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Manuela Huyghues DespointesMH

Manuela Huyghues Despointes

Editor-in-chief

€400/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Manuela

I produce editorial content ready for publication or broadcast for print, radio, and editorial communication.

I undertake complete production or editorial support missions: subject conception, information research, interviews, verification, writing, and multi-format adaptation according to the needs of editorial teams or communication departments.

I can adapt to tight deadlines, specific angles, or broadcast constraints, while ensuring clear, structured, and narrative writing.

👉 What I deliver concretely:

  • Print articles (news, profiles, long-form)
  • Radio reports and segments ready for broadcast
  • Written or reworked interviews
  • Editorial communication content (articles, storytelling, dossiers)
  • Rewriting and optimization of existing content

My goal: to provide directly usable, effective content, adapted to the editorial requirements of both media and communication structures.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Basic

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Radio Ndrason Internationale
    Regional Editor-in-chief
    PRESS AND MEDIA
    November 2022 - November 2024 (2 years)
    Chad
    • Supervision of a cross-border information network covering Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon.
    • Creation of the regional newspaper in 3 languages distributed in the Lake Chad basin.
    • Responsible for information content.
    • Management of a team of 40 people in a fluctuating security context (Lake Chad Basin)
    • Construction of factual narratives from fragmented information. Daily assessment of editorial and political risks.
    editorial communication Article rewriting Conducting interviews Newsletter writing Article writing
  • Radio Okapi (ONU)
    Editor-in-chief of Okapi enfants
    November 2019 - November 2021 (2 years)
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Coordination of a production unit focused on the needs of children in post-conflict zones.
    • Creation of MONUSCO's radio for children.
    • Daily monitoring of local tensions (Ituri, Kasaï, North Kivu), leading editorial conferences, and analysis of the immediate environment.
    • Production of sensitive information in an environment marked by mistrust, competing narratives, and instability.
    • Management of a team of 15 journalists.
  • UNICEF➔
    Producer
    PRESS AND MEDIA
    January 2018 - September 2020 (2 years and 8 months)
    Bangladesh
    • Production of videos and articles.
    • Extended presence in Cox's Bazar camps. Identifying community tensions, internal dynamics within camps, and risks of manipulation or instrumentalization of narratives.
    • Observation of the indirect effects of the crisis on host populations and local perceptions.

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Education

  • Training in image reporter journalism
    CFPJ
    2002
    Formation au journalisme reporter d'image
  • Master's degree in Modern Literature
    La Sorbonne
    Maîtrise de Lettres Modernes

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