Farid Haerinejad

Farid Haerinejad (Persian: فرید حائری‌نژاد) is a documentary maker and blogger. He formerly worked with CBC and the Persian-language Radio Zamaneh in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Farid Haerinejad

Life and education

Farid Haerinejad was born in Tehran. He studied Russian language and literature in Baku's Education Institute and later in TV production and performance journalism at ICARI Institute, Montreal.

Activities

Since 2000 to 2006 Haerinejad was a senior producer at Rodgers TV and since 2006 to 2009 a producer at Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) in Toronto.

In 2005, CBC's Farid Haerinejad made a documentary about Nikahang Kowsar entitled "The Bloggers' War". The film was the winner of Bronze Plaque from Christopher Columbus International Film and Video Festival Ohio.^[1]

In summer 2009 he was selected as the new editor-in-chief of Radio Zamaneh and moved from Toronto to Amsterdam. He was the editor of Radio Zamaneh for two years.