Lucinda Rouse is a multimedia journalist with a focus on audio and podcasting. She is now based in London and hosts the Third Sector Podcast, a weekly show covering the charity and not-for-profit sector. She previously spent over six years in West Africa, where she reported from Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Mauritania and Guinea and cultivated a special interest in climate, wildlife and biodiversity issues.
Radio package on a West African chatbot tutor for Digital Planet on the BBC World Service, 25 October 2022 (at 20'00)
3D dioramas and short audio stories exploring the emotional connection between people and place as part of the StoryTrails project (run by StoryFutures Academy, the National Film and Television School and the BFI), August 2022
'Tangled in red tape': Cross-party consensus in inshore debate. Article for Fishing News, 22 June 2022
My landlord the Djaraf (at 22'09). Radio essay for the BBC's From Our Own Correspondent, 29 January 2022
Spanish-Senegalese trawlers accused of plundering valuable Liberian shrimps. Article for Reuters, 27 October 2021
Freetown in the aftermath of a terrible accident. From Our Own Correspondent, BBC Radio 4, 11 November 2021 (at 7'32)
Liberia courts premium markets to boost cocoa earnings. Article for African Business Magazine, 16 August 2021
Liberia’s ‘antsbear’ hunters, the base of the pangolin scale supply chain. Long read and photo story for China Dialogue, 5 July 2021
Africa’s COVID threat hits ‘new level’ as Delta variant spreads. Article for Al Jazeera, 1 July 2021
A deep dive on the international sea cucumber trade. Interview in The Economist's "The Intelligence" podcast, 22 April 2021 (from 14'25)
Complacency and mistrust in government mean Liberians are turning their backs on Covid jabs. Article for the Telegraph, 21 April 2021
Diving for sea cucumbers in Liberia. From Our Own Correspondent, BBC Radio 4, 13 March 2021 (at 17'30)
Sea-cucumber divers off Liberia risk danger to feed a hunger in China. Article and photos for BBC Online, 17 March 2021
The African countries battling and bracing for an Ebola outbreak. Article for The Telegraph, 19 February 2021
Health agencies join forces in bid to establish scale of Guinea’s Ebola outbreak. Article for The Telegraph, 17 February 2021
Ebola vaccines to arrive in Guinea within 72 hours, says government. Article for The Telegraph, 16 February 2021
Bad roads block Liberian cocoa farmers from AfCFTA promise. Podcast for The Africa Report, 19 February 2021
Liberian women still wait for promised action on rape. Article for The New Humanitarian, 14 December 2020
Liberia senatorial polls to serve as gauge for Weah’s popularity. Article and photos for Al Jazeera, 7 December 2020
Arrival of Chinese ‘supertrawlers’ raises concern in Liberia. Article for China Dialogue, 30 July 2020
The struggle to protect Liberia's chimps and their forests. 9-minute video documentary for China Dialogue, 15 July 2020
Liberia takes classes to the airwaves during COVID-19 pandemic. Article for Al Jazeera, 16 April 2020
Liberia braces for coronavirus with defunct health system. Article for Al Jazeera, 3 April 2020
Liberia suspends fuel importers' licences over gasoline shortages. Article for Reuters, 6 March 2020
Liberia running low on gasoline after reserves go missing. Article for Reuters, 30 January 2020
Liberians grow wary of George Weah as economic woes deepen. Article for Al Jazeera, 28 January 2020
A forest of obstacles for Liberia's palm oil industry. Article and photos for the Financial Mail, 12 December 2019
UK judge dismisses charges against Charles Taylor's ex-wife. Article for Al Jazeera, 6 December 2019
Liberia’s peacekeeper deficit: What happens to an economy when the blue helmets go? Article and photo for The New Humanitarian, 25 November 2019
Liberia and Sierra Leone: Different lessons in how not to deliver post-war justice. Article and photos for The New Humanitarian, 24 June 2019
Liberia at a Critical Juncture Following Mass Protest. Article and photo for Voice of America, 21 June 2019
Radio essay on Liberia's "Save the State" protest for RTÉ World Report, 9 June 2019
NHS midwives travel to Liberia to train hospital staff as a wedding gift to Harry and Meghan from the people of Wales – as they work to stop mothers and babies dying during childbirth. Article and photos for the Daily Mail, 26 May 2019
Twenty years after war erupted, how listening and talking helps Liberians move on. Article and photos for The New Humanitarian, 3 May 2019
“You have to face justice so I can get peace”: Calls for war court in Liberia. Article for African Arguments, 14 February 2019
On Liberia and George Weah's first year in office. Radio essay for RTÉ World Report, 20 January 2019
Visit to Liberia's first chimpanzee sanctuary and its history as a biomedical research site. Radio essay for RTÉ World Report, 6 January 2019
“Nowhere to go” on the front lines of climate change. Words and photo from Liberia for IRIN, 13 December 2018
Radio essay on opinions about a war crimes court in Liberia for RTÉ World Report, 9 December 2018
Remedies and roadblocks as Senegal battles climate change. Article and photos for IRIN, 25 October 2018
Early warnings, late response to Senegal's food crisis. Article and photo for IRIN, 18 October 2018
How climate change is plunging Senegal's herders into poverty. Article and photos for IRIN, 10 October 2018
Radio Essay on Tabaski celebrations in Senegal for RTÉ World Report, 26 August 2018
Live phoner discussing sentencing of Dakar mayor for Monocle 24's The Globalist, 3 September 2018 (15' in)
All in the name of religion: child begging in Senegal. Radio essay for RTÉ World Report, 19 August 2018
On slavery in Mauritania, Radio essay for RTÉ World Report, 12 August 2018
High-profile terror trial speaks to an emerging threat in Senegal. Written article and photo for IRIN, 1 August 2018
Jihadism and the intertwined nature of religious and political power in Senegal. Radio essay for RTE World Report, 29 July 2018
Radio wrap on Senegalese jihadists' trial for RFI's Paris Live, 20 July 2018
Radio essay from northern Senegal on Fulani cattle herders and the Great Green Wall for RTE's World Report, 20 May 2018
Package from Saint Louis Jazz Festival for RFI's Paris Live, 30 April 2018
The struggles of Senegalese fishermen and shaky relations between Senegal and Mauritania. Radio essay for RTE's World Report, 25 February 2018
On George Weah's surprisingly peaceful accession to power. Radio essay for RTE World Report, 4 February 2018
Radio package on coastal erosion in Saint Louis, Senegal for Radio France International, 2 February 2018
Liberia looks for ways to make rubber prices bounce. Radio package for RFI's Paris Live, 24 January 2018
Businesses driving innovation in Liberia’s agricultural sector. Radio package for RFI’s Paris Live, 23 January 2018
Away from the adoring crowds, an elusive George Weah is leading Liberia into the unknown. Article for the Daily Telegraph, 21 January 2018
Jewel Howard Taylor: From first lady to vice president of Liberia. Radio package for Radio France International's Paris Live, 19 January 2018
Jewel Howard-Taylor on war, Weah and her agenda. Article and photos for Al Jazeera, 12 December 2017
Radio interviews with Liberian political party representatives for RFI's Paris Live, 4 December 2017
Radio package and live phoner from Liberia for Radio France International's Paris Live, 29 November 2017