Dr. Courtney Radsch is Senior Programme Officer in the Freedom of Expression Section at UNESCO, where she focuses in part on the Arab region. She is also editor of the forthcoming UNESCO publication World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development. Dr. Radsch is the author of several articles and book chapters that analyze the nexus of Arab media, technology and politics and has worked as a journalist in the Middle East and United States. She previously held positions with the New York Times, Al Arabiya in the United Arab Emirates, and the Daily Star in Lebanon and is a Huffington Post blogger. In addition, Dr. Radsch has experience conducting advocacy, managing advocacy campaigns and initiatives, and training journalists and civil society, with expertise on UN mechanisms and international human rights laws and norms, press freedom, and freedom of expression.