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SUMMARY
OF QUALIFICATIONS
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I am a multifaceted journalist (web, radio, television, print journalism)
who has specialised in humanitarian, social and development issues relating
to the Third World and the Internet. While I was educated and trained
as a lawyer, I have spent all my career in communications, working as
a journalist in numerous African countries, in Asia, and in North and
South America. I currently teach postgraduate courses in Online Journalism
in France and radio reporting to African journalists. I am bilingual
(English-French) and have strong computer skills.
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PROFESSIONAL
SKILLS
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Current
employment
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- Radio training coordinator for Radio
Okapi. Fondation
Hirondelle (Media for Peace and Human Dignity), Swiss NGO, and MONUC
(United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo).
D.R.C. 10/2002-12/2002.
Overseeing a radio journalism training program in the D.R.C. (Kinshasa,
Mbandaka, Gbadolite, Kisangani, Kindu, Kananga, Bunia, Goma, Bukavu,
Kalemie) where 100 journalists are skilled up in news and current affairs
radio reporting and digital audio editing.
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Journalism
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- Online Journalist. Midi
Libre, French daily. 2001-2002.
- Print journalist. SYFIA
International, a francophone press agency that concentrates on topics
of concern to Africa. Wide range of international publications (details
on request). France & Africa. 1994-2000.
- Radio producer. Fréquence
Verte, Syfia’s monthly radio magazine on African rural issues.
This program is broadcast by 100 french-speaking radio stations and
promotes the work of African journalists. 1996-2000.
- Radio and television reporter. Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation. Covered numerous news and current affairs
stories on immigration, ethnic-religious minorities, and human rights
issues in Canada. 1985-1993.
- Free-lance journalist. Middle-East :
covered stories in Lebanon, Pakistan and Yemen for Canadian newspapers.
France : La Cinquième (national
television), Le Monde
(national newspaper). 2000-2002.
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Humanitarian
experience
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- Radio producer, writer and sound editor. Contrechamp
Humanitaire radio series : five hour-long radio
programs for the ICRC. 1994-1996.
These programs dealt with humanitarian issues (refugees, women and war,
landmines, child soldiers, international humanitarian law) facing 5
African countries (Rwanda, Angola, Kwazulu-Natal, Somalia and Liberia).
They were aired on French and Canadian national radio stations, the
BBC world service, and by more than 30 African radio broadcasters.
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Networking
and leadership skills
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- Coordination of an international network of journalists
(Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, Senegal, Mauritania, Madagascar) to
produce a monthly African radio program, Fréquence
Verte (see above). 1996-2000.
- Regular trips were made to Africa to recruit and train over twenty
African journalists in current affairs radio reporting, writing
for radio, interviewing techniques, digital sound editing and use
of Internet tools.
- From France, I followed up on their development via distance learning
using new technologies (chat, email, instant messaging, webphone,
program and remote desktop sharing).
- In France, I also put into place a system of Internet conferencing
for editorial meetings between the bureau chiefs of 9 countries.
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Teaching
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- Lecturer in online journalism. Université
de Montpellier 1 - Master Degree in Scientific Journalism :
Web searching, Writing for the web, Html and web site creation, Image
and Sound editing for the web. 1999-2002.
- Lecturer in online journalism and communications.
European Journalism Centre.
Maastricht, Netherlands. 2002.
- Lecturer on Advanced
web searching techniques for journalists and research librarians,
Writing for the web. CFPJ
(Centre de Formation et de Perfectionnement des Journalistes (Paris
and Montpellier). 2000-2002.
- Lecturer on current affairs radio reporting and
digital sound editing for African journalists (Benin-based workshops).
ESJ
Médias International (Ecole supérieure de journalisme
de Lille). 2001-2002.
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COMPUTER
SKILLS
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- Webmaster. Syfia
International. Designed and oversaw the installation and regular
updating of Syfia’s website www.syfia.com.
1996-2000.
- HTML : Dreamweaver, Front Page, HotMetal
Pro. Image editing : Photoshop, Paintshop,
Illustrator. Sound editing : Cool Edit,
WaveStudio, MP3/RealAudio encoders, X-Track. Word
processing : Word, Works. Internet :
wide variety of softwares.
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AWARDS AND
HONORS
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EDUCATION
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- Date of birth : 11th of May 1962
- Citizenship : Canadian and French
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