Aislinn Laing

Aislinn Laing

A multi-skilled journalist based in Santiago, Chile, working for Reuters as Senior Correspondent, covering general and financial news, with a specialism in the Chilean Catholic Church sex abuse scandal and a burgeoning interest in the booming lithium industry. Previously Times Africa Correspondent based in Johannesburg, where she covered some of the biggest stories to come from the continent including the Westgate Mall siege in Kenya, the Oscar Pistorius and Shrien Dewani trials, the Ebola crisis, the civil war in Ivory Coast and the death of Nelson Mandela. Aislinn is a proficient photographer, prolific tweeter and regular contributor to TV and radio.