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Daphnee Denis

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  • Editor in chief, Tracks, ARTE
Montevideo, Paris
editor in chief @tracks_ARTE & occasional words in @kinfolkmag | via @brutofficiel @el_pais @afp |@columbiajourn alumna | Francolombiana via Mexico and NYC

Daphnee Denis’s Journalist Portfolio

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In Uruguay, two ex-convicts back in jail... for business

In Uruguay, two ex-convicts back in jail... for business

AFP — After being released from a model jail in Uruguay that encourages inmates to start their own business, two former convicts decided to launch a bakery... in prison.

Young Cubans divided on new US relations

Young Cubans divided on new US relations

youtube.com — A report on what young Cubans think of the US-Cuba thaw ahead of the reopening of the US embassy in Havana.

Playing By Ear

Playing By Ear

Narrative.ly — An abridged version of documentary Shot in the Dark, directed by Daphnee Denis and Hoda Emam. Awarded honourable mention at the Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability. http://narrative.ly/obscure-sports/playing-by-ear/ Ibrahim Shahadat has Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye disease, but embraces his blindness as an asset rather than a disability. He is an overachiever who thinks his world would be shattered if he ever saw again.

Why Hugo Chávez Loved Les Misérables

Why Hugo Chávez Loved Les Misérables

Slate — Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's president until his death yesterday, loved to read. So much so that he attributed his turn to socialism, in 2005, to the French classic Les Misérables .

It's Time To Scrap the Paralympics. Disabled Athletes Should Compete in the Olympics, Too.

It's Time To Scrap the Paralympics. Disabled Athletes Should Compete in the Olympics, Too.

Slate — Before we know it, the Olympic frenzy will come to an end. The final medals will be handed out, the tourists and the press will head back home, and James Bond will escort the Queen back to Buckingham Palace. Two weeks after that, the London Paralympics will start-two weeks too late.

Si vous aimez les histoires tristes qui finissent bien, soutenez la Colombie contre le Brésil

Si vous aimez les histoires tristes qui finissent bien, soutenez la Colombie contre le Brésil

slate.fr — A piece on the Colombian national football team returning to the World Cup in 2014, for the first time since the era of narco football for Slate France.

Comment Cristina Kirchner a réussi à envoûter une nation de machos

Comment Cristina Kirchner a réussi à envoûter une nation de machos

slate.fr — A piece on Cristina Kirchner, the woman who wooed a nation of machos, before she stepped out of power in Argentina.

Vive le béret! - Film

Vive le béret! - Film

Monocle — Monocle pays a visit to the last béret-maker in France and meets the Irishman trying to revive this quintessentially French piece of headwear.