Drew Ambrose
Drew Ambrose is a multi-award winning international correspondent, documentary maker and investigative journalist who specialises in longform reporting on Global Affairs.
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Drew Ambrose
Drew is an international correspondent specializing in long-form investigative reporting on global affairs and human rights.
He has produced over 140 news documentaries in 45 countries and led numerous groundbreaking digital projects.
Fluent in Indonesian, Drew lived in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta, working full-time in bureaus for major news organizations.
Throughout his career, he has reported from the frontlines of major emergencies across Asia and dangerous countries such as Syria, Ukraine and Mexico.
Drew has conducted complex investigations into dolphin hunting, secret torture centers, deforestation, clergy abuse, medical waste dumping, cyber-pedophilia, enforced disappearances, slavery, sex trafficking, and indigenous incarceration.
He also created three special series for Al Jazeera English: A Sense of Community, Mindset, and Flatten the Curve.
As a volunteer, Drew has lectured, conducted workshops, and created curricula for schools and tertiary institutions. He has mentored young reporters for press organizations and contributed chapters to five academic books on journalism.
His reporting has won the Wincott Award, the Venice TV Award, six New York Festival Gold Medals, three Overseas Press Club of America citations, four Walkley Awards, four Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards and the coveted International Journalist of the Year category of the One World Media Awards.