Hi, I am Christina
(Felschen), a journalist (and photographer) in Vancouver, B.C. I work for various newspapers, magazines, and radio stations. Originally from Germany, I have been living and working in North America since 2014, first in California, then in New York City, before moving to Canada.
I tell global stories about social change, migration, and human rights from a local perspective. Before moving to North America, I worked in Marseille, Buenos Aires, and on the world’s oceans (for the Japanese NGO Peace Boat). I have a Master’s degree in Comparative Literature, French, and Social Anthropology from the Universities of Göttingen and Strasbourg, and trained in cross-media journalism at the EJS School of Journalism in Berlin and the New York Film Academy.
My documentaries have been nominated for and won journalism awards. I am a language nerd but only comfortable working in four of them: English, German, Spanish and French. In regular shifts at ZEIT ONLINE‘s newsdesk, podcast, and newsletter, I keep European night owls up to date with world news – while the sun is still shining on the West Coast.
I offer:
freelance work as a reporter, photographer, editor, translator/ interpreter, or photography teacher
References:
- taz – die tageszeitung (German daily newspaper)
- ZEIT ONLINE
- SWR, German public radio
- Deutschlandfunk, German public radio
- ARTE Magazin (journal)
- Die WELT
- Deutsche Welle Radio
- epd – Ev. Pressedienst (press agency)
- afp – Agence France-Presse (press agency)
- Chrismon (journal)
- NDR Info (radio)
- Radio Grenouille Marseille (French radio station)
- regional newspapers (Berliner Morgenpost, Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, Die Glocke)
NGOs, institutions, and companies:
- Peace Boat (Japanese NGO)
- Welthungerhilfe, Germany’s largest secular NGO (Annual Report, newspaper on development politics Welternährung, Magazin and website)
- Südlink (NGO magazine on development politics)
- Magazine of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- German Centres for Research and Innovation (GCRI)
- rencontres.de (Franco-German online-magazine)
- Goethe-Institut Buenos Aires
- Lufthansa magazine
Trainings/ Photography classes:
- Bechtel International Center, Stanford University
- Palo Alto Adult School
- EJS Journalism School, Berlin
Translations:
- “Pacto del Silencio”, documentary film by Carlos Echeverría, WDR 2005 (Spanish > German)
- Book “NarcoZones”, Assoziation A (Spanish > German, two chapters)
- Rouma/ Amour, short story by Kim Thúy, taz 2011 (French > German)
- as well as different articles for the development magazine “Südlink” (English/ French/ Spanish > German)
CV in English: http://de.linkedin.com/in/christinafelschen/en