Ellie Sennett — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Editor for the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs, overseeing MENASource and the This Week in the MidEast newsletter.
Served as a US correspondent for The National, reporting from Capitol Hill and the White House on US-Middle East policy.
Worked as a reporter-producer at PBS NewsHour, scripting and producing broadcast news for correspondents.
Was a researcher and associate producer at Al Jazeera English, contributing to UpFront with Mehdi Hasan and The Stream.
Holds a bachelor’s degree in politics from Marymount University.
Studied in an Arabic language program at the University of Jordan and an Israel-Palestine conflict program at Princess Sumaya University of Technology.

Biography

Ellie Sennett currently serves as the editor for the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs. In this capacity, she is responsible for leading the Programs’ editorial work and overseeing its online publication, MENASource. She also authors the This Week in the MidEast newsletter.

Prior to her role at the Atlantic Council, Sennett gained experience as a reporter, producer, and social media editor at various news outlets.