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Paydesk has 88 journalists in Johannesburg. Our journalists can do broadcast reports, as well as printed media and photography.
Our top journalists in Johannesburg are Ruud Elmendorp and Peta Thornycroft.
Use our journalist directory to find a member to work for you.
Journalists in Johannesburg
Ruud Elmendorp
Top Rated
Ruud Elmendorp is a Dutch video journalist travelling through Africa. For a variety of clients, he produces news packages, features and documentaries and writes articles. Find out more on ****
Dutch
English
French
+2
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+13
Business
Current Affairs
Technology
+8
Jobs Completed 50
Job Success Rate 88%
Usually Responds Within a day
Peta Thornycroft
Top Rated
Peta Thornycroft is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
English
News Gathering
Fact Checking
Current Affairs
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 8
Job Success Rate 100%
Kantu Studios
KaNtu Studios is a creative solutions agency based in Johannesburg, South Africa. We supply news rooms with compelling stories, voices and visuals from Africa through the vast number of stringers/reporters that we have based throughout 38 countries on the continent. We create documentaries that ...
English
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Business
Finance
Current Affairs
+2
Jobs Completed 9
Job Success Rate 78%
Usually Responds Within a few minutes
Darren Taylor
Darren Taylor is a journalist based in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. He has been reporting on current affairs throughout Africa since the early 1990s. He specializes in longer form, in depth investigative and human interest features, for both radio and print, but is equally adept at short-...
English
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+7
Politics
Current Affairs
Technology
+12
Jobs Completed 396
Job Success Rate 99%
Usually Responds Within a day
Gretchen Wilson Prangley
Top Rated
Gretchen Wilson Prangley is an award-winning journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Gretchen Wilson Prangley is a kickstarter, connector, and social entrepreneur with 18 years professional experience leading and documenting innovative change in Africa and around the world. She thrives ...
English
Live Reporting
Fact Checking
Fact Checking
Zaheer Cassim
Zaheer Cassim is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Afrikaans
English
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+9
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 43
Job Success Rate 95%
Usually Responds Within a day
Thuso Khumalo
Thuso Khumalo is a journalist based in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. I specialise in television and radio news gathering, packaging, reporting and live crossings. I also shoot and supply targeted interviews and video footage or b-roll.
English
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+17
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+17
Jobs Completed 640
Job Success Rate 97%
Usually Responds Within a few days
George Philipas
George Philipas is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently traveling through Lesotho, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and DRC between September 2023 - March 2024. **** **** Upon completion of a postgraduate diploma in Photojournalism at the London College of Printing (...
English
French
Greek
+2
Feature Stories
Risk Analysis
Research
+4
Finance
Politics
Current Affairs
+5
Usually Responds Within an hour
Kate Bartlett
Kate Bartlett is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jobs Completed 29
Job Success Rate 97%
Usually Responds Within a day
Ihsaan Haffejee
Ihsaan Haffejee is a multimedia journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. With a focus on visual journalism using photography and video to document stories from South Africa.
English
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Documentaries
+4
Politics
Current Affairs
Science & Environment
+6
Jobs Completed 5
Usually Responds Within a day
Patricia Huon
Patricia Huon is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jobs Completed 83
Job Success Rate 100%
Usually Responds Within a few minutes
Sema Fonkem
Sema Fonkem is a multimedia journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Fonkem has been practicing uninterrupted since 2022. His professional career kicked off as a freelance multimedia consultant, Public Relations Officer, Researcher and Writer. Fonkem communicates in both French and English ...
English
French
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+14
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+13
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Mpho Tshikhudo
Mpho Tshikhudo is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. My writings on news and showbiz have appeared in Jazziz (US) as well as prominent broadsheets and magazine titles in South Africa. I wish to spotlight more of the pop culture and the arts from this part of the world. Music ...
English
Feature Stories
Fact Checking
Breaking News
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 6
Usually Responds Within an hour
Romain Chanson
Romain Chanson is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Radio - Vidéo - Writing
French
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Fact Checking
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 25
Job Success Rate 96%
Usually Responds Within a day
Marize De Klerk
Marize De Klerk is a seasoned journalist and media professional based in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a career spanning over three decades. Her expertise encompasses a wide range of roles, including researcher, online content creator, TV and radio producer, documentary program maker, trainer, ...
Afrikaans
English
Dutch
+1
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+16
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+18
Jobs Completed 39
Job Success Rate 82%
Usually Responds Within a few days
Kerry Dimmer
Kerry Dimmer is an award-winning freelance journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Winner of the Diageo Best Infrastructure Feature of the Year 2010, and 2013 SAPOA Property Feature Journalist of the Year. Focuses on current affairs in Africa.
English
Feature Stories
Fact Checking
Business
Current Affairs
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Babfemi Aiyesehinde
Babfemi Aiyesehinde is a Video Producer/Broadcast Journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. With over 15years experience in the Video, Graphics and Digital Media industry. He is has the experience that is highly valued and respected by numerous clients who mainly consist of local and ...
English
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Fact Checking
Business
Finance
Politics
+23
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Wandiswa Ntengento
Wandiswa Ntengento is a seasoned journalist based in South Africa. Ntengento has extensive experience in working as a broadcast journalist and producer in over 15 African countries. Over the 12 years in the field, she has built up expertise in broadcast, print and online journalism. She has worked ...
English
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Documentaries
+6
Business
Finance
Politics
+25
Jobs Completed 54
Job Success Rate 96%
Usually Responds Within a few months
Gabriele Porrometo
Gabriele Porrometo is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Graduated from one of the most important journalism French schools, Institut Français de Presse, he worked as a TV journalist in UK, Poland, Italy, France, Bénin, South Africa and Lesotho. I speak fluently English, Italian and ...
English
French
Italian
+1
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+8
Business
Politics
Technology
+10
Jobs Completed 3
Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso
Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso is a Journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Tshabalala is a Legal Analyst, Communication Specialist, Author, Researcher and Scholar with major experience in writing, reporting, news writing and content production. Tshabalala currently works as a Senior Reporter &...
English
Xhosa
Zulu
News Gathering
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+4
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+7
Hamilton Wende
Hamilton Wende is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. I specialize in producing, fixing and researching documentaries on southern Africa and across the continent generally. I have worked for CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, ARD, ZDF, Nat Geo and many others. I am also an experienced media ...
Afrikaans
English
Documentaries
Research
Journalism
Current Affairs
Media Training
Investigative Reporting
Usually Responds Within a few minutes
Joseph Maramba
Joseph Maramba is a multi-media journalist with over 13 years experience. In his early journalism years he worked as a writer at The Chronicle in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe before moving onto radio at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cooperation's Spot FM Radio where he produced and presented various content on ...
English
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+14
Politics
Current Affairs
Technology
+15
Alessandro Parodi
Alessandro is a reporter with a passion for cultural studies and urban ethnography. Born in Torino (Italy), he traveled across Europe, Asia and Africa driven by the interest in religious beliefs and cultural practices. In 2011, he conducted fieldwork research in Uganda. In 2012-13 he ...
English
Italian
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+5
Politics
Current Affairs
Natural Disasters
+9
Jobs Completed 2
Usually Responds Within an hour
Liesl Pretorius
I am a digitally savvy journalist and editor with a keen interest in collaborations, tracking political promises and solutions journalism. I recently completed a certificate course in investigative journalism from Wits. In my freelance career I have focused on cross-platform editing, project ...
Afrikaans
English
Feature Stories
Research
Investigative Journalism
+2
Current Affairs
Science & Environment
Media Training
+3
Usually Responds Within a few minutes
Griffin Shea
I worked for 13 years as a journalist at Agence France-Presse, with lengthy postings in Washington, Harare, Bangkok and Johannesburg. I've worked in about two dozen countries on four continents, covering everything from elections to coups, wars and peace talks, the World Cup and Mandela's funeral. ...
English
French
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+9
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+17
Usually Responds Within a day
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