Journalism’s French Connection

Marie M’Balla-Ndi, an international postgraduate journalism student from France, is a regular contributor - in French - to New Caledonia’s daily newspaper Les Nouvelles Caledoniennes.

New Caledonia is the nearest French-speaking territory to Australia, a two-hour jet flight from Brisbane, and has a strong Australian expatriate community.

Her most recent contributions have been about the dust storm, which headed towards Noumea after leaving Brisbane, an illustrated piece about the recent Riverfire Festival, and the activities of acclaimed Fijian media freedom fighter Netani Rika.

Marie has excellent contacts the Pacific having attended the Pacific International News Association annual conference in Vanuatu in the semester break, while doing a stint of work experience at the Vanuatu Daily Post.

Here are samples of Marie's work:

• Il est temps que les Fidji se réveillent !
• Brisbane fête son fleuve
• Reporters sous censure

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