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paydesk has 237 reporters who cover Islamic State. Our journalists are already on location, all over the world, and ready to work at a moment's notice. Our top correspondents who cover Islamic State are Alicia Alamillos and Michele Barbero. Use our journalist directory to find an Islamic State member to work for you.
Journalists Who Cover Islamic State
Alicia Alamillos
Alicia Alamillos is a journalist and fixer based in Madrid, Spain. Former Middle East correspondent for ABC newspaper, based in Cairo, Egypt. Former Subsaharan Africa correspondent and editor for EFE News Agency based in Nairobi, Kenya. With experience working for print, online and radio. Breaking ...
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Michele Barbero
Michele Barbero is a senior journalist from Italy based in Paris. Excellent knowledge of Western politics, with particular focus on France, Italy, and Brussels. Available for articles (news or features) and for live hits (tv and radio).
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Yan Boechat
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Yan Boechat is a journalist based in São Paulo, Brazil. A journalist with over 20 years of experience, I'm a collaborator of the main media outlets in Brazil. Throughout my career, I worked as a reporter and editor in Economics, Business, Politics, and National. In recent years I have ...
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Interview (Print / Radio / Podcast)
Fact Checking
Current Affairs
Fact Checking
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Jobs Completed 114
Job Success Rate 97%
Usually Responds Within a day
Alan Boswell
Alan Boswell is an experienced Africa correspondent and analyst based in Nairobi, Kenya, currently writing a book on South Sudan.
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Feature Stories
Risk Analysis
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War Reporter
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Jobs Completed 2
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William Davies
I am a freelance TV reporter, video journalist and photographer with 13 years of experience. I have worked all over the world; in 2014 I reported from 15 different countries, from Gaza to Ukraine to Brazil for the World Cup. I am just as happy behind the camera as I am in front of it, and work ...
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Nicole Di Ilio
Nicole Di Ilio is a journalist based in Beirut, Lebanon. Her work focuses on conflicts, radicalism, migrations, and marginalized groups. Her writing has appeared in Sky, Al Jazeera, Al Monitor, New Lines Magazine, VICE, among other publications. In recent years, she has been on the ground covering ...
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Jobs Completed 7
Job Success Rate 100%
Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab is an award-winning freelance journalist, blogger and writer who is currently based in Belgium. He has previously been based in Tunis, Jerusalem, Brussels, Geneva and Cairo. Khaled writes for leading publications in Europe, the Middle East, the United States and Asia. He also ...
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Feature Stories
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Youssra El-Sharkawy
Youssra el-Sharkawy is a journalist based in Cairo, Egypt.
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Dalia Hatuqa
I am a multimedia journalist whose work has appeared in The Economist, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic and elsewhere. Since 2000, I have divided my time between the U.S. and the West Bank, covering a range of political, economic and cultural issues for print, TV and radio. Before moving back to ...
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Valerie Hopkins
Valerie Hopkins is currently the South-East Europe Correspondent for the Financial Times, where she covers the region out of Budapest. She has more than ten years of experience working in South-Eastern Europe. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian The Atlantic, The Washington ...
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Current Affairs
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Michael Horowitz
Michael Horowitz is a journalist based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
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Jobs Completed 2
Abdulkadir Khalif
Abdulkadir Khalif is a journalist based in Muqdisho, Somalia.
English
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+6
Fact Checking
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Usually Responds Seldom
Lisa Louis
Lisa Louis is a freelance journalist based in Paris, France. She is a native German speaker, but also fluent in French, English, Spanish and Portuguese. She works for TV, radio and online. You can find more info and examples of her work on her website: ****
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Jobs Completed 3
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Willy Lowry
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Willy Lowry is a Canadian journalist currently based in Arusha, Tanzania. His work appears in The New York Times, Fusion and CBC. He's also appeared on CNN and BBC. As a video journalist, he shoots, writes and edits his own stories. He started his career in Beirut, Lebanon writing for the The Daily ...
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Jobs Completed 10
Job Success Rate 91%
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Ruth Maclean
I am the Guardian's West Africa correspondent, based in Dakar. Previously I was The Times's correspondent in South Africa and Mexico. I can make audio and video for broadcast or the web to a very high standard. I also shoot my own photographs. I have an extensive knowledge of the region and good ...
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Jobs Completed 5
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Tendai Marima
Tendai Marima is a multimedia journalist based in Harare, Zimbabwe. She has worked for a range of international publications including Al Jazeera, the New York Times, Foreign Policy and NPR. She is also a fellow of the NEWF based in South Africa and a member of Fairpicture and the Everyday Projects....
English
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+8
Business
Arts & Books
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Erikas Mwisi
erikas mwisi is a journalist. Je suis journaliste reporter vivant a l'Est de la republique democratique du congo en province du nord kivu ville de beni. Suis de la nationalité congolaise j'ai été recruté pour la realisation des interviews et reportages audios par semaine pour l'emission santé de la ...
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Jobs Completed 955
Job Success Rate 100%
Mustafa Salim
Mustafa Bannay is a journalist based in Baghdad, Iraq.
English
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
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Investigative Journalism
+2
Politics
Fact Checking
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Jobs Completed 21
Job Success Rate 91%
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Sertan Sanderson
Sertan Sanderson is a seasoned journalist with a rich background in covering news and current affairs. Specialising in social change, migration, and cultural impacts, his work is characterised by a deep exploration of the intersection of politics and human rights. His reporting has taken him ...
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Jobs Completed 1
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Richard Spencer
Richard Spencer is Middle East Correspondent for The Times of London, based in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Politics
Current Affairs
War Reporter
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Jobs Completed 2
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Al'Amin Umar
A journalist specialising in Nigeria’s Northeast and the Lake Chad region, Al'amin Umar reports on the human impact of climate change and conflict, with a focus on Borno State. His work examines the intricate intersections of environmental shifts, conflict, and sustainability, bringing attention to ...
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Lara Villalón
Multimedia journalist based in İstanbul. Focuses on Turkish politics and foreign policy and economy. Also interested in labour rights and feminism.
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Anchal Vohra
Anchal Vohra is a Beirut-based TV and Print journalist. She is a freelance Correspondent for AJ English and a writer on the Middle east for Foreign Policy. She also contributes to the Times, the Atlantic, the Telegraph, the New Statesman, and Berlin Policy Journal. Ms Vohra has been Deutsche Welle ...
English
Live Reporting
Fact Checking
Investigative Reporting
Fact Checking
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Jobs Completed 19
Job Success Rate 95%
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