Jess is our Middle East correspondent. Her work as a producer and reporter for ABC Radio’s AM, The World Today and PM has already won her numerous accolades.
In 2011, she spearheaded the ABC’s new approach to conflict reporting, using social media to help investigate and report hundreds of original stories from the Arab uprisings.
In 2008, Jess drove across the United States covering the presidential election for New Matilda. She returned to America in 2011 as a visiting scholar at the Edward R Murrow program for journalists.
Jess is based in Cairo, from where she is exploring the momentous political changes reshaping the region,and how they influence day-to-day life.
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In Bahrain, a long, bloody stalemate divides the kingdom down dangerous fault ...
With presidential elections looming, Egypt’s democratic transition is descending into farce, with ...
In the fog of war, how can journalists tell the difference between ...
With a solution to the violence in Syria remote, thousands are pouring ...
Turkey is powerful, prosperous and stable. So why is it locking up ...
Commandoes help rescue the internationally feted director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina who faces ...
As Syria slides into civil war, moderate voices inside the country want ...
The Syrian army continues to shell Baba Amr; families are crammed into ...
Saudi Arabia's King has been unusually outspoken against Syria's regime. But what ...
The death of 43-year-old Middle East correspondent Anthony Shadid has devastated people ...
Why is Egypt's military regime trying to scare journalists away from the ...
In Egypt, violent protests have rocked the capital for over a week. ...
Manal al-Sharif talks about the day she drove a car in Saudi ...
The battle between hardline and moderate Islamists will determine the political future ...
In Bahrain, a long, bloody stalemate divides the kingdom down dangerous fault lines. Will its quest for democracy end up with a Saudi takeover?
With presidential elections looming, Egypt’s democratic transition is descending into farce, with no stability in sight.
In the fog of war, how can journalists tell the difference between truth, rumour and spin? In Syria, it's increasingly difficult.
With a solution to the violence in Syria remote, thousands are pouring into Turkey where grief, rage, paranoia and boredom are rife.
Turkey is powerful, prosperous and stable. So why is it locking up so many of its intellectuals?
Commandoes help rescue the internationally feted director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina who faces corruption claims.
As Syria slides into civil war, moderate voices inside the country want to know: Why isn’t anyone listening to us?
The Syrian army continues to shell Baba Amr; families are crammed into shelters as their wounded die beside them.
Saudi Arabia's King has been unusually outspoken against Syria's regime. But what about the rebellion in his own Kingdom?
The death of 43-year-old Middle East correspondent Anthony Shadid has devastated people all over the world.
Why is Egypt's military regime trying to scare journalists away from the factory town of Mahalla?
In Egypt, violent protests have rocked the capital for over a week. Why? It’s all a matter of trust.
Manal al-Sharif talks about the day she drove a car in Saudi Arabia (the last place in the world women are forbidden from getting behind the wheel).
The battle between hardline and moderate Islamists will determine the political future of the most populous Arab nation - perhaps the region.
