Kristina is a Canadian journalist based in Berlin with more than 15 years of experience, reporting across all platforms, as well as producing in television newsrooms. She has done a mix of video, radio and written reports, including for Euronews, NBC News, The Times of London, BBC, and DW among Read moreothers.

She films and edits her own packages using a Sony A73 and Adobe Premiere Pro.

She has done lives for Euronews, BBC (radio and television), Sky News, France 24, Al Jazeera, MSNBC, Monocle Radio and CBC television.

Previous to Germany, she was based in Turkey, which she still often covers, and before that, she reported on the war in Ukraine from 2014 to 2016 from both sides of the frontline.

Prior to Ukraine, she was based in Hungary. 

Kristina has extensive experience in enterprise reporting in challenging environments, from facing sniper fire to a massive natural disaster. A feature story she did on the 2023 earthquake in Turkey led the entire NBC News website, several packages she filmed, edited and reported for Euronews were picked up by EBU, and a digital video she pitched and filmed for Al Jazeera received a million views online.

She also worked as a news producer for Sky in London and as a news producer and writer for CBC and CTV in Toronto.

She has done hostile environment training, with the help of a Rory Peck Trust bursary.

She received a MA in journalism from Western University and Honours BA with distinction from the University of Toronto, specialising in political science.

Natalia Messer is a journalist based in Cologne, Germany. She usually works for international media, such as Deutsche Welle. She has been published in several media outlets, such as BBC Mundo, WDR Cosmo, WDR5, Radio Ambulante Podcast, El Hilo, El Mercurio (Chile), Canal 13 (Chile), etc. 
She Read morespeaks Spanish (her native language), German and English.

Nathalie Bertrams is a freelance journalist, photographer, and National Geographic Explorer known for her in-depth reporting on environmental conflicts, human rights and social justice issues, mainly across Africa. Her work has been featured in prominent media outlets, including The Guardian, Read moreSüddeutsche Zeitung, Al Jazeera, El Pais, BBC, and De Groene Amsterdammer. In addition, Bertrams produces TV documentaries for ZDF/Arte. She exhibits internationally and has received multiple grants and awards for her storytelling, including from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, IWMF, Fonds BJP, IJ4EU and Journalismfund Europe. Nathalie studied Fine Arts in the Netherlands, the United States, and Germany and has a master’s degree from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.

James Jackson is a multimedia journalist based in Berlin, Germany. 

James is a self-starting media professional who is comfortable writing news, specialist reports dispatches, op-eds and features. A native English speaker, he is fluent in German and Spanish and covers Central Europe for outlets Read moresuch as The Times, Financial Times, Euronews and Open Democracy, as well as producing a documentary for DW Deutsche Welle.

He has appeared on the Radio for BBC 5 Live and Times Radio as well as in the TV studio and done live switches for DW.

Photographer, Visual Storyteller, Video Journalist, and LGBTQ+ Activist based in Germany with a focus on exploring social questions and human rights, especially LGBTQ+ rights in the Middle East.

Represented by Redux Pictures Agency, also a member of Diversify Photo and Native Agency.

Available Read morefor editorial and corporate assignments 
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I am a Journalist, Film Director, Director of Photography and Storyteller. A lifelong autodidact. I am enthusiastic about world cultures and telling stories through the medium of film.

I create informative and artistic videos for various clients and as a form of self-expression. I am continually Read moreexploring new styles of filmmaking, techniques and modes of communication. My goal is to reach an audience by giving them access to something they have never lived, whether close to home or far from it.

I am an independent freelance journalist and film-maker, have been covering stories in different regions of the World. I followed and observed conflicts and grassroots movements in the Middle East, South East Asia, and Europe. 

Human-driven stories have been at the forefront of my work while Read moremajor policy decisions drive the news agenda, the human consequences of those policy decisions are what drive my work. My work has made me a part of international media teams from CNN, AP, TIME, TVE, BILD  in various roles. 

Besides conducting Gender and Diversity studies in HSRW and I am one of the co-founders and chief editor of kopuntu.org, a non-lucrative and collective online magazine on diaspora culture, which mostly publishes in Turkish and it has thousands of visitors per month.

I am currently changing my base from NRW to Berlin in Germany but still available and open for assignments across Europe as well as overseas related to my skills and expertise. 

for further info and list of published works: 
http://ibrahimkarci.com

Hussein Ali Gesey is a member of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), an IVLP alumnus, and an exclusive social justice storyteller. He advocates for the freedom of the press and that of the minority community. 

I am a journalist based in Hamburg, Germany. I've worked in journalism for more Read morethan 10 years in television, radio, newspapers, and multimedia.

I worked as the Head of News for Arlaadi Media Network, Chief Editor of M24 Somali TV, and Correspondent for RTN Somali TV in Somalia's Southwest State Region. 

From April 27, 2022, to April 27, 2024, I served as the Media Coordinator for the Office of the Speaker of the Somali Parliament and the Independent Media. 

Now I live in a refugee centre in Hamburg, Germany.

I am a Syrian-Palestinian journalist living in Frankfurt, where I work for the local news platform "Amal Frankfurt." I completed my Master's degree in "Media and Cultural Practice" at the University of Marburg in 2022. I have a broad range of interests, particularly in politics, local news, culture,Read more and entertainment.

Polina Georgescu is a videographer and documentary filmmaker based in Budapest, Hungary and Berlin, Germany. She also has graduate degrees in international relations and political sciences specialised in Central and Eastern Europe. She is fluent in Russian, Romanian, Hungarian and English.
Web: Read morehttps://polinageorgescu.com