Paris, France
$150 - $2000 / Day
Request QuoteFreelance journalist, I work for print and radio in French and English, on documentary projects and sometimes for TV, on international news and cultural stories. Currently with the BBC World Service and Deutsche Welle. I've worked with the BBC, Radio France Internationale, France24, TV5, le Figaro, Reuters, Think Africa Press and more. Travel-lover, passionate about Africa, Europe, literature, music, arts. Born in Paris, I lived in Miami, US, Prague, London, and in Africa: Bangui (CAR) last year, Kenya in 2010-12 from where I travelled to Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia. I also travelled to India, Italy, the Balkans, Caucasus, Tunisia, Liberia, South Africa, Senegal, Mexico, Niger. I like issues of human interests, reporting, and to share news, texts, cultural discoveries between Africa, Europe and the rest of the world. I'm based in Paris and often in London, Bristol, Brussels, and other places in Europe and North Africa.
To talk about the Democratic Republic of Congo and the conflict in the Eastern province of North Kivu, Melissa Chemam receives Thierry Vircoulon, researcher for the International Crisis Group and expert on Central Africa (Dec. 2012).
Reporting in Somaliland's capital, Hargeisa, for the opening of a prison rehabilitated by the UN (UNODC) in 2011
Reporting on the consequences of Brexit on European citizens in the UK.
Manifesta is in Palermo for 2018: One city, 50 artists, twelve venues, palazzi, churches… A discussion between the urban environment, mostly temporary artworks… and the Mediterranean Sea. The Biennial opened on June 15 and will run until early November. Melissa Chemam was there in late July.
Nigerians abroad cannot vote; they have to travel home and be registered in Nigeria to be able to cast a ballot.But the links between Nigerians in England and in Nigeria remain strong; lots of businessmen travel between the two continents and lots of Nigerian students move to England to get a degree, particularly in Bristol where the Nigerian community is wide and vibrant.
Reactions from British people after January 15 Parliament vote rejecting Theresa May's deal with the EU. By Melissa Chemam, Freelance journalist
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