Journalists Who Cover BIR

Aisha Abdelhamid

Columbia, United States of America

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Aisha Abdelhamid is a journalist based in Columbia, SC, USA and Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt.

Deepak Adhikari

Kathmandu, Nepal

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Deepak Adhikari is a freelance journalist based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He was the editor of Nepal Check, a fact-checking platform in Nepal. From March 2020 to July 2022, he was the editor of South Asia Check, Nepal's pioneering fact-checking outlet. 

His areas of work include Nepal's politics, ...

Alessandra Bajec

Istanbul, Turkey

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Alessandra Bajec is an independent journalist with nearly 15 years of experience reporting across the Middle East and North Africa. She has reported from Tunisia, Egypt, the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Iraq, and beyond. Her reporting has appeared in international outlets including The New ...

Hazem Balousha

Toronto, Canada

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Hazem Balousha is a Palestinian journalist now based in Toronto, where he continues his decades‑long coverage of the Middle East, particularly the Gaza Strip. With a BA in Journalism and an MA in International Relations, he has reported for The Washington Post, The Guardian, BBC World Service, and ...

Massinissa Benlakehal

Tunis, Tunisia

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Currently available for stories and interviews from Algeria + Tunisia, 


Freelancer after several years of staffing with newsrooms in Algeria, I'm currently fully available for news-gathering, photo-shooting, well equipped for the job. I mostly work on the NorthAfrican area, including both ...

Daniel Brown

Paris, France

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Daniel Brown is a experienced journalist based in Paris, France. For the last 30 years he has traveled the world reporting in cultural, political and sporting fields, essentially in English and French. His features and reports regularly feature in publications in England and the US, and he has been ...

Yordano Carmona

Miami, United States of America

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Yordano Carmona Is a journalist based in Miami, United States of America. He has been covering baseball for the last 7 years and is a BBWAA Member. He has been at World Series, and World Baseball Classic and covers the Miami Marlins on a daily basis.

John Davidson

Sheffield, United Kingdom

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I'm a freelance journalist and editor who has 12 years industry experience. I have worked in Australia, Singapore and the UK in print, online, radio and TV. Primarily my background is in magazines and newspapers, originally starting in business journalism and niche subjects. I was the news editor ...

Paul Drury-Bradey

Leeds, United Kingdom

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I'm a journalist based in Yorkshire. I studied journalism at Sheffield University and started my career in local newspapers, gaining NCTJ qualifications in Media Law, Public Affairs and 100wpm Teeline shorthand.

After a few years in local newspapers I moved to Nottingham and spent a couple of ...

Sema Fonkem

Johannesburg, South Africa

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Sema Fonkem is a multimedia journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

Fonkem's career began as an intern transcriber at the South African Broadcasting Corporation in 2012, and he has been practicing uninterruptedly ever since. 

Fonkem has written about 189 articles across a variety of ...

Natasha Foote

Brussels, Belgium

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Natasha is a freelance journalist, podcaster and moderator specialising in EU agrifood policy. She previously worked as an agrifood journalist with the EU media EURACTIV, and before that spent several years working on farms around Europe to learn more about the realities for farmers on the ground. ...

Eden Harris

Washington, United States of America

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I'm Eden Harris, a journalist based in Washington, D.C. I freelance for NBC News, Financial Times' Banking Risk and Regulation, Connecting Africa News and more. I cover U.S.-Africa policy, banking, fintech, culture, U.S. politics and more. I've traveled to Africa for reporting as well. 

I've ...

Dr. Sandesh Lamsal

Kathmandu, Nepal

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Dr. Sandesh Lamsal is a Nepali physician, writer, and digital content creator with a strong focus on health journalism and public education. A 2021 graduate of Pavlov First State Medical University in Russia, he has contributed articles on health, medicine, current affairs, and societal issues to ...

Amy Lewis

Dublin, Ireland

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I am a freelance journalist from Dublin, currently based in Wexford. I work as a freelance journalist and have over six years of experience working for both print and online media outlets. At present, my writing predominantly focuses on scientific issues, travel and general interest features but I ...

Natasha Matloob

Islamabad, Pakistan

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Natasha Matloob is a journalist, intelligence analyst, and researcher with five years of experience covering terrorism, insurgency, hybrid warfare, and human rights across South Asia. Her reporting and research focus particularly on the Balochistan insurgency, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), ...

Dan Peleschuk

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Dan Peleschuk is a freelance journalist in Kiev, Ukraine, covering politics and society in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Gaurav Pokharel

Kathmandu, Nepal

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Gaurav Pokharel is a journalist based in Kathmandu, Nepal, covering national security, organized/cross-border crime, defense, and current affairs.

He writes for **** in Nepal. Beside **** in Nepal, Pokharel also writes for several international media outlets. His works have appeared in The ...

Markus Ponweiser

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

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I am an Austrian freelance journalist based in Israel, reporting for German-speaking outlets such as Kurier, Datum, and Jüdische Allgemeine. My work focuses on Israeli society, politics, and the wider Middle East, with a strong interest in how conflict, media, and identity intersect.

Fluent in ...

Wasim Shahzad Qadri

Islamabad, Pakistan

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Waseem Shahzad Qadri is a Multimedia journalist & filmmaker who produced several News reports & documentaries for international media like, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg TV, Al Jazeera, VOA NEWS, Hearts Media, Ruptly & The roar, The Zimbabwean etc.

Waseem has also worked with Pakistan’s ...

James Ray

London, United Kingdom

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JAMES RAY is a film maker based in London, United Kingdom.

Rupert Read

Norwich, United Kingdom

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Rupert Read is a professor of philosophy at the University of East Anglia. He is a former chair of Green House think tank, and a former Green Party of England and Wales councillor, spokesperson, European parliamentary candidate and national parliamentary candidate. Until recently Rupert was a ...

Malaka Rodrigo

Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Malaka Rodrigo is a journalist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Miguel Ángel Sánchez

Fatih, Turkey

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Miguel Ángel Sánchez is a awarded photographer sponsored by Leica and  based in istanbul.

Roshan Shrestha

Kathmandu, Nepal

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Roshan Shrestha is a Nepali journalist, author, and digital media entrepreneur based in Kathmandu. Born in Bahrabise, Nepal, he is the founder and editor-in-chief of Khoj Samachar, an independent digital media platform that produces civic and public-awareness journalism in Nepali and English. He is ...

Benjamin Tetteh

Dakar, Senegal

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Benjamin Tetteh is a multimedia journalist based in Dakar, Senegal and covering West and Central Africa.