию: иностранцы о Булгакове, русской душе и свободе". Russia 24. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
2. O'Sullivan, Donie; Griffin, Drew; Devine, Curt; Shubert, Atika (February 18, 2019). "Russia is backing a viral video company aimed at American millennials". CNN. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
3. "Anissa Naouai on Twitter: "Tunisia". October 18, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
4. Russia 24 (14 January 2013). "Понять Россию: иностранцы о Булгакове, русской душе и свободе". Russia 24. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
5. Cosmopolitan (magazine) (18 February 2011). "Экспаты в России". Cosmopolitan Russia. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
6. Студия АРДИС. "Anissa Naouai". ardisbook.ru. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
7. Studio Six. "Studio Six Moscow Art Actors: Anissa Naouai". Studio Six. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
8. J. R. O'Dwyer Company. "Russian TV Host Naouai, CNN's Amanpour 'Duke it Out'". O'Dwyer's. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
9. ЛитРес. "The School for Scandal Audiobook". litres.ru. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
10. ntv.ru. ""Isklyuchitelism". Film Anissa Naue". vesti.ru. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
11. ria.ru. "Зеркальное телевидение: "ХИТ" и другие программные истории". ria.ru. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
12. ria.ru (28 October 2014). "Фильм "Зашто?" российского RT выиграл международный конкурс на Кубе". ria.ru. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
13. Glory Taroschina (19 April 2011). "Верните Невзорова с Доренко!". gazeta.ru. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
14. Wiebe, Jan-Henrik (18 October 2018). "Russlands heimliche Medienzentrale in Europa". t-online (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2018.
15. Birnbaum, Emily (February 25, 2019). "Facebook restores previously suspended Russia-linked pages". TheHill. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
16. New York Festivals World's Best TV & Films 2016 (2016). "Finalist Certificate :: Best News Analysis/Commentary :: Russia". newyorkfestivals.com. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
17. Russia 24. "Understand Russia: foreigners about Bulgakov, the Russian soul and freedom". vesti.ru. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

External links

• Anissa Naouai on Twitter
• Anissa Naouai on Facebook