Nathalie Bertrams is a freelance journalist, photographer, and National Geographic Explorer known for her in-depth reporting on environmental conflicts, human rights and social justice issues, mainly across Africa. Her work has been featured in prominent media outlets, including The Guardian, Read moreSüddeutsche Zeitung, Al Jazeera, El Pais, BBC, and De Groene Amsterdammer. In addition, Bertrams produces TV documentaries for ZDF/Arte. She exhibits internationally and has received multiple grants and awards for her storytelling, including from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, IWMF, Fonds BJP, IJ4EU and Journalismfund Europe. Nathalie studied Fine Arts in the Netherlands, the United States, and Germany and has a master’s degree from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.

I am a freelance journalist originally from Romania. In the past three years, I have published over 400 articles on topics, ranging from political affairs in Eastern Europe to environmental abuses in African countries. Some of the publications that I have contributed to include Al Jazeera (http://Read morewww.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/raluca-besliu-.html), Yale Global (http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/china-and-us-court-africa) and CNN iReport (http://ireport.cnn.com/people/RalucaBesliu).

I extensively cover European and African subjects. 

I am also a photographer. You can find some of my photos on Getty Images iStock: https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/raluca-besliu-?phrase=raluca%20besliu%20&sort=best

Alexandra Brzozowski is a Brussels-based journalist specialised in European affairs. For EURACTIV, she covers European security and defence policy, Eastern Europe and Arctic policy. Also occasionally found on Zenger News.

Lorelei Mihala is a Romanian journalist based in Brussels who can cover topics from Belgium and Romania. 

I am writing for BBC News and I have nineteen years of experience as a TV journalist for the Romanian public television. 

As a TV journalist and editor, I am responsible for delivering TV Read moreprogrammes from the stage of research, establishing the interviews, coordinating the footage team on spot, making the interviews, writing the script and editing the stories.
During sixteen years of experience I have been working and getting experience in some of the most important fields of TV productions, from talk shows to investigations, from daily live youngsters' programmes to cultural and  morning shows, coordinating small teams on spot or big TV crews for a live production. I have been covering social and investigative issues, such as corruption in spending European Union funds, poverty, minorities' rights, migration, injustice, the health system conditions, European Union topics, with a specific focus, lately, on aid for development, travel stories.
I was the producer of morning shows and cultural programmes, coordinating the budget and the TV live broadcast.

Photographer and media producer and social impact management specialist, I have lived and worked in central and west Africa for 7 years and I'm now back to Belgium. Throughout my photo and audiovisual work, I tend to question stereotypes and highlight initiatives that place human and nature at the Read morecore of their approach.

For more info on my work, check my website: brieucdebontridder.com

Josef Cutajar is a freelance journalist based in Brussels, Malta, South Tyrol Italy.

Zoran Popovici is a video and photo journalist based in Brussels, Belgium.

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Thomas Cytrynowicz is a multimedia journalist based between Brussels, Belgium and Paris, France.

Passionate about global issues such as climate change, access to education and humanitarian intervention, Thomas combines his skills in filmmaking with academic knowledge Read moreand journalism training to tell stories that matter in an engaging yet nuanced fashion.

His masters in international development is the breeding ground for his focus on the non-for-profit and public institutional sector. More than an agile filmmaker, his analytical mind is a great tool to convey complex issues onto the screen.

He also continues to work as a documentary photographer and expedition leader in remote places.

When not on a film shoot, you can find him in the mountains of Central Asia riding a motorcycle.

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Dave Keating is an American journalist covering European politics. Having previously covered US politics in Washington, Dave specializes in drawing comparisons between the American federal system and the European Union.

Dave has Read morecovered the courtrooms of Chicago, the halls of the US congress, the streets of New York City and the board rooms of the City of London. As a broadcast journalist, Dave has worked as a line producer for a weekly newscast, a show producer for newsmagazine specials and a segment producer for live news panels and interviews.

Outside of journalism, Dave has worked as a documentary filmmaking instructor and directed a weekly talk show in New York. Dave holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University in Film/Television and History. He also holds a Masters of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

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Sabela Gonzalez is a researcher journalist specialized in migration, democracy and Human Rights.