About
Soraya Auer is a video journalist and producer, specialised in fact-checking, OSINT and disinformation. She is based in Singapore, and has reported across Europe, the US and South Asia. An excellent self-shooting producer and editor, she can film on Sony (A7siii, FS7, FS5) and Canon cameras (C300iii, C100) and edit on Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere Pro.
She has worked for BBC News for 8 years, as a news writer, social media producer and as BBC Verify's Digital Video Lead in its inaugural year. For the BBC, she has reported on the environment and Brexit, covered two US elections from Washington DC, and produced long and short form documentaries on Iran's women's movement and Russia's war in Ukraine. She has also worked for PBS NewsHour, Deutsche Welle, Univision, Huffington Post and others. She spent 3 years in Bangladesh as a journalist and communications specialist.
Soraya speaks four languages, and has masters from Columbia University School of Journalism.