Journalists Who Cover HCSS

Haytham Abo Taleb

Frankfurt, Germany

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I am Haytham, a Syrian-Palestinian journalist and media professional based in Frankfurt. I work with Amal News, where I produce written and visual reports covering local news and Arab-related issues in the city. My reporting focuses on politics, society, culture, and the economy, with a strong ...

Azhar Al-Rubaie

Basrah, Iraq

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Azhar Al-Rubaie is an Iraqi freelance journalist and veterinarian whose work intensively documents the intersection of human rights, conflict, and environmental crisis in Iraq. Since 2016, he has focused his reporting on climate change and environmental degradation, bringing crucial international ...

Tarek Baé

Berlin, Germany

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Tarek Baé is a journalist and bestselling author based in Berlin. He focuses on media work with an emphasis on racism and Islam in Germany, as well as issues relating to the Middle East. The question of belonging and participation in Germany is a recurring theme in his publications. In 2021, he ...

Anwar Abdifatah Bashir

Mogadishu, Somalia

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Anwar Abdifatah Bashir is a journalist based in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Bart Biesemans

Berlin, Germany

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Bart Biesemans is a fixer and video journalist living in Berlin, Germany. 

He regularly films for press agency AFP and newspaper ZeitOnline.de.

Other media he worked for are 
- France Télévisions (French public TV)
- ITV (British private TV)
- Discovery Channel Spain 
- De Telegraaf (...

Hudson Brown

Melbourne, Australia

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I'm an Australia-based freelance writer and journalist. For the previous five years, I've been creating in-depth content and feature articles for a number of prominent food, travel and lifestyle publications including SBS Food, Treadlie and Paper Sea. I've also previously worked as the editorial ...

Katy Dartford

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France

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I'm a multimedia journalist and travel writer based between Lyon and Chamonix. 

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I'm all about adventure sports, mountains, and the great outdoors.

But I'm also into arts, culture, wine.

Mehmet Demirci

Raleigh, United States of America

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Mehmet Demirci is a journalist based in Raleigh, United States of America.
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Alev Doğan

İstanbul, Turkey

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Alev Doğan is a journalist based in İstanbul, Turkey. Member of IFJ.

Amy Fallon

London, United Kingdom

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I am a widely-published and versatile freelance journalist with 15 years' experience currently in London. See **** for work. I am an Australian-Canadian dual citizen who has reported from across Africa, Asia, the UK, and Australia. I have been published with The Sydney Morning Herald, News Deeply, ...

Heba Hashem

Coquitlam, Canada

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Heba Hashem is a seasoned freelance journalist with 18+ years of experience in the media industry, adept in both Arabic and English. Based between Canada and the UAE, she has honed her skills in a variety of sectors, including real estate, logistics, finance, and renewable energy.

Her work, which ...

Rob Hyde

Bremen, Germany

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Print / Digital 
The Times, The Telegraph, Mail Online, Sky NEWS, The Catholic Herald, The Daily Mail, The Daily Record, The Daily Star,  The Mail on Sunday, The Mirror, The Scottish Daily Record, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, The Sunday Mirror, The Sunday Post, The Telegraph, Bild Zeitung, Die ...

James Jackson

Berlin, Germany

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James Jackson is an experienced multimedia reporter based in Berlin, Germany. 

James has presented and produced documentaries for the BBC and Deutsche Welle and regularly writes news from Berlin for the Telegraph, working as a stringer during elections. He 
also is an investigative journalist.

Verghese Joseph

Bengaluru, India

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Verghese Joseph is a journalist based in Bengaluru, India. He comes with nearly 30 years business communications, journalism, editing and PR experience. He's the founder editor of Space Newscast (www.spacenewscast.com) which focuses on burgeoning global Space technology industry.

Additionally, ...

Molly Lipson

London, United Kingdom

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Molly Lipson is a journalist based in London, United Kingdom.

Ivana Nikolic

Belgrade, Serbia

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Ivana Nikolic is a journalist based in Belgrade, Serbia.
Work experience
•	June 2019 – present 
Fixer and mentor on the documentary project of the British documentary filmmaker Joseph Shawyer. Responsible for finding interviewees, translations, etc.
•	June 2018 – present
Eastern European ...

Erkan Pehlivan

Frankfurt, Germany

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Erkan Pehlivan is a freelance journalist based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Many years of case reporting experience, with a network of contacts in EU, Turkey, Balkans, MENA, think tanks...
Particularly familiar German, EU and Turkey policy.

Human rights, abductions, turkish intelligence MIT, Islam ...

Jonathan Sacerdoti

London, United Kingdom

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Highly experienced reporter for immediate lives.

I freelance for Fox News, Talk TV, i24News, Daily Mail, 

Available live or prerecorded from my own professional studio or in the field. 

** Experienced breaking news reporter, correspondent and terrorism analyst. Covering politics, business, ...

Lailuma Sadid

Brussels, Belgium

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Lailuma SADID is a journalist based in Brussels, Belgium. But i can travel if needed where in the world for my work.

Bethan Staton

Amman, Jordan

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Bethan Staton is a journalist based in Amman and the surrounding region.

Yun Sun

Washington, United States of America

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Yun Sun is a think tank scholar.