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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> |
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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.<ref> [https://twitter.com/chrisbrulak/status/529340260900429824/photo/1 twitterphoto1] </ref> 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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Revision as of 12:11, 6 January 2015
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 RT (till late 2014 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]
She heads up her own company in the Middle East called Newshound. In 2012 she launched Newshound Africa, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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.[22] In fact the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe did not send a monitoring mission.[23]
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/
- ^ twitterphoto1
- ^ daily telegraph, [1]
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