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* - Finalist - "[[South Africa]]'s most influential women in business and government" 2013 Award |
* - Finalist - "[[South Africa]]'s most influential women in business and government" 2013 Award {{fact|date=December 2014}} |
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* - Nominated - [[Russia]]'s [[TEFI]] highest television awards 2012 |
* - Nominated - [[Russia]]'s [[TEFI]] highest television awards 2012 |
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* - Association of International Broadcasters' Best International News Story Award, 2007 |
* - Association of International Broadcasters' Best International News Story Award, 2007 |
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* - Shortlisted by the [[Association for International Broadcasting]] for the [[Hamas]] network tunnels report |
* - Shortlisted by the [[Association for International Broadcasting]] for the [[Hamas]] network tunnels report {{fact|date=December 2014}} |
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* - Finalist - [[CNN]] 2003 World Report's news category for story on [[Africa]]'s first space program astronaut |
* - Finalist - [[CNN]] 2003 World Report's news category for story on [[Africa]]'s first space program astronaut |
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* - Finalist in the Reportage Category of the 2003 MONDI MAGAZINE AWARDS for her ''[[Marie Claire]]'' article "24 Hours in a Squatter Camp" |
* - Finalist in the Reportage Category of the 2003 MONDI MAGAZINE AWARDS for her ''[[Marie Claire]]'' article "24 Hours in a Squatter Camp" {{fact|date=December 2014}} |
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* Slier reported from the center of [[Slavyansk]], east [[Ukraine]] amid heavy fighting and shelling.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVtFqWw958M</ref> |
* Slier reported from the center of [[Slavyansk]], east [[Ukraine]] amid heavy fighting and shelling.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVtFqWw958M</ref> |
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* The Media lists Slier as one of the top 40 South African journalists under 40.<ref>http://themediaonline.co.za/2014/03/top-40-young-phenomenal-and-making-waves-part-2/</ref> |
* The Media lists Slier as one of the top 40 South African journalists under 40.<ref>http://themediaonline.co.za/2014/03/top-40-young-phenomenal-and-making-waves-part-2/</ref> |
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* Reporting on the elections in Donbass 2014 she said OSCE observers had inspected the polling stations. In fact the [[Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] did not send a monitoring mission.<ref> daily telegraph, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11204433/Ukraine-rebels-lure-voters-to-polls-with-root-vegetables.html]</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 13:44, 23 December 2014
Paula Slier | |
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| Born | 26 March 1973 |
| Alma mater | University of Witwatersrand |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, over 20 years |
| Employer(s) | CEO, Founder / Newshound and Middle East Bureau Chief for Russia Today |
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Paula Slier (born 26 March 1973) is a South African television, radio and print journalist, and war correspondent, who heads up her own company in the Middle East called Newshound.[1][2] In 2012 she launched Newshound Africa, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is also the Middle East Bureau Chief and correspondent for RT.[2][3]
Early life
Slier was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she attended Waverley Girls' High.[2] Afterwards, she enrolled at the University of Witwatersrand, graduating in 1995 with a degree in international relations and philosophy.[2][4][5]
Career
Slier started her career at university presenting a cultural show on MNET[4] and later at the South African Broadcasting Corporation.[6] She then worked as a producer for SABC's morning show, The Breakfast Club, before becoming a news reporter, anchorwoman and late night news reader for SABC Africa and SABC from 1998 to 2003.[6]
She later moved to the Middle East as a freelancer, contributing reports to Eyewitness News,[7] Marie Claire South Africa,[8] The Media and The Star.[9]
In 2005 she was appointed Middle East Bureau Chief for Russia Today, for which she has reported live from Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt, Gaza, Palestine, Israel and Lebanon.[10] She has also reported extensively from Serbia, Bosnia, Africa and Europe.[3]
In 2014, she provided coverage of the Ukrainian Revolution,[10] Operation Protective Edge,[11] the ongoing struggle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[12] in Iraq and Turkey,[13] next to the border with Syria.
Career notes
- Slier has been embedded as a journalist with the United States Army in both Afghanistan and Iraq.[14]
- In 2012 Slier spent several weeks in Egypt covering both parliamentary and presidential elections and ongoing unrest.[15]
- In 2011 Slier spent several weeks covering the 2011 Egyptian revolution in Tahrir Square that ousted former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.[16]
- Slier also spent nearly two months in Tripoli reporting on the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.[17]
- At the end of December 2008 she reported from Israel and Gaza during Operation Cast Lead[18]
- Slier was one of the few correspondents working for Russian television to report from Tbilisi, Georgia, during the South Ossetia conflict in 2008.[19]
- Slier reported from the center of Slavyansk, east Ukraine amid heavy fighting and shelling.[20]
- The Media lists Slier as one of the top 40 South African journalists under 40.[21]
- Reporting on the elections in Donbass 2014 she said OSCE observers had inspected the polling stations. In fact the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe did not send a monitoring mission.[22]
References
- ^ http://www.newshoundmedia.com
- ^ a b c d http://whoswho.co.za/paula-slier-25501
- ^ a b http://rt.com/tags/paula-slier/
- ^ a b http://www.wits.ac.za/
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=68885224&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=rZr-&locale=en_US&trk=tyah2&trkInfo=tarId%3A1418907574988%2Ctas%3Apaula%20slier%2Cidx%3A1-1-1
- ^ a b http://www.sabc.co.za/wps/portal/SABC/SABCHOME
- ^ http://ewn.co.za/Contributors/Paula-Slier
- ^ https://za.linkedin.com/pub/paula-slier/1b/a0/174
- ^ http://ewn.co.za/
- ^ a b http://www.newshoundmedia.com/paula-slier/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9gJZvETx-0
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wlfieOLdGc
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRICJIgPmHg
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ildy6QSBnaU
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35BR2u9w91E
- ^ http://rt.com/news/egypt-testimony-paula-slier-393/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3YAIZ9JBcQ
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndGO5G1N9Y0
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/pub/paula-slier/1b/a0/174
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVtFqWw958M
- ^ http://themediaonline.co.za/2014/03/top-40-young-phenomenal-and-making-waves-part-2/
- ^ daily telegraph, [1]
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