Vesoul
Vesoul () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté located in eastern France.
It is the most populated municipality of the department with inhabitants in 2014. The same year, the Communauté d'aggl ...
) is a French journalist.
Biography
She worked as a correspondent based in Johannesburg from 2008 to 2013 for ''
Libération
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'', ''
Courrier International
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'' and
Radio Télévision Suisse
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in particular, before working as a freelance reporter since 2014 (''L'Observateur'', ''Liberation'', RTS, Europe 1, ...)., covering
Boko Haram
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in Nigeria, series on Lagos, the war in eastern Congo in 2012. She also works on social issues in France (immigration, suburbs, prostitution ...).
A
stringer
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Structural elements
* Stringer (aircraft), or longeron, a strip of wood or metal to which the skin of an aircraft is fastened
* Stringer (slag), an inclusion, possibly leading to a defect, in cast metal
* Stringer (stairs), ...
, she won the 2009
Albert Londres prize
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for her article ''Bienvenue chez Mugabe !'' (ill. by Sergio Aquindo), published in the magazine '' XXI''.
Publications
*2013: ''Une vie de pintade en Afrique du Sud'', Paris, Éditions
Calmann-Lévy
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Prizes and distinctions
*2009:
Prix Albert-Londres
The Albert Londres Prize is the highest French journalism award, named in honor of journalist Albert Londres. Created in 1932, it was first awarded in 1933 and is considered the French equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. Three laureates are awarded ...
..
*2014: 2ème Prix Bayeux en radio for Europe 1 (''Les milices civiles face à Boko Haram'')
Les Inrockuptibles
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France Culture
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Stations
Radio France offers seven national networks:
* France Inter — Radio France's " generalist" sta ...