I am a senior level international news journalist and highly experienced editor working primarily in TV but also print, radio and photojournalism. I have filmed and edited factual documentaries and hundreds of news stories for Reuters, Associated Press and the United Nations across three continents. I film in classic formats as well as in 360 and VR formats.

The first story I covered was in December 1989 as part of the fall of the communist countries behind the iron curtain. Later, as a foreign correspondent, I covered the 24-country West and Central Africa region for Thomson Reuters for over a decade. I coordinated coverage of complex stories and reported from wars and military coups, natural disasters, political unrest, and the entire Ebola pandemic. I am an expert in running complex multi-crew and multi-country operations in hostile environments, like the war in Mali with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. I was in charge of seven crews, three in the warzone in northern Mali and four reporting on war implications on neighbouring countries Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Senegal.

I am a topic expert on the African continent, with particular interest in the social, political and economic aspects affecting Africa and its relationship with the West in post-colonial francophone Africa.

I filmed and produced (for Reuters Africa Journal) factual documentaries on the following topics: the environmental impact of Darfur refugees in Eastern Chad, Women’s current slavery in Mauritania, Women’s force-feeding in Mauritania, the water entrepreneurs of Liberia, the slavery trail in Ghana, desertification in Senegal, the kora musicians of the Gambia and a documentary on Cheikh Lo, the Senegal No 1 World music maverick, among others.  

I am a fierce supporter of girls and women’s rights in Africa. I’ve been involved with a number of initiatives for women in Africa, including Girls not Brides, the forced-feeding in Mauritania, Female Genital Mutilation in central Africa, diversity and gender pay parity.

I mentor women journalists on how to operate in conflict zones.

A sample of other news stories I filmed: The Pope’s visit to Central African Republic; The Ebola pandemic (Guinea Conakry); US President Barack Obama’s first visit to Africa, in Ghana and his subsequent visit to Senegal; Ivory Coast war; various Mauritania military coups and riots; Senegal riots; NASA flight over Cape Verde Islands to study storm formation; the conflict in the Indian Kashmir.

Visual storytelling and 360 documentary; journalism, communications and international media, conflict, women in conflict journalism and journalism in the Least Developed Countries, journalism in francophone Africa, ad-hoc newsroom operations at major international conferences, post-academic journalism education, ethics in documentary and 360. 

Undergraduate:

BCP1002: Broadcast Production Skills

BCP2001: Broadcast Journalism

BCP2003: The Television Programme

MUS3007: Immersive media

Postgraduate:

BCP7005: Broadcast Journalism

BCP7006: Media & Broadcast Production Dissertation