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Laura Lopez Gonzalez is a freelance health reporter and editor based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lopez has 15 years of experience covering health globally and within Southern Africa, covering health in countries such as Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. Lopez has headed up the news desks of half of South Africa’s specialist health reporting outlets. She is a three-time winner of South Africa’s prestigious Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Award. Her work has appeared in publications such as Al Jazeera, The Guardian, El Pais and the UK’s Tribune. She has also researched international health funding flows for the Open Society Foundations and consulted for Doctors Without Borders. Lopez holds a bachelors degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a masters degree from the University of Chicago. She is a member of the US Association of Health Care Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Follow her on Twitter @LLopezGonzalez

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Dianne began her career in newspapers at the prestigious Cape Town newspaper The Cape Argus where she reported on high profile high court cases as well as human interest stories. The bright lights of television beckoned and she joined eNCA shortly before the launch of the 24-hour news channel. She returned to newspapers as a senior investigative and legal reporter at The Sunday Independent newspaper in Gauteng. After two years she returned to eNCA this time entering the online department as a senior reporter. She has won a number of awards for her work as a reporter. Dianne has worked as the News Editor of The Times and TimesLIVE. She has been the Head of News at POWER 98.7, a Johannesburg-based radio station and worked as Head of News and Current Affairs at Newzroom Afrika where she helped to set up the 24-hour news channel. She later took up the role of Special Project Editor at the channel. In late 2021, Dianne joined the Timeslive group multimedia team as Editor for Video.

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Dutch videographer and journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Focusing on feature stories. As a videographer, producer and director she won the first prize in the World Press Photo Multimedia Contest 2012, the Picture of The Year International Multimedia Issue Reporting Award 2012 and the Lumix Multimedia Award 2012 for the project Afrikanerblood, a video about an extreme-right holiday camp for white South African teenagers. Her work has been published by Time Magazine, the New York Times and The Telegraph, among others. Based in South Africa but travelling throughout the continent.

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PEOPLE, STORIES, HUMAN STORYTELLER Director, Journalist, Filmmaker My storytelling reshapes perceptions of Africans. Combining a genuine connection to people with my careful craft in constructing stories, I produce emotionally engaging work. I enjoy complicating and deepening how we see ourselves as Africans. My career has taken me across the African continent, as well as to the Middle East and the United States working with organisations including Vice News, Al Jazeera English, France24, TRT World, the Music In Africa Foundation, Public Radio International and eNews Channel Africa. I have a Masters in Journalism from Columbia University in New York. In 2017, together with partner Nick Alexandra, I co-founded Seithati Media, an audio-visual storytelling company producing film, video, television, and audio content. We have done work for clients including the UN Human Rights Office, Amnesty International, Goethe Institut, Music In Africa Foundation, Motsepe Foundation and Global Citizen. Kit: Two Sony 4K Cinema cameras, the FX6 and FX3, with tripods. Sony G Master f/2.8 lenses: 24-70mm &70-200mm. Sound: Sony UWD-D27 2 person lav mic set & Sennheiser MKE600 shotgun microphone, with Zoom H5 when sound needs to be recorded externally. My lights include Godox FL150 S LED key light along with 2 smaller Godox LEDs. Gimbal: DJI Ronin RS2. Drone: 4K DJI Mini 3 Pro (and a 4K GoPro Hero 5).

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Tshegofatso Magolego is an award-winning imaginative filmmaker, multimedia producer, author and investigative journalist with nearly a decade of industry experience making long and short format investigative documentaries. He has lent his skills to various reputable companies across the Southern Africa, this including amaBhungane, ANN7, eNCA and currently the SABC NEWS. Magolego’s creativity and attention to detail has seen him successfully deliver film and television productions according to schedule, budget and content standards. He has demonstrated history working with the latest and most advanced video, audio, camera and editing equipment. Highly collaborative team member who enjoys each step of the production process and meets deadlines with ease. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS • Minority Africa Fellow 2023/2024 • News24 Young Nelson Mandela 2023 • Mail & Guardian Top200 Young South African (Film and Media) 2023 • Taboom Media Alumni • African Investigative Journalism Conference

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Joseph Maramba is a multi-media journalist with over 15 years experience. In his early journalism years he worked as a writer at The Chronicle in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe before moving onto radio at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cooperation's Spot FM Radio where he produced and presented various content on Farming, Health and Art. He later moved to a music radio station, ZBC's Power FM in Gweru and hosted a number of artists and authors on his radio shows before moving into Organisational Communications at The Methodist Church in Zimbabwe's Harare office. There he worked on various forms of media both for print and online, producing film and photo documentaries for internal and social platforms. He later worked for Zimpaper's Capitalk 100.4FM Radio as a sports and a mid-day radio producer and presenter. His experiences have contributed to his versatility as he continued to produce his very own podcast called The Joe Mars Podcast in which he continued with having interviews with artists and authors from all over the globe. He is also a keen videographer and photographer, skills that he has picked up along the way, creating an events photography company in Harare and later moving it to Johannesburg, South Africa where he currently resides.

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Matuba Mahlatjie is a South African-based freelance journalist with 17 years of experience in broadcast journalism. South Africa's first independent channel eNCA and the national broadcaster, SABC are among the local newsrooms Matuba has worked for. International news organisation he's worked for include CNN Johannesburg Bureau and CGTN's Nairobi headquarters. Extensive experience as a gatekeeper (News Editor at eNCA and Sub-Editor at the SABC) before falling in love with being in the field full time. Travelled extensively around the African continent, Europe and the US.

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Nkosinathi Shazi is a young South African political and news reporter. I hold two University degrees in Journalism and over 10 years of experience. I love my country and I have big ambitions of taking over the world. My motto in life is ‘Being is Becoming’ and I strive to be the best version of myself and work with like minded people

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Sports Anchor and Reporter

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Freelance multi-media journalist.

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I am a multi-skilled, motivated, creative, innovative, experienced media and communications professional, journalist and lecturer. I have worked in several mediums and for several broadcasting and production companies in both in South Africa and abroad. I covered a wide variety of topics. I am currently specializing in agriculture, science, tourism, lifestyle, aviation and environment. I just love visual mediums and I see video journalism and and the internet as the future. I am currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa, but I love to travel to lesser known places in the world looking for those interesting and lesser known stories about science, agriculture, tourism, environment, lifestyle and environment of not only my own country but also all other places where my work and life my take me. I can work in English, Afrikaans and German. I also understand Dutch. I have a BA (Business Communications) and a MA (Business Communications) degree.

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Hi, I'm Amy! I'm a former TV news reporter turned positive storyteller and filmmaker. After years in TV news, I was discouraged by the constant influx of negativity and was determined to expose the "good news" - people working for real, concrete change in communities around the world. That's why I founded ONEPASS Productions - to create inspirational productions with a purpose, and to tell the stories that so often go untold. My motivation is to educate, to mobilize people for good, to touch lives, and to hopefully be just a small part of the change along the way. This mission has taken me around the world to work with a wide variety of international non-profits, businesses and individuals - from the UN Development Program to Volkswagen South Africa's Community Investment Initiative. From Colombia to Zambia to China, I've produced stories ranging from education to micro loan business development to conflict recovery. I can one-(wo)man band an entire production but love focusing on interviews and editing content to tell compelling stories.

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I am a documentary producer and investigative journalist. I studied video production (University of the Nations) in 1998 specializing in Producing, directing and Script writing. To date I have produced, directed for productions in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Nigeria and the USA. My accolades include two scriptwriting Stone awards (National Television and Video Association of South Africa), A cable Award as well as international recognition as a published author. I love factual investigative stories hence my preference for Doccies and short stories. I have produced and worked with such broadcasters as IHA News International, Africa Today, BBC, SABC, Etv, as well as the premier investigative Carteblanche on the Mnet Channel and DSTV Bouquet. I have 14 years experience in producing and Directing, well travelled internationally and competent in both ENG and EFP production setups. I have both an eye and ear for a good story and I love to tell authentic African Stories.

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I produce trending shows. Over half the shows I produced for television trended at #1 on Twitter demonstrating my ability to create entertaining yet in depth content, connect with audiences and contribute to meaningful discourse. I am a media and communications professional with over 5 years experience in radio and television broadcasting. Most recently, I worked as a Senior Producer for one of South Africa's most watched current affairs show. That's not all, I have a background in the education sector where I contributed to the disbursement and management of a US$ 5.5 million dollar grant for the MasterCard Foundation. Here, I worked with scholars across the African continent; placing them in universities in North America, Europe and Africa. Furthermore, I recruited diverse talent across multiple sectors for over 5 years. This combined experience means I am agile but most importantly, there's a great deal of skill I can progressively lend to your organization. To be clear, these include:- - Spokesperson for your brand - Internal and external communications - Media coaching for your executives - Stakeholder Management - Project management across regions - Content Creation - Voiceovers This list is not exhaustive and I am available to meet and discuss how I can align my skills to contribute to your business excellence.

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Working now at frayintermedia producing documentary and short form video as well as online and social media friendly video. We do animations, full length video or just clips. I use Panasonic pro gear with lapel miss, booms, and the whole shebang. Or just a Smartphone. A lot depends on the requirements. Editing on FCP and Adobe Premiere, Motion and After Effects we produce content for companies, NGO's, and publishers/broadcasters. We do aerial footage (I'm a pilot) and I manage our small team in production. Experience includes news, investigative reporting, broadcasting, online and digital production, managing a mobile phone applications company, online editor for Business Day and Financial Mail, radio reporter for Radio 702. Life experience is pretty vast, along with a huge diversity in media work experience.

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I'm a video journalist / shoot-edit based in Johannesburg, ZA. I have worked extensively across Africa for the BBC and a number of NGO's. At the BBC, I worked primarily for their business magazine shows, Talking Business Africa, In Business Africa and Africa Business Report, presented by Lerato Mbele-Roberts. I have been the shoot / edit for a number of BBC's special features such as "Working Lives: Mauritius" and "On My Street". I also work for some domestic agencies such as MNET ("Carte Blanche"), eTV ("The Devi Show") and TimesLive.

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35+ years as a writer, producer, director, line producer, creative producer, assistant director, props master and actor in scripted drama, documentary, commercials and corporate videos. In 2022 I gave up helping other people make their movies, bought my own equipment and embarked on a new venture as an independent all-in-one filmmaker, focussing on environmental films about the sustainability of our wild fisheries. I live and work out of a vehicle and can operate on-the-road anywhere in Southern Africa.

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iNthatheli Media is a South African training and content company, founded by Dianne Hawker and Candice Bailey. With more than 30 years of journalism experience between the two of them, this dynamic duo are passionate about telling the South African story for a global audience. Dianne has worked in television, radio, newspapers, and online, spending most of her career as a legal journalist. Candice has spent the majority of her career as a newspaper hound specialising in crime reporting and has branched out into health journalism.

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