Magda Gad

Swedish war correspondent

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Magda Gad

Magda Gad in November 2016

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Magda Gad

(1975-10-17) 17 October 1975 (age 48)

Falun, Sweden

Occupation| War correspondent
Known for| Covering the assault on Mosul where she reported the war against ISIS

Magda Gad (Swedish pronunciation: [magda gad][1]) (born 17 October 1975) is a Swedish war correspondent and Middle Eastern analyst who writes, photographs and films her stories.

She has been a correspondent for the Swedish media outlet Expressen since 2015. Gad got international recognition in June 2016 when she covered the assault on Mosul in Iraq. She reported on the war against ISIS.

Magda Gad at Expressen's editorial office 2016.

She has been reporting from Afghanistan since September 2018, and is one of the few western journalists who gained access to the Taliban before the Taliban's take over in 2021. She stayed in Afghanistan during the take over and was never evacuated. She continues to report from Afghanistan.

## Personal life

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Gad was raised in Falun in Dalarna County, Sweden. Her father worked as a physician and researcher while her mother worked as a dental nurse for an oral surgeon.[2] She studied political science and journalism in Stockholm.[citation needed]

## Career

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Between 2004 and 2014, Gad worked as a journalist and editor for newspapers such as Tidningen Vi, Läkartidningen,[3] Modern Psykologi,[4] Café,[5] Svenska Dagbladet, QX, and as a feature and news journalist for the newspaper Aftonbladet. She has also written for the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières.[6]

In 2015, she moved to Expressen where she has been working as a war correspondent. She also co-founded the investigative journalism platform Blankspot.

Magda Gad hosted the Swedish radio show Sommar I P1 in 2017. [7]

## Books

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### Co-author

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* Vi: de bästa texterna, volym 1, 2018[8]
* En annan historia, 2017.[9]
* The preface to Denis Mukwege's book "Kvinnors styrka", 2022. 32

## Awards

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* The Zaida Catalán Award (2023).[1]
* Honorary Doctorate, Dalarna University College (2023)[2]
* Newspaper of the Year Award for Best Photojournalism 2022.[10]
* "Professional Woman of the Year" by the international organization Business and Professional Women 2022. [2][3]
* Finalist INMA 2022.[11]
* Finalist Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism 2021.[12]
* Pennskaftspriset 2021.[13]
* Newspaper of the Year Award for Best Picture and Sound 2020.[14]
* Digital Educator of the Year Award from Consid AB 2020.[15]
* Stig Dagerman Award 2020[citation needed]
* Bronze Medal Award from the Board of Nordic Veterans Foundation 2019.[16]
* Finalist the Stockholm Media Week Award in the category Media Personality of the Year 2019.[17]
* Voice of the Year Award by Dagens Opinion 2019.[18]
* Finalist the Red Cross Journalism Award 2019 for reportage series in Afghanistan.[19]
* Finalist Swedish TV Award Kristallen 2019.[20]
* European Newspaper Award for best War Journalism 2018.[21]
* Swedish TV Award Kristallen 2018.[22]
* European Digital Media Awards finalist in Best in Social Media Engagement 2018.[23]
* The Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism 2017.
* Per Wendel Prize for News Journalist of the Year 2017.[24]
* Finalist MEG Award in the category Innovator of the year for innovative war journalism 2017.[25]
* Scoop of the Year Award by Faktum 2017.[26]
* Finalist Guldspaden Award for reportage series "Utanförskapet inifrån" 2017.[27]
* Finalist INMA for "World-class war coverage and interaction on Facebook" 2017.[28]
* Finalist Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism 2016.[29]
* Silver for Distinguished Writing at European Press Prize 2016.[30]
* The Honor Award by Wendela 2016.[31]
* Cordelia Edvardson Award 2016.[32]
* Journalist of the Year 2015.[33]

## References

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1. ^ "Magda Gad – helvetet tur och retur" [Magda Gad – hell there and back again]. P3 ID. 29 January 2024. Event occurs at 2:48. Sveriges Radio.
2. ^ a b "Magda Gad och Göran Greider utsedda till hedersdoktorer". Högskolan Dalarna (in Swedish). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
3. ^ Hammarström, Text: Magda GadFoto: Niclas (6 August 2013). "Två miljoner våldtagna i krigets Kongo". Läkartidningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
4. ^ jonasmodernpsykologi (2 December 2013). "Vapnet heter våldtäkt". Modern Psykologi (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
5. ^ "Dokument: Kampen mot viruset som dödat 7 000 människor". Cafe.se (in Swedish). 23 November 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
6. ^ "Magda Gad hyllas för sin krigsrapportering" (in Swedish). 31 March 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
7. ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Magda Gad - Sommar & Vinter i P1". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
8. ^ "Vi : de bästa texterna - Vol. 1 av Lars Ahlin, Karin Boye, Denis Duperley, Stig Edling, Peter Englund (Häftad)". Bokus.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
9. ^ "En annan historia av Lina Thomsgård (Bok)". Bokus.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
10. ^ "De kan vinna Årets Dagstidning 2022 | Tidningsutgivarna". Retrieved 17 April 2022.
11. ^ "INMA: Best Practice - Expressen's War Correspondent Magda Gad Reporting from Afghanistan". www.inma.org. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
12. ^ "Magda Gad finalist till Stora Journalistpriset". www.expressen.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
13. ^ "Magda Gad är årets Pennskaftsprisvinnare". www.expressen.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
14. ^ "Expressens Magda Gad vinner pris för talibanrapportering". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
15. ^ "Årets digitala förebilder prisade". Consid. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
16. ^ "Magda Gad och Jeanette Widén hyllas med medaljer av Sveriges Veteranförbund". www.pressmachine.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
17. ^ W4, Wonderfour. "De kan bli Årets Branschpersonlighet | Stockholm Media Week". www.stockholmmediaweek.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
18. ^ "Vinnarna i Årets Opinionsbildare 2018". Dagens opinion (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
19. ^ "Nomineringarna till Röda korsets journalistpris är klara | Röda korset". via.tt.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
20. ^ "Expressen TV och Di TV kan vinna Kristallen 2019". www.expressen.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
21. ^ "Expressens Magda Gad tilldelas prestigefullt pris". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
22. ^ "Här är alla vinnarna i Kristallen". www.dagensmedia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
23. ^ "Expressens Magda Gad får särskilt omnämnande i European Digital Media Awards". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
24. ^ "Magda Gad tilldelas årets Per Wendel-pris". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
25. ^ "De kan vinna Meg Award". www.dagensmedia.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
26. ^ "Magda Gad blev Årets avslöjare". www.dagensmedia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
27. ^ "Här är nomineringarna till årets Guldspade". www.resume.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
28. ^ "INMA: Best Practice - Magda Gad – World-class war coverage and interaction on Facebook". www.inma.org. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
29. ^ "Magda Gad". www.storajournalistpriset.se. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
30. ^ "2016". European Press Prize. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
31. ^ "Pressrelease-Wendelapriset-2016" (PDF). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
32. ^ "Magda Gad tilldelas 2016 års Cordelia Edvardson-pris". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
33. ^ "Expressens Magda Gad Årets journalist". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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List of Stig Dagerman Prize winners

* 1996: John Hron (posthumously)
* 1997: Yaşar Kemal
* 1998: The Swedish Public Library
* 1999: Ahmad Shamlou
* 2000: Roy Andersson
* 2001: Elsie Johansson
* 2002: Gitta Sereny
* 2003: Lukas Moodysson
* 2004: Elfriede Jelinek
* 2005: Göran Palm
* 2006: Sigrid Kahle
* 2007: Lasse Berg
* 2008: J. M. G. Le Clézio
* 2009: Birgitta Wallin and magazine Karavan
* 2010: Eduardo Galeano
* 2011: Judit Benedek and the theatre project SOS-Romer
* 2012: Nawal El Saadawi
* 2013: No one is illegal
* 2014: Anders Bodegård
* 2015: Suzanne Osten
* 2016: Adunis
* 2017: Anders Kompass
* 2018: Amos Oz
* 2019: Britta Marakatt-Labba
* 2020: Magda Gad
* 2022: Maria Kalesnikava

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