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  Trilingual (English, French, Spanish) journalist & photographer,
five years' experience in press, publishing and online media.


Ever since I started working, I have been a Jill-of-all-trades, writing and doing odd jobs for a variety of media, from interning at the prestigious New York Times to editor at the obscure Viva Travel Guides in South America, with work for every possible type of magazine or website in between, even pitching in with interviews in Spanish, shooting a promotional video for my friend's travel agency, you name it, I have done it! And this is just the journalism, don't even get me started on photography, my new professional passion...

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WORK EXPERIENCE



    Since 2011 Free-lance web writer at the website of FRANCE24, France's international news channel.

    Since summer 2010 Wedding photography all summer for Elle et Lui Photographie.
Various free-lance writing gigs, including interviews for Business Digest again.
Working on my book of photos "Be Happy!" to be published mid-November at Editions Atlande.

    April 2010 Back in France, coding my webpage by hand (that'll teach me) and always ready for new missions!

    Jan. - March 2010 Free-lance audio, video and photo assignments in Ecuador.
  • Conducted interviews in Spanish of recipients of agricultural development projects, for a book celebrating the 30th anniversary of Belgian-Ecuadorian cooperation, to be published in October.
  • Shot and acted in a promotional video for CarpeDM travel agency in Quito.
  • Did photo shoot of salsa classes for the website of Ritmo Tropical dance school in Quito.
    Nov. 2008 - Dec. 2009 VIVA Travel Guides, Ecuador, travel guides specialised in Latin America: staff writer and editor.
  • Coordinated network of free-lance writers and photographers for the Chile 2009 guidebook.
  • Edited texts, wrote background pieces like this one about Isabel Allende, selected photos for online and paper content.
  • Maintained pages of three major Latin countries and two continents (Europe, Africa) on website (like the page about France).
  • Did research, mapping, writing in three major regions in Nicaragua and Guatemala.
  • Contributed posts on the theme of female solo travel to the blog.
    Since Sept. 2008 Contribute monthly travel features to travelsinparadise.com.
Read pieces about stargazing in the Sahara, climbing Cotopaxi volcano, elemental Iceland...

    April 2008 Free-lance photography assignment about Moldovan theatre for the European Cultural Foundation and the French site le blog de XXI.

    July 2006 - March 2008 ASAP Worldwide (London, Barcelona), media agency specialised in promotional country reports for leading magazines (Fortune, TIME): editorial coordinator.
  • Organised 12 self-financing projects in Africa, Central America, Europe, Indian Ocean.
  • Coordinated logistics, editorial strategy and production: identified relevant entities in strategic sectors, contacted and interviewed hundreds of cabinet members, CEOs on trade & investment opportunities, liaised with head office to gather & finalise content of reports.
  • Explored: Rwanda, Albania, South Africa, Iceland, Zambia, Djibouti, Maldives, Slovakia, Comoros, Eritrea, Mauritania, El Salvador, Burkina Faso.

    June 2005 - June 2006 Generations femme, bimonthly magazine of Catholic Women's Association, Paris.
  • Decided on overall choice of articles & illustrations, along with other writer & editor.
  • Did interviews, wrote features on women's history, psychology, current affairs.
  • Liaised with graphic designers and printer, did proofreading, followed up on production.

    2004-2005 Parutions.com, leading French literary review website: contributed reviews of novels and essays.
Read an example: my review of a collection of writings by Douglas Adams (in French).

    December 2003 MSM Editions (Toulouse, France), publisher specialised in regional culture: free-lance writer. Researched and wrote texts for a book about the history of papacy in medieval Provence.

    2001-2005 + 2010 again Business Digest, French management review: free-lance writer and editor.
Do interviews in English, edit translations, write summaries of academic articles.

    1998-2000 And all my internships as a baby journalist, my first press trips, first articles, fact-checking and more:
  • New York Times, bureau de Paris - read Visiting the Himalayas in Paris
  • Agence France-Presse, English desk in Paris.
  • The Paris Voice magazine
  • The Guardian's The Editor supplement, London.
  • The Sunday Herald, Glasgow.
  • Pyrenees Magazine, Toulouse.
  • Sciences et Vie Junior (youth science magazine).



EDUCATION



    2002-2003 Master's in international relations, University of Paris-La Sorbonne.
  • Thesis: Borders in the United States' homeland security.
  • Internship at the French ministry of Defence's Strategic Affairs Department.
    2000-2001 Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK.
Studies financed by the British Council's prestigious Entente Cordiale scholarship.

    1997-2000 Paris Institute of Political Science (a.k.a. Sciences Po): graduated cum laude.
Majored in Communications.



LANGUAGE & IT SKILLS



    English/French Truly bilingual, both are mother tongues.
    Spanish Fluent, thanks to a year living in Ecuador.

    German Excellent oral and writing skills, thanks to many trips to Germany and Austria.

    Software Microsoft Office, Adobe Indesign & Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver. Enough html to write the code for this page entirely by hand.



HOBBIES



    Water sports Swimming, surfing, scuba diving. Read about my discovering diving in the Maldives.
    Hiking Climbing mountains. Read about my reaching the summit of Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador.


ADMINISTRATIVE DATA...
    French and Canadian citizen
    31 years young
    Full and clean driver's licence
    First-aid training

           

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