She has been a correspondent for the Swedish media outlet Expressen since 2015. Gad got international recognition in June 2016 when she covered the
assault on Mosul in
Iraq. She reported on the
war against ISIS.
She has been reporting from Afghanistan since September 2018, and is one of the few western journalists who gained access to the
Taliban before the Taliban's take over in 2021. She stayed in Afghanistan during the take over and was never evacuated. She continues to report from Afghanistan.
Personal life
Gad was raised in
Falun in
Dalarna County, Sweden. Her father worked as a physician and researcher while her mother worked as a dental nurse for an oral surgeon.[1] She studied political science and journalism in Stockholm.[citation needed]
Career
Between 2004 and 2014, Gad worked as a journalist and editor for newspapers such as Tidningen Vi, Läkartidningen,[2]Modern Psykologi,[3]Café,[4]Svenska Dagbladet, QX, and as a feature and news journalist for the newspaper Aftonbladet. She has also written for the humanitarian organization
Médecins Sans Frontières.[5]
In 2015, she moved to Expressen where she has been working as a war correspondent. She also co-founded the investigative journalism platform Blankspot.
Magda Gad hosted the Swedish radio show Sommar I P1 in 2017. [6]