Reem Akkad

Reem Akkad is the visual enterprise editor for The Washington Post’s Foreign Desk, charged with imagining and executing immersive multimedia storytelling on the world’s most urgent stories. Working in collaboration with photo, video, print, design and graphics, she has overseen a wide range of visually driven projects, from the toll of covid-19 on India to Scotland’s push for renewable energy. Akkad was previously a senior producer for the original video team at The Post, where she helped lead a team of 10 video journalists who film, produce and edit short- and medium-form pieces, as well as long-form multimedia projects.