Arbana Vidishiqi
Acting Editor in Chief

Arbana Vidishiqi is RFE/RL’s Acting Editor in Chief. She joined the company as RFE/RL’s wartime correspondent from Kosovo in the late 1990s and later took on roles shaping its editorial strategy and impact-driven storytelling. Today she oversees language services across RFE/RL, strengthening accurate, trustworthy journalism for audiences who lack independent media.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Media, Ethics, and Social Change from the University of Sussex, focused on ethical journalism in today’s political and digital environment.
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