Journalists Who Cover Democracy and human rights

Ahmad Algohbary

Sana'a, Yemen

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Freelance Yemeni journalist | Emmy & Sheffield nominee | OJAs winner | Covering Yemen/ME impartially | Press freedom advocate.

Igboeli Arinze

Abuja (F.c.t.), Nigeria

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Igboeli Arinze is an accomplished public affairs analyst and newspaper columnist  with over a thousand articles to his credit. He is presently the Managing Editor of Hawkeye Communications, publishers of realpoliticsnigeria.ng, nzogbunzogbu.ng, TTP.ng,.Anambratimes.com and Busybody. He also writes ...

Barış Barıştıran

Cologne, Germany

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He served as broadcast manager at Özgür Gün TV and worked as a founder, editor, and designer for various radio stations and newspapers. He is currently engaged in initiatives to advance new-generation media and AI-driven journalism, and continues his work as the Editor-in-Chief of BanDor.

María Sol Borja

Quito, Ecuador

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Journalist from Ecuador. Topics: Politics, Breaking News. Speak English, French and Spanish. I´d rather like to work in Spanish or French. I´ve covered news in Ecuador, Argentina, Venezuela and Spain.

Aleksandar Brezar

Rome, Italy

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Aleksandar Brezar is a journalist, factchecker and debunker with experience in a variety of media outlets, ranging from print and radio to television and online/new media. He also co-hosts Sarajevo Calling, a podcast on Western Balkans affairs. His work was featured in The Guardian, The Washington ...

James Brooks

Copenhagen, Denmark

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James Brooks is a journalist based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Nicole Chang

Paris, France

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Nicole Chang is a journalist based in Paris, France. She has more than 5 years’ worth of professional journalism experience, and has lived in Singapore, London and Shanghai. She is a native English speaker, and also knows Mandarin and French.

Saeed Kamali Dehghan

London, United Kingdom

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Saeed Kamali Dehghan is a staff journalist at the Guardian based in London, United Kingdom.

Paula Dupraz-Dobias

Geneva, Switzerland

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Paula is a journalist, news and documentary producer and editor with experience in all forms of media in Europe, North America and South America. 

Her work has included articles published in swissinfo.ch, The New Humanitarian, Geneva Solutions, Le Temps, C&EN, Al Jazeera, VICE, Climate Home News, ...

Anna Fifield

Seoul, South Korea

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I am the Tokyo Bureau Chief for The Washington Post, covering Japan and the Koreas. 

My special interest in North Korea -- I have been there a dozen times and follow news from North Korea very closely -- but I am available to talk about all news in Japan, South Korea and North Korea. 

I ...

Milkessa Gemechu

Albion, United States of America

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Milkessa Gemechu is a researcher and visiting scholar based in Albion, United States of America. 
His publications focus on politics and human rights in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.
He frequently offers political analysis and policy issues on Oromia Media Network.

Sam Gituku

Nairobi, Kenya

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Sam Gituku is a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.
He has nine years of experience as a journalist having started off as a Radio correspondent. He now works as a television journalist at Citizen TV Kenya and doubles up as  an online contributor for the digital platform of the station - ****. 

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Megan Janetsky

Medellín, Colombia

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I’m Megan Janetsky, a reporter and photographer based in Medellín, Colombia. I covering migration, women's issues and politics across Latin America.

I am a 2019 Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting grantee and the Colombia/Venezuela stringer for USA Today. I've worked with The New York Times, ...

Perry Link

Riverside, United States of America

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Perry Link is a journalist based in Riverside, United States of America.

Alex Maxia

Gothenburg, Sweden

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Alex Maxia is a journalist based in Gothenburg and has been living in Sweden since 2016. 

He works as a freelance journalist for The Times, covering mainly topics related to Scandinavia and is Nordic Correspondent for the Italian news agency Agenzia ANSA. Alex often works within the news team of ...

Dolly Menas

Windhoek, Namibia

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Dolly Menas is an award-winning journalist based in Windhoek, Namibia. She has a passion for telling stories that matter with over three years experience in print and radio broadcasting.

Her reporting focuses on governance, gender-based violence, community development, youth issues, health, ...

Ray Mwareya

Johannesburg, South Africa

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I am a business and tech journalist, a South Africa expert, and a policy writer based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

[I am available for work].

My reporting appears in The Telegraph, Reuters, The Africa Report, China Radio International, The Semafor, Guardian, Fast Company, CNBC, Financial Times, ...

Hai Di Nguyen

London, United Kingdom

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Hai-Di Nguyen is a Vietnamese multimedia journalist based in London. She grew up in Vietnam, moved to Norway at the age of fifteen with her mother as a political refugee, and later moved to the United Kingdom. She has written for several years for Vietnamese-language Tre Magazine (based in Dallas) ...

Jackson Okata

Nairobi, Kenya

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Jackson Okata is a multiple award-winning independent multimedia journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Jackson specialises in science, health, agriculture, environment, climate change, women and gender, human rights, political and governance, tech and innovation reporting.

He is a 2026 United ...

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 ...

Dahlia Scheindlin

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

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Dahlia Scheindlin is a journalist and a public opinion expert; she is also a political analyst and campaign advisor with twenty-five years of experience, specializing in liberal and progressive social causes. Dahlia has advised nine national campaigns in Israel and has worked in 15 other countries ...

Richard Spencer

Beirut, Lebanon

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Richard Spencer is Middle East Correspondent for The Times of London, based in Beirut, Lebanon.