Abrar Al-Heeti

Media Advisor at Qwoted

Abrar Al-Heeti is a reporter at CNET covering the intersection of technology and culture, with a particular interest in social media trends, entertainment and pop culture. She also writes about digital accessibility and diversity & inclusion initiatives in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, in addition to general tech and culture news stories. She graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was named a Tech Media Trailblazer by the Consumer Technology Association in 2019 and won a Telly award for CNET’s video: Kelly Slater creates the perfect wave in the middle of nowhere. She’s based in San Francisco.