Sasha Gankin

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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Sasha Gankin is a journalist based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso covering Sahel - including Niger, Mali and Sénégal 

Born and grew up in Moscou, Soviet Union

Studied at TU Berlin Wirtschaftsmathematik 1989 -1993

1994  Started and trained at SFB Multikulti , Berlin 

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Ricardo Marquina

Moscow, Russia

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Ricardo Marquina is a journalist based in Moscow, Russia.

In Russia since 2008, I have worked in Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Romania and other Eastern European countries.

I produce complete TV packages, from pre-production, filming to editing.

Aziz Karimov

Baku, Azerbaijan

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He was born in 1987 Baku and graduated from Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts alumni. In 2013 Karimov worked for Associated Press, subsequently starting his career as a freelance photographer.

2019 he is a frequent contributor to Getty Images. 2013 Freedom House auctioned off ...

Aykhan Hajibayli

Kyiv, Ukraine

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I am a journalist-documentarian with more then 10 years of experience, specializing in military journalism. Author of 12 documentary films conducting  the life in the frontline city of Mariupol (currently occupied), covering multiple topics from military conflicts to socio-political issues. From ...

Seymur Shikhaliyev

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Seymur Shikhaliyev is a journalist based in Kyiv, Ukraine. My main activity is journalism. But I am also a professional cameraman and photographer. I live in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. I have a modern video camera for full HD and 4K. I do video editing of any complexity. I work all over Ukraine. ...

Maris Hellrand

Tallinn, Estonia

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Maris Hellrand is a journalist based in Tallinn, Estonia. Passionate about journalism, international affairs, equal rights, start-ups, education, environment, design, architecture, yoga. Writing, fixing, production for international media in Estonia (TV, radio, documentary, text); non-profit PR; ...

Gil Skorwid

Vilnius, Lithuania

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Freelance journalist based in the Baltics. Taking assignments in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland. Covers international relations, migration, media policies, social movements. Winner of Prix Philippe Chaffanjon 2017 award for the best multimedia story in France.

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 ...

Vladyslav Smilianets

Kyiv, Ukraine

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VLADYSLAV SMILIANETS is a journalist based in Kyiv, Ukraine.
I have been working in television for 25 years, a lot of experience.
work at Reuters agency, BBC channel. DW, Voice of America.

Anna-Maria Holmgren

Stockholm, Sweden

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I am a freelance journalist with 13 years of experience in the industry. I have lived and worked across the Middle East and Europe and completed Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) with the Swedish Armed Forces

Anna Romandash

Lviv, Ukraine

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Anna Romandash is an award-winning journalist from Ukraine. She has collaborated with Open Government Partnership, Freedom House, and Deutsche Welle. She works as a reporter and a digital policy expert focusing on sustainable media development, human rights, and access to information. She has ...

Aleksandar Djokic

Belgrade, Serbia

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Aleksandar Djokic is a political and economic columnist and op-ed writer. Currently writing for Bloomberg Adria in Serbo-Croatian, Novaya Gazeta Europe/Russia in Russian and Euronews in English. Political scientist by education, with a past career in academia (lecturing and writing scientific ...

Natalia Jidovanu

Nairobi, Kenya

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Natalia Jidovanu is a Multimedia Journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. 
She covers regional issues at the intersection of human rights, gender and forced migration. Her work has taken her to South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Nigeria, Togo, Mozambique and Moldova, and has been published by ...

Maradia Tsaava

Tbilisi, Georgia

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Maradia Tsaava is a freelance journalist and a documentary filmmaker working with different local and international media organizations, and representing Georgian production company OpyoDoc. 

Maradia has been writing stories for JAMnews Georgian, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Chaikhana ...

Agnieszka Żądło

Warsaw, Poland

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Agnieszka Żądło – awarded journalist, documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and writer. Based in Warsaw, working for "Newsweek Poland" in social, political and investigative topics, both domestic and foreign. She prepared correspondence from various countries such as Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland,...

Iwona Wyszogrodzka

Warsaw, Poland

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Social and political journalist and a fixer. I started cooperating with international media when the second phase of the war in Ukraine began. I write articles and host a program (a series of podcasts) about Poland on Reset Obywatelski radio. I cooperated with the BBC, Al-Jazeera, CBS, Euronews, ...

Vugar Bahmanzade

Portland, United States of America

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Hi there. I am Vugar from Azerbaijan and currently living in Portland, Oregon. I work as a domestic stringer for Voice of America.  I specialize in travel, news, and event videography and photography. This line of work has been a passion for me for many years and I wouldn’t want to do anything else ...

Sébastien Gobert

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Expert on Ukraine & wider Black Sea region | 15+ years journalist | Youtube | Comms | Author

I am a French journalist and expert based in Ukraine since 2011 (minus two years working in a newsroom in Brussels - 2021-2023). I have been working as a press correspondent for various French-speaking ...

Artem Kolisnichenko

Houston, United States of America

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I’m Artem Kolisnichenko, a journalist and analyst focused on immigration, justice, and regional politics in Texas.  
I examine how immigration policies shape local communities, influence economic trends, and affect political decision-making. My work blends investigative reporting, data analysis, ...

Francesco Martino

Sofia, Bulgaria

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Francesco Martino is a journalist based in Sofia, Bulgaria. He has over 15 years of experience covering South-East Europe for outlets such as Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso – Transeuropa, Arte, RTS Slovenia, National Geographic, and Human TV. His work includes articles, TV reports, radio features, ...

Liutauras Strimaitis

Vilnius, Lithuania

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Liutauras Strimaitis is a journalist based in Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania. 
 I have an extensive working experience and knowledge in broadcasting of all kinds of news, such as international, local, entertainment, sports, cultural, political, business, etc. I am also skilled in the following ...

Neil Hauer

Yerevan, Armenia

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I am a Canadian journalist and analyst focused on the Caucasus, Russia, Ukraine and Syria. From 2014 to 2017, I served as Senior Intelligence Analyst at The SecDev Group. I write extensively on conflict, politics and international relations and have reported on the ground during the 2020 Armenia-...

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 ...