Itai Anghel is an award-winning Israeli correspondent and documentary filmmaker, known for his rare access to frontlines and conflict zones worldwide. For more than three decades he has reported from Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Gaza, Afghanistan, the former Soviet Union, the Balkans, Congo and Rwanda, combining deep historical knowledge with first-hand field documentation. He is also a lecturer at leading universities and a humanitarian activist, recognised with Israel’s highest journalism honour, the Sokolov Prize, and nominated for an International Emmy.
Itai Anghel - CV
Itai Anghel · Correspondent and Documentary Filmmaker
Profile
Professional Experience
Senior Correspondent · Uvda, Keshet 12 (formerly Channel 2)
Weekly investigative current-affairs and documentary programme, comparable to BBC Panorama and CBS 60 Minutes. Has produced investigative and documentary segments from more than 20 countries, among them Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Rwanda, Congo (DRC), Kenya, India, Gaza, Haiti, the United States and Russia.
Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent and Documentary Creator · Channel 2 News
Covered the first democratic elections in South Africa, the genocide in Rwanda, the 1998 World Cup, the Kosovo War, and the aftermath of 9/11 in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Correspondent and Chief Editor of Foreign Affairs · Galatz (GLZ) Radio
Covered the collapse of the Eastern Bloc as foreign affairs editor. Dispatched to Croatia and Bosnia to report on the wars, also filing for Haaretz. Reported from the former Soviet Union on political and local dynamics in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War.
Teaching and Academic Positions
Guest Lecturer, International Affairs, Journalistic Practice and Social Responsibility
Undergraduate and graduate teaching at Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Reichman University (IDC Herzliya). Has also instructed young Israeli and Palestinian journalists at the Peres Center for Peace.
Instructor, "World Conflicts" · The Open University of Israel
Designed and teaches a course on major world conflicts, including Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, ISIS, the Arab Spring, Northern Ireland, Chechnya, Congo, Rwanda and the disintegration of Yugoslavia. Each class pairs historical context with first-hand footage filmed by Anghel in the field.
Humanitarian Work
Founder and Director, Israelis for Congo
Established a humanitarian organisation after producing a documentary on sexual violence during Congo’s civil war. Initiated a benefit concert with leading Israeli musicians that raised $100,000, and led a one-month delegation of Israeli surgeons, gynaecologists and nurses to East Congo to perform critical operations, set up clinics and train local medical staff.
Awards and Recognition
Sokolov Prize
Israel’s highest prize for outstanding journalism. Awarded for bringing Israeli viewers an unfiltered picture from war zones and remote conflicts at personal risk, while consistently holding to the human dimension of war and its victims.
International Emmy Award, Nomination
For Last Stop Before Kyiv, on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Best Television Documentary in Israel · Israeli Forum of Documentary Filmmakers
Cutting Edge Prize · International Media Awards, Next Century Foundation
For objectivity in reporting from conflict zones and for giving voice to all sides.
Sokolov Prize, Commendation
For coverage of the wars in Croatia and Bosnia. The youngest recipient in the prize’s history, at 23.
Education
Knight-Wallace Fellowship · University of Michigan
Selected as one of eighteen journalists worldwide for an eight-month fellowship.
Columbia Business School
Columbia Essentials of Management, executive education programme.
Fondation Journalistes en Europe
Eight-month international programme on European Union affairs and journalism.
Tel Aviv University
B.A., Political Science and History.