Kristin Palitza
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA),
MSN South Africa,
Deutsche Welle (DW),
Die Welt,
News.com.au,
t-online,
Bild,
Der Tagesspiegel,
Heise Online,
Business Insider Deutschland,
Europa Press
and
Covers:
african politics, business, travel, humanitarian, war, health policy, economic development, health care
Africa Bureau Chief at Deutsche Presse Agentur @dpa. Based in South Africa. Previously in New York and Berlin.
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Kristin Palitza’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Kristin Palitza is an award-winning independent Africa correspondent. She works as a stringer for TIME, Forbes Africa, IPS, Monocle and dpa. Her work has also been published in the Guardian and various German, Swiss and Austrian newspapers.
Kristin lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, but is available for assignments anywhere on the continent.
Kristin Palitza’s Journalist Portfolio
Cool Germania: Why Berlin Is a Haven of Hip
Q&A: Swapping Children for Protection in Central African Republic
Feisty and Cheeky - a Woman with no Regrets
Child labour: the tobacco industry's smoking gun
Saving Tanzania's Poorest Children - Kristin Palitza - Freelance writer - correspondent - Kristin...
A Year After the War: Promise and Peril in Ivory Coast
Interview
See all 5 answers →What does it mean to be a journalist?
Work hard and smart, try to rid yourself your pre-conceptions, always dig as deep as you can and don't take no for an answer.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Anytime, via email, phone, twitter or Skype.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Anything that makes my job quicker + easier, but nothing just for gadget's sake: iphone, laptop, voice recorder, SLR and Skype are essential.
Awards
International Federation of the Red Cross
2009 - Humanitarian Reporting in Africa
Fund for Investigative Journalism
2011 - Investigative Journalism
Fellowship with funding to research a feature story on child labor on Malawi's tobacco farms.