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Participants to the Workshop on Climate change IV, August 31- September 12, 2009
AKAKPO-AHIANYO Etonam – Togo – Afrique Agriculture, Le marché
BOTNARU Petru – Moldova – Adevarul, Terra-1530
DIARRA Soumaila – Mali – L’Aube
FALCO Aline – Brazil – Mudanças Climáticas
GERDES Justin – Denmark – Copenhagen Climate Council, Mandag Morgen
HACK Tobin – U.S.A – Mother Nature Network, Sierra Magazine
LEAHY Stephen – Canada – Inter Press News Service
LESPINASSE Colette – Haïti – Radio Kiskeya  Colette Lespinasse is a Haitian journalist and manager. She has a
long experience in communication, social animation, and the defense of
women’s and migrants’ rights. For more than twenty years, she has
militated in favor of an improvement of the relations between Haiti and
the Dominican Republic, two countries that share the second largest
islands of the Caribbean -which is called Haiti by the Haitians, and
Hispaniola by the Dominicans.As a journalist, Colette Lespinasse publishes articles in national and international reviews such as Lambi in Belgium, Ayiti Fanm in Haiti. Since 1994, she features a program for women on a radio station of the capital, Radio Kiskeya. She regularly writes articles on the website of the GARR www.garr-haiti.org about migrants’ rights and refugees, and pronounces conferences on those same subjects. She collaborates from time to time with another online media, Alterpresse (www.alterpresse.org) of the Group Médialternatif (GM) which has won an international reputation. Between 1991 and 1994, period which followed a bloody coup d’état in Haiti, in order to bypass the censorship and restrictions on the right to information imposed upon the population by the military, Colette Lespinasse collaborated in the production of cassettes of news which were regularly distributed throughout the country to keep the population informed about what was occurring. During the period of the dictatorship of Jean Claude Duvalier (between 1982 and 1986), she was a journalist at Radio Soleil, one of the rare stations which had dared to defy repression and to defend the freedom of information.
LIVEN Ido – Israel – Ynet.co.il
NANDI Jayashree – India – The Times of India
NDIAYE Papa Noumou – Switzerland – Bluewin.ch, Mediasen.org
NJIRU John Muchangi – Kenya – Nairobi Star Newspaper
 I am a marine geologist, working as a
freelance science writer for about 6 years. I am working for several
newspapers, magazins,ecology groups (e.g. GREENPEACE) and as a
researcher for several international companies. As a geologist, took
part on several ship expeditions e.g. in the Arctic and the southern
and northern Atlantic Ocean. As a science writer, I am publishing
articles about climate change, marine science.
YOHANNES Solomon – Ethiopia – National Meteorological Service  My name is Solomon Yohannes. I was born in 1965 in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. I am married and have one daughter. I also have three
brothers and three sisters. I joined the National Meteorological Agency
of Ethiopia in 1987 being as meteorological observer. I got my BSc in
Mathematics from Kotebe Teacher Training College in 2001. Then, I went
to India in 2002 and attended an advanced meteorology course for one
year. After accomplishing the one year intensive course, I have
returned back to NMA and assigned as meteorologist in weather analysis
and forecast centre. In addition, I have post graduate diploma in
Computer Science. Currently, I am in charge of public weather services
and National focal person with WMO concerning public weather services
of the National Meteorological Agency. I have been serving as weather
presenter at the national TV and Radio since 1996.ZYNCENKO Nadia – Argentina – National Meteorological Service  Nadia Zyncenko was born in Italy on May 26th, 1948 and moved to
Argentina the same year. She grew up in the suburbs of Buenos Aires,
and once she finished her primary and secondary studies, she moved to
Buenos Aires city. Having been granted a scholarship, she studied at
the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires where she
graduated as a Weather Forecaster. In March 1968 she started working
at the National Meteorological Service (NMS) and in April 1976 was
promoted to the Press and Public Relations Department of the NMS. In
2000 she was appointed Chief of the Meteorology office of the local
airport and in January 2003 , Chief of the Press and Public Relations
Department of the NMS.Nadia also participated as an expert in the Public Weather Services Expert Group on Education Meeting in Geneva in March 2006 and in the Experts’ Meeting in Supplement to Guidelines on Meteorology and Air Quality Forecasts in New York in 2006 and in the Globe Programme, Buenos Aires 2006. From 1981 to 1991 Nadia worked as a weather reporter at a private T.V. Station, and since 1992 has been working for the National T.V. where she keeps enjoing being the link between the NMS and the General Public. |
Specializing in science reporting, I freelance regularly for newspaper and online publications since 2007. Having done my first degree in literature from Addis Ababa University, I got my first big break when I secured a job in journalism at Addis Ababa Mass Media Agency (1994-1999). My news presentation, and climate & environment radio shows with Radio Ethiopia (1999-2005) enhanced my popularity next to Addis-Lissan newspaper. That fame followed me even when I transferred to Lambadina newspaper in deputy editor in chief position (2005-2006). I then took over the editor and director position of Araya magazine (2006-2007), a position I held until I moved to become a freelancer. My representation of local media personnel at regional networks, i.e. ANEJ and NECJOGHA are real proofs for my active intervention in the dissemination of climate issues.
Journalist since 1985, Sérgio Adeodato is recognized for his
performance in the areas of environment, sustainability and technology.
Worked on national circulation brazilian’s vehicles, as the newspapers
O Estado de S. Paulo and Jornal do Brasil and the magazines Globo
Ciencia e Época. For this work, won awards for journalism (Ethos Award
for Jornalismo/2005; Docol Award of the Ministry of Environment
Ambiente/2005 and 2007; Bracelpa Award for Journalism and Sustainable
Development/2007; Award Report on Biodiversity of the Atlantic Forest,
promoted by the International Conservation/2007; Award ANA/2008). He is
the author of the book “Murdered Amazon” (2006), “Art of Recycling”
(2007) and “Recycling — Yesterday, Today, Always” (2009).
Etonam AKAKPO-AHIANYO is journalist correspondent of Afrique
Agriculture Magazine and Syfia International News agency for Togo and
Ghana. He works as journalist since 2001 in print, photojournalism, and
radio. He also collaborate with many international medias such as
Infosud Suisse, agricultural revue Spore and the pan African monthly,
Continental. Master 1 degree in Communication and Marketing and holder
of High National Certificate in Journalism, Etonam who speaks well
French and fluently English is the Editor of the Togolese economic
monthly « Le Marché ». Fascinate by development issues, Etonam
AKAKPO-AHIANYO is writing a book titled: “Climate Change: Time for
media’s commitment”.
1978 – 1983 Moldovan State University, Chisinau, I graduated from
Moldova Journalist Department. I Worked for two publications
I have been working at Le Courrier, a Swiss daily newspaper,
since October 2008. I have focused on a diverse range of national and
international news, in areas including politics, urbanism, the legal
system, education and the environment. I also have a number of years of
experience as a substitute teacher for different disciplines in the
Geneva public sector.
Soumaila T. Diarra is a malian journalist born in 1977. He grew up in
the small village of Massantola, relocated in the north of Mali at 150
km from Bamako, the capital city of his counrty. Soumaila’s passion for
journalism begun in 2004, once he obtained a Bachelor’s of Art in
history at the University of Bamako. Now he is a freelance for local
newspapers and the correspondent of Syfia International and Sporo
magazine.
In September 2007, I joined Al Arabiya News Channel, MBC Group, Dubai
Media City in the capacity of Writer/Reporter. My duties include, among
other things, writing, editing, translation and broadcasting
international news. In my two-year stint with MBC, climate change has
been in the spotlight across the globe. In the course of highlighting
this serious issue, I produced many reports and video wall
presentations utilizing 3D graphics and pictures in a bid to attract
the viewers’ attention to the gravity of this phenomenon. From
2005-20007, I worked for Emirates Today Newspaper as a Journalist, and
my duties included a wide spectrum of assignments including covering
local news on environmental issues, and the judicial system of the UAE.
I have several articles and columns published on Emarat Times; a Dubai
government-owned web portal.
Aline Falco is a brazilian journalist working with social and development issues since 2002. Has written and edited more than ten books about subjects related to this issues, such as Media and Human Rights, Child Labour and Media and Development. Since 2008, coordinates the project Media and Climate Change, for News Agency of Children’s Rights, an NGO which aims to help journalists to achieve a better understanding of these subjects. She is also the chief editor of the website www.mudancasclimaticas.andi.org.br, which provides deep analitical information about climate change, articles, interviews, audiovisual material, etc.
I am an American writer and editor from San Francisco, California, who
specializes in climate change and energy policy. Currently, I serve as
the Journalistic Web Editor for the Copenhagen Climate Council (
I’ve been on the green media beat for almost four years, ever since
graduating from Princeton University in 2006 with a degree in English
(extra focus areas in Creative Writing and Dance). I got my start in
radio, as an assistant producer for NPR’s Living On Earth, then moved on to become an associate editor at Plenty Magazine (environmental lifestyle). At Plenty,
I edited our two page books/films/music reviews section, our back page
essay (contributors I worked with and edited included Rick Moody, Ann
Packer, and Sloane Crosley), our humor column, and a cover story
(”Stuff Environmentalists Like”) by humorist Christian Lander. During
my two years at Plenty, I also wrote political and
environmental justice news pieces, daily green living blogs, film and
book reviews, and lifestyle and political satire for web and print. I’m
now freelancing from my NYC home base, where I put my radio, video,
print, blog, and new media experience to good use.
An independent environmental journalist for 15 years, my writing has
been published in dozens of publications around the world including New
Scientist, The London Sunday Times, Maclean’s Magazine, Earth Island
Journal, The Toronto Star, Wired News, Audubon, BBC Wildlife, and
Canadian Geographic.
Reporting from Israel, Jordan, Germany and Croatia I’ve been covering
mostly environment and foreign affairs, writing about a variety of
topics: from biodiversity and open lands, through activism and green
politics, to marine pollution and public health – all involved
comprehensive research and revealed new aspects of local and
international concern.
As an environment correspondent with The Times of India, I enjoy
exploring the issues I am most passionate about. My job involves
covering forests, wildlife, and environment including urban issues like
air and water pollution. Before joining The Times of India, I have
worked with Greenpeace India as a communication officer for about two
years, focusing on the climate and energy campaign. I have written
chapters for reports like ‘The True Cost Of Coal’ and several other
papers. As a journalist, I have written about human-animal conflicts in
protected areas, changes in micro and macro climate, impacts of climate
change in Karnataka, renewable energy, energy efficiency, green cover
in the city, water scarcity and contamination and other related topics.
I am Journalist RP with 6 years of experience, I graduated from Master
of Arts (University of Freiburg Switzerland): Sociology of Media,
Ethnology, Journalism and Medias.
I am a 29-year-old Kenyan science journalist. I work with Radio Africa Media Group as a features writer-cum-sub editor for Nairobi Star daily newspaper, while also making reports for Radio Jambo Talk Radio.
I am an issue-driven writer and communications specialist of six years
and a journalist/freelance journalist, with 11 years experience,
currently working in Denmark for the Copenhagen Climate Council.
As a German freelancer I am writing stories about science and
technology. I always try to give attention to stories where people are
in the center. This is because I consider science and technology is
made from men for men (or women as well!).The stories I am writing
should always touch the triangle of science (or technology), economy
and ecology. I know these fields very well because I worked in all of
them: as a physicist at an particle accelerator (DESY), for industry
(AEG, Frankfurt Fair) and for an institute for ecological and economic
forecasting (Fraunhofer ISI). Today I am writing stories for German
online and print magazines like