Media Fellow Alumni: 2017-Global, 2018-US
Media Fellow Alumni: 2017-Global, 2018-US
Title/Company: Founder and Executive Director, SIMA (Social Impact Media Awards)
Based In: West Hollywood, California, USA
Geographic Focus: Global
Areas of Expertise: Impact Media
Website: www.simaawards.org
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/daniela-kon
Twitter: @simaawards
(All biographical info is from 2018. For latest bio, please visit Fellow’s website, LinkedIn, or other social media profiles).
Daniela Kon is the Founder and Executive Director of the Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA), an international documentary and impact agency, DEEDA Productions. Creating at the intersection of human rights and entertainment for the past decade, her work ranges from the award-winning documentary Talibe and the United Nations Ending Hunger Campaign to collaborations with activists and organizations working in Education, Voluntourism, Youth Leadership, Girls’ and Women’s Empowerment, LGBT Rights, Food Security, Water Management, Children’s Rights, and Modern-day Slavery. Daniela is the co-founder of humanitarian robotics company Symbiobotics, a Board Member of the Film and Women’s Rights Committee of Human Rights Watch in Los Angeles, a producer and consultant for impact media productions and international advocacy campaigns.