Variety journalists and reporters

Will Tizard

Prague, Czech Republic

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Will Tizard is a travel and business journalist and documentarian based in Prague, Czech Republic. He covers the film sector in Central and Eastern Europe for Variety and writes about the arts and culture for Time Out, National Geographic guides and Louis Vuitton.
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Davide Abbatescianni

Rome, Italy

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I am a freelance journalist and film critic based in Rome.

I currently work as an International Reporter for the EU-funded press agency Cineuropa, where I cover the European film industry with daily news, interviews, reports, and reviews of new releases.

My bylines have appeared in ...

Pavan Shamdasani

Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

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Pavan Shamdasani is a freelance travel and lifestyle journalist based in Hong Kong. He's written for TIME, CNN, Tatler, Variety and SCMP, as well as a host of in-flight magazines.

Pavan has traveled to over 45 countries in the past decade, and has interviewed everyone from Red Hot Chili Peppers ...

Vladimir Kozlov

Moskva, Russia

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For over 20 years, I was an English-language journalist based in Moscow. Following the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, I left Russia. However, I continue to closely monitor developments in Russia and my homeland, Belarus, occasionally writing articles on Russia-related topics. Reach out to me ...

Charis Mcgowan

Santiago, Chile

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Freelance journalist. Covered the 2019-2020 uprising and broke news on the protests from the ground, including live blogging the 2020 Women's March for The Guardian. Covered the 2020 referendum results and 2021 constituent assembly elections. Focus on women's and LGBT rights.

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John Bleasdale

Quero, Italy

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John Bleasdale is a journalist based in Quero, Italy. His work has appeared in The Times, Variety, The Economist and Il Manifesto. He is a podcaster and published author.

Olivia Atkins

London, United Kingdom

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Olivia Atkins is a freelance journalist based in London, United Kingdom. She tends to write mainly about advertising, creativity and new technology, having worked on news and feature stories for various online and print publications.

Simon Thompson

Los Angeles, United States of America

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Simon Thompson is a journalist based in Los Angeles, United States of America. Specialize in entertainment - film, TV and music - working extensively across TV, digital, radio and print. Works with, or has worked with E! News, Reuters, BBC, Forbes, ITN, Sky News, Euronews, 5 News, RTL, Al Jazeera, ...

Susan Grossman

London, United Kingdom

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SUSAN Grossman is a journalist, media trainer, coach and mentor (certified by the Institute of Leadership and Management) based in London, United Kingdom. She worked as a journalist and broadcaster for BBC Radio 4 for 15 years and presented several TV programmes. She as edited client magazines at ...