Amjad M. Tadros is an award-winning investigative journalist and media entrepreneur with more than three decades of leadership in journalism, digital media, and communications. As CBS News’ Middle East producer from 1990 to 2023, he managed regional coverage of transformative events, including Iraq’s wars, the 9/11 hijackers’ backstories, the Arab Spring, and Syria’s chemical attacks on civilians earning him major international awards. In 2013, Tadros co-founded Syria Direct, an independent media organization empowering young Syrians to deliver impartial news about their country’s conflict. Publishing in Arabic and English, it reaches audiences in Syria, the Syrian diaspora, diplomats, and scholars. It serves as a resource for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Commission of Inquiry on Syria. He holds an honors degree in mechanical engineering from Imperial College London and a diploma in public narrative from the Harvard Kennedy School.

‘The Fixer’ dives deep into the heart of the Middle East. Amjad M. Tadros, a Jordanian born to Palestinian refugees, was unexpectedly thrust into the world of journalism. While working with CBS, Tadros survived a U.S. missile strike in Baghdad, leading to a kiss on the cheek from Saddam Hussein in his hospital bed. This memoir details Tadros’ whirlwind career, from tracking the origins of 9/11 hijackers to documenting the Arab Spring and its long-lasting effects on the region, cementing his legacy with CBS’s ’60 Minutes’. Balancing between two worlds, Tadros was sometimes perceived differently — by Arabs as a spy, and by Westerners as a defender of tyrants. But to Tadros, journalism was about highlighting the stories of those who suffer in a region engulfed in chaos. He fought to get the truth out, even as he battled the status quo.