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paydesk has 103 reporters who cover Islamic State. Our journalists are already on location, all over the world, and ready to work at a moment's notice. Our top correspondents who cover Islamic State are Khabat Abbas and Benedetta Argentieri. Use our journalist directory to find an Islamic State member to work for you.
Journalists Who Cover Islamic State
Khabat Abbas
Khabat Abbas is an independent journalist and video producer based in Northern Syria. Since 2011 She has extensively covered the developments that have shaken her country starting with the popular demonstrations, to the frontlines until the fight against the so-called Islamic State and its ...
Arabic
English
Kurdish
Journalism
Arts & Books
War Reporter
Breaking News
+1
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Usually Responds Seldom
Benedetta Argentieri
My first assignment as an intern at a local TV station was to go to a crime scene in Rome, Italy. Two people died as a result of an exchange of gunfire. It was a summer job, and at that time I was still studying to obtain my BA in Fine and Decorative Art at Sotheby's Institute of Art. I graduated ...
English
Italian
Spanish
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+6
Fact Checking
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Usually Responds Within an hour
Yan Boechat
Top Rated
Yan Boechat is a journalist based in São Paulo, Brazil. A journalist with over 20 years of experience, I'm a collaborator of the main media outlets in Brazil. Throughout my career, I worked as a reporter and editor in Economics, Business, Politics, and National. In recent years I have ...
Portuguese
English
Spanish
Interview (Print / Radio / Podcast)
Fact Checking
Current Affairs
Fact Checking
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Jobs Completed 114
Job Success Rate 97%
Usually Responds Within a day
André Catueira
André Catueira is a journalist based in Chimoio, Mozambique. Biografia – André Catueira André Catueira, nasceu em 23 de Maio de 1982, na Beira (Sofala), centro de Moçambique. É jornalista desde 1998, baseado em Chimoio, Manica, centro do país. Foi formado em jornalismo comunitário, pela ...
Portuguese
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Fact Checking
Current Affairs
War Reporter
Fact Checking
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Jobs Completed 189
Job Success Rate 100%
Usually Responds Within a day
Paul Cochrane
Paul Cochrane is a freelance journalist based in Udine, Italy. He lived in Beirut, Lebanon from 2002 to 2019, and in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 2019 until 2024. He has written for over 80 publications worldwide, covering financial crime, business, higher education and skills developments, ...
English
Documentaries
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+6
Business
Finance
Current Affairs
+3
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Jobs Completed 3
Usually Responds Within a few days
Olivia Crellin
Olivia Crellin is a journalist based in San Francisco, United States of America.
English
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+6
Fact Checking
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Dale Gavlak
Top Rated
Dale Gavlak is a journalist based in Amman, Jordan. She is presently in the UK and Germany until April 18.
English
News Gathering
Fact Checking
Fact Checking
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Jobs Completed 249
Job Success Rate 98%
Philippe Gelie
Philippe Gelie is a journalist based in Washington, United States of America.
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Jobs Completed 16
Job Success Rate 100%
Majd Helobi
I am a fixer with extensive expertise in building and developing networks throughout the Middle East. I specialize in delivering exclusive news related to conflicts, civil wars, and extremist groups across the region. My work spans Iraq, Kurdistan, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Sudan, Lebanon, Iran, and ...
Arabic
English
Kurdish
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Documentaries
+2
Politics
War Reporter
Investigative Reporting
+3
Related Articles
Usually Responds Within a day
James Jackson
James Jackson is a multimedia journalist based in Berlin, Germany. James is a self-starting media professional who is comfortable writing news, specialist reports dispatches, op-eds and features. A native English speaker, he is fluent in German and Spanish and covers Central Europe for outlets ...
English
German
Spanish
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+15
Fact Checking
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Jobs Completed 8
Job Success Rate 89%
Usually Responds Within a day
Tahir Khan
Tahir Khan is a freelance journalist based in Islamabad, Pakistan. I started journalism in 1990 and worked in several media outlets. I hosted TV programms for an Urdu and two Pashto-language TV channels. I write on foreign affairs and security issues. My area of interest is militancy, terrorism, ...
English
Journalism
War Reporter
Related Articles
Jobs Completed 8
Job Success Rate 89%
Adam Lucente
Multimedia journalist based in Erbil covering Iraq and Syria.
English
Feature Stories
Fact Checking
War Reporter
Fact Checking
Related Articles
Jobs Completed 1
Franz J. Marty
Franz J. Marty is a freelance journalist and, since September 2023, based in Tbilisi, Georgia, from where he covers the wider Caucasus region and also keeps a close eye on Afghanistan. Before moving to Tbilisi, Franz J. Marty has, between December 2014 and June 2023, including during the Taliban’...
English
French
German
+1
News Gathering
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+7
Politics
Current Affairs
War Reporter
+5
Related Articles
Jobs Completed 22
Job Success Rate 88%
Usually Responds Within a few weeks
Khalid Mohammed
Khalid Mohammed is a photographer and photo editor based in Baghdad, Iraq.
English
Photography
Breaking News
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Jean-Marc Mojon
Iraq bureau chief for Agence France-Presse (AFP) since June 2014. Previously based in Nairobi, Cairo, Jerusalem, Nicosia, Boston. French and British national, born in 1977.
English
French
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+6
Fact Checking
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Dan Peleschuk
Dan Peleschuk is a freelance journalist in Kiev, Ukraine, covering politics and society in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
English
Russian
Ukrainian
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Risk Analysis
+5
Politics
Current Affairs
Research
+2
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Andrei Popoviciu
Andrei Popoviciu is an independent investigative journalist, reporter, audio-visual producer and photographer covering human rights, security, migration, international development and foreign affairs stories across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is currently based in Dakar, Senegal but has ...
English
French
Romanian
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+17
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+14
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James Reinl
An award-winning multimedia correspondent who has reported from North America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and his native Britain for more than a decade. Strong editorial judgment and leadership skills with the ability to grasp and distill complex issues with ease and lead digital and broadcast ...
English
Spanish
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Vox Pop
+9
Politics
Current Affairs
Technology
+9
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Jobs Completed 9
Job Success Rate 90%
Usually Responds Within an hour
Daniel Rivas
Daniel Rivas is a journalist based in Madrid, Spain.
English
French
Spanish
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+11
Politics
Current Affairs
Science & Environment
+11
Related Articles
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Dahlia Scheindlin
Dahlia Scheindlin is a journalist and a public opinion expert; she is also a political analyst and campaign advisor with twenty years of experience, specializing in liberal and progressive social causes. Dahlia has advised eight national campaigns in Israel and has worked in 15 other countries ...
English
Hebrew
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Research
+3
Politics
Current Affairs
Research
+1
Related Articles
Jobs Completed 2
Bethan Staton
Bethan Staton is a journalist based in Amman and the surrounding region.
Arabic
Feature Stories
Fact Checking
Current Affairs
Fact Checking
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Peta Thornycroft
Top Rated
Peta Thornycroft is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
English
News Gathering
Fact Checking
Current Affairs
Fact Checking
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Jobs Completed 8
Job Success Rate 100%
Maya Vidon-White
Maya Vidon-White is a print media and photojournalist based in Paris, France. Maya has been working as a journalist for over two decades. First settled in Jerusalem, she covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the first intifada. Straying from daily trips to the Gaza strip, she flew to ...
French
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
News Gathering
+8
Politics
Current Affairs
Science & Environment
+12
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Eszter Zalan
Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist working for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit. Before immersing herself into the "EU bubble", Eszter reported on conflict and war zones from Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Egypt and other places ...
English
Hungarian
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+5
Politics
Current Affairs
Media Training
+3
Related Articles
Jobs Completed 18
Job Success Rate 90%