Rob L. Wagner Biography
Rob L. Wagner is a documentary filmmaker and journalist from the United States who focuses on Middle Eastern concerns, particularly political and social challenges in Saudi Arabia. His documentaries are about history.
Rob L. Wagner Age
Rob was born in 1954, in the United States of America. He is 70 years old as of 2023.
Rob L. Wagner Family
Attempts to establish the identities of his family, her mother, and his father were in vain since no information about them is available to the public. It’s therefore not known whether he has any siblings.
Rob L. Wagner Wife- Spouse
Wagner is happily married to his wife Saudi journalist and educator Dr. Sabria Jawhar.
Rob L. Wagner Career
In 2015, he was the Saudi Arabia reporter for the London-based weekly The Arab Weekly. He formerly worked as the managing editor of the Arab News, an English-language daily newspaper published in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi Gazette, the Arab News’ competitor. Wagner was also the top editor of Dubai’s Construction Week magazine and the author of several historical books. Wagner, who grew up in Sierra Madre, California, began his media career as a copy boy for the now-defunct Monrovia Daily News-Post in 1974 and later served as the Hollywood Daily Independent’s sports editor. He worked as a police and court reporter for the Ontario, California Daily Report, and San Gabriel Valley Tribune in the 1980s and 1990s.
He also freelanced for the Los Angeles Daily Journal, writing about legal concerns and real crime stories for real Detective magazine. He has written over 20 books, including Hollywood Bohemia: The Roots of Progressive Politics in Rob Wagner’s Script (Janaway Publishing, 2016), Red Ink, White Lies: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles Newspapers (Dragonflyer Press, 2000), and Sleeping Giant: An Illustrated History of California’s Inland Empire (Stephens Press, 2003). Contributing author to Opposing Viewpoints: Islam, Vol. 2 (Greenhaven Press, Gale Cengage Learning, 2009). and “Witness to a Century: The Inland Valley,” published by Dragonflyer Press in 1999.
Wagner directed “Searching for Halifax NP711” in 2023, a documentary about a Royal Canadian Air Force crew who was shot down and killed during a bombing operation over Germany in 1945. The film won first place in the Fern Film Awards for Best Documentary, the Critic’s Choice Award for Best Documentary at the World Film Carnival in Singapore, Best Documentary at the Eastern Europe Film Festival, and Best Debut Director at the Brandenburg International Film Festival in Germany. He also directed a documentary about Glasgow’s Necropolis cemetery. He is the executive producer of a film about the generational advancement of Saudi women in the workplace.
Wagner left The Record (Stockton, California) in 2004 to become national editor of the Saudi Gazette, an English-language daily newspaper based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He rose through the ranks to become the newspaper’s managing editor. As managing editor, he oversaw coverage of, among other things, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s bombing and shooting attacks on Westerners and Saudi government institutions, as well as Saudi Arabia’s 2005 municipal elections. He also offered journalism classes to university students in Saudi Arabia. In 2008, he took over as editor of the Dubai-based Construction Week magazine to cover the UAE’s building boom. In 2012, he returned to Saudi Arabia to take over as managing editor of Arab News.
Wagner is a journalist that focuses on Saudi and Islamic issues. He writes about Saudi women’s issues for Peace and Conflict Review, a publication of the University for Peace of Costa Rica. He most recently contributed to The Arab Weekly, a London-based journal that provides political and cultural commentary of the Middle East and North Africa regions. His work for the Middle East news website Media Line has been syndicated to the Yemen Times, Kuwait Times, Daily News Egypt, Gulf News, and Arab News. He is also a Thomson Reuters wire service journalist covering Shariah-compliant/Islamic tourism, a contributor for Lonely Planet, and a contributing columnist for the International Business Times in London.
Rob L. Wagner Net Worth
Rob has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.