I’m a freelance journalist in the truest sense of the word, a content writer, blogger and author of fiction. As a digital nomad, I explore the world and tell the stories I encounter. These are often about (slow) travel, adventure, the outdoors (hiking, camping), nature conservation, ecology and Read moreclimate.

My broad journalistic view and sharp pen make me very suited to magazine features, reportages, long reads and stories that deserve just that little extra. An urge to understand the world, an eye for detail, a love of language and a hatred for clichés top things off.

Vadim Shtepa is the editor-in-chief of Region.Expert (www.region.expert), the only independent media outlet on Russian regionalism and federalism. He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University (1992) and Moscow School of Political Studies (2012). He is also an alumnus of Read morethe Research Course on American Federalism (University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA, 2013). Mr. Shtepa is the author of three books on the history and philosophy of Russian regionalism, as well as a regular columnist for regional projects of the Russian service of Radio Liberty (Sever.Realii and Sibir.Realii). Since 2015, he has been living in Estonia due to persecution in Russia for his political views.

FABIAN WEISS is a photographer and visual storyteller based in Estonia and member of the German photo agency LAIF. He conducts workshops on making magazines within the Publish Yourself! network together with a publisher and designer from Cologne. Fabian‘s work has been honoured by several Read moreinternational awards and his photographic essays have been exhibited internationally and published in numerous media including The New York Times, The Guardian, GEO, Der Spiegel and Die Zeit amongst others. Fabian works in Germany, the Baltics and further East. www.fabianweiss.com

Sven Paulus is a independent journalist currently based in Tartu, Estonia.

Sven is a news and also traveling journalist and reporter, storyteller and media relations manager with 25 years of experience in various channels: radios, TV, newspapers, magazines and online media, while consulting NGO-Read mores on media issues. He had a pleasure to work as a professional author for Estonian Public Broadcasting TV and radio channels from 2003-2012 with an audience that reached to 25% of the whole Estonian population. 

Sven has mostly covered science and environment topics, contributing hundreds of audiovisual broadcasts and written stories from 17 countries.

Urmas Roos is a stringer, independent journalist, based in Tallinn, Estonia.