Journalists Who Cover BBC World Service

Maura Ajak

Juba, South Sudan

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Maura Ajak, a South Sudanese multimedia and multi-award-winning freelance journalist, media consultant, and coach with over a decade of professional experience.
She is dedicated to reporting on critical issues, including human rights, the environment, peace and governance, and investigative ...

Hanna Bernard

London, United Kingdom

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I am a second year International Relations student at UCL, and am looking for some freelancing work.
I am currently writing freelance for Era journal, Talk for Teens and Pi media.
Until now I have mostly written articles on culture and thoughts but am eager to write also on news and international ...

Adrian Blomfield

Nairobi, Kenya

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Adrian Blomfield is available for comment and analysis on developments in eastern, central and the horn of Africa, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union. Over the past 16 years he has been based in Nairobi, Baghdad, Moscow and Jerusalem. Adrian held the following positions over that time:

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Melissa Chemam

Paris, France

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*Journalist, reporter working for radio, TV, digital media and print magazines. 
Also a writer and podcast producer.
Working from France, the UK and parts of Africa, focusing on the Global South and global majority.
I cover international & humanitarian news, as well as cultural events.

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Milagros Costabel

Montevideo, Uruguay

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Milagros Costabel is a visually impaired freelance journalist based in Uruguay.

Amy Fallon

London, United Kingdom

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I am a widely-published and versatile freelance journalist with 15 years' experience currently in London. See **** for work. I am an Australian-Canadian dual citizen who has reported from across Africa, Asia, the UK, and Australia. I have been published with The Sydney Morning Herald, News Deeply, ...

Donna Ferguson

Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Donna Ferguson is an award-winning freelance journalist, specialising in celebrity interviews, personal finance, education and lifestyle pieces for national newspapers. My articles appear regularly in The Guardian, The Observer, The Mail on Sunday and The Sunday Times. I also write for The Times, ...

Isabelle Gerretsen

London, United Kingdom

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Isabelle Gerretsen is a freelance journalist based in London, United Kingdom, who writes about climate, the environment and sustainability. She writes for the BBC, CNN, Climate Home News and The Independent.

Yannic Hannebohn

Berlin, Germany

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I work as a podcast producer and consultant in Berlin. My work has been featured on German public radio, French public radio, German television and others. I hosted my own podcast about competitive video gaming at Westdeutscher Rundfunk from 2020 to 2021. I'm mostly interested in narrative ...

Gideon Long

Manchester, United Kingdom

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Gideon Long is a journalist based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Tawanda Mudzonga

Harare, Zimbabwe

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Tawanda Mudzonga is a journalist based in Harare, Zimbabwe.

She specializes in writing features, op-eds and standard reporting. 

She is the host of the Fix Harare Podcast.




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Chika Oduah

Dakar, Senegal

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I am an multimedia journalist based in Dakar, Senegal. I have 20 years of experience as a journalist, working in radio, television, newspaper and online platforms. My reportage coverage focuses on current affairs, culture and history across Africa.

Esra Öz

Ankara, Turkey

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Esra Öz is a journalist based in Ankara, Turkey.

I've been reporting science, health and technology for 13 years. I'm one of the first health bloggers in Turkey. I graduated from Eskişehir Osmangazi University Biology Department and Anadolu University Radio and TV Programming Department. I did ...

Fazelminallah Qazizai

Kabul, Afghanistan

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Fazelminallah Qazizai is an Afghan journalist and analyst specialising in political, security, and Islamist movements in Afghanistan. A graduate in Islamic Law from Kabul University, his academic grounding in Sharia informs his nuanced reporting on governance, insurgency, and societal shifts.

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Paula Rogo

Nairobi, Kenya

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Paula Rogo is a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Solomon Serwanjja

Kampala, Uganda

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Solomon Serwanjja is an award winning investigative journalist currently working at NBS TV in Uganda as an senior investigative reporter and News Anchor. He an anchor for the prime news bulletin NBS LIVEAT9.He is also the Executive Director of the African Institute for Investigative Journalism, (...

Hilal Seven

London, United Kingdom

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As a dedicated, curious, and research-oriented journalist, I have a considerable background in investigating, interviewing, reporting, photographing, and writing articles, short stories, and broadcast scripts for both print and online publishing.

Throughout my journalism career, I have gained ...

Benedict Smith

Palma, Spain

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Benedict Smith is a journalist based in Palma, Spain. He writes for the online sports publication, 90min.com, and has also written in the culture and travel sections for Redbrick newspaper in Birmingham. In 2016, he was the chief content writer for a start-up company based in Santiago, Chile, where ...

Vitali Vitaliev

London, United Kingdom

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The first investigative journalist in the old Soviet Union, Vitali Vitaliev was forced to defect from the USSR in January 1990 – the result of his ground-breaking and courageous investigations into Soviet organised crime, neo-fascism, political prisoners and persecutions.
For his dangerous, ...

Tina Walsh

London, United Kingdom

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Tina Walsh is a journalist based in the UK. With nearly 30 years' experience gained on a wide variety of consumer and trade publications, she has written (and sub edited) on everything from health and medical, travel, food and drink, personal finance, business and other subjects for titles such as ...

Simon Willmore

Cotswold District

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Simon Willmore is a travel journalist, author and editor, based in the Cotswolds, UK. 

He is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and has contributed to books, magazines, newspapers and websites across the world.