NewsX Member Directory

Aloysius Atrino Fernandes

~Aloysius Atrino Fernandes

Professional

Originally from Goa in India, Aloysius trained under the late Shantanu Guha Ray who worked for Central European News as its Indian editor for over a decade. He later moved to India as a foreign correspondent and has worked with video, pictures and editorial. He is fluent in English, Kankani and Hindi, with passable German.

Angjela Trajkovska

~Angela Trajkovska

Professional

Angjela Trajkovska is the Illustrations Editor at NewsX, where she has worked since March 2018. A graduate of Spanish Language and Literature, she joined NewsX as a journalist, covering news from Spanish-speaking regions for UK media. Since then, she has worked across most editorial roles, gaining broad experience in news production and editorial work. In her current role, Angela oversees illustration work, manages the production process, and also helps in deciding which stories NewsX should cover. Working with news from around the world, she brings a broad editorial perspective to the selection, production, and presentation of news.

Grainger Laffan

~Grainger Laffan

Professional

Science, Health and Technology are my primary beats but I cover all aspects of news. I am also a photojournalist with a large portfolio of still news photos and a small portfolio of videos.

James Nicoll

~James Nicoll

Professional

Jamie Nicoll is a documentary filmmaker, editor and video artist currently studying at the University of Sussex. His work spans documentary filmmaking, journalism, publishing and experimental moving-image practice, with interests in community storytelling, sustainability, emerging technology and the future of media. He has particular expertise in the intersection of AI and journalism and explores how new technologies can be used to develop innovative forms of storytelling and public-interest media. YouTube / Yogi Productions: https://www.youtube.com/@jamesverenicoll

Joana Mihajlovska

~Joana Mih

Professional

Joana Mihajlovska is an Illustrations Editor and journalist working across visual research, news gathering and story development. She sources and verifies photo and video for news reporting, with a particular focus on international news and South America. She has experience developing original news stories from local reporting and visual material, including conducting interviews and most recently had been writing stories for news reporting. She has a background in Political Science and works in English, Spanish and Portuguese. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joana-mihajlovska-429a4b275/

Joseph Francis George Golder

~Joseph Golder

Professional

Joseph Golder is a British journalist covering the war in Ukraine, as well as European security and international affairs, among other areas. He has reported on the conflict since before the full-scale invasion of February 2022, writing for NewsX, Newsflash, Central European News, AsiaWire, Real Press, Golder's News and Sport, Newsweek and Zenger News, among others. He helped establish Newsflash's War Desk and currently conducts interviews and works on video and syndication output. Based in France, he works in English and French. Syndicated internationally, his work has appeared in the Daily Mail, The Sun, the Daily Mirror, the Daily Star, the Daily Express, The Independent, Forbes, the New York Post, TMZ, Bild, News24, NationalWorld, the Irish Star, MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Flipboard and Inkl, as well as dozens of Sinclair-owned US local television station sites including KOMO Seattle, KATU Portland, KUTV Salt Lake City and WBFF Baltimore. MAIN BEATS * Ukraine, Russia and European security / defence * International affairs and foreign news * Press freedom and the economics of journalism * France and French news * History and archaeology * Science, space and technology * Interviews and features LANGUAGES English and French (bilingual, works in both). German and Spanish (working knowledge). LINKS * Muck Rack: https://muckrack.com/joe-golder * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-golder-73675314/ * Press Gazette: https://pressgazette.co.uk/author/joegolder/ * Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/authors/joseph-golder-zenger-news CITED WORK * Reporting on the fighting in Severodonetsk (Newsweek), submitted among the documentary annexes filed by Ukraine in Allegations of Genocide under the Genocide Convention (Ukraine v. Russian Federation), ICJ Case No. 182, fn. 244. https://www.icj-cij.org/index.php/node/202994 https://www.newsweek.com/pro-russia-militia-says-its-knocking-ukrainian-forces-out-severodonetsk-industrial-zone-1716267 * Reporting on Russian losses at Snake Island, used as a source in the CEPA / New Strategy Center study The Strategic Importance of Snake Island. https://cepa.org/comprehensive-reports/the-strategic-importance-of-snake-island/ SELECTED INTERVIEWS * Gilles Goujon, Michelin star chef and owner of the 'World's best fine-dining restaurant' (Newsweek) https://www.newsweek.com/secrets-superstar-chef-worlds-best-fine-dining-restaurant-1525156 * Jens Galshiot, Danish artist, on his EUR 100,000 'Orange Plague' Trump sculpture at the Munich Security Conference (Ananova / Newsflash) https://ananova.news/artist-behind-viral-orange-plague-trump-sculpture-says-it-was-because-us-president-destroyed-my-whole-world/ * Johanna Clermont, the French huntress and hunting influencer, on the death threats she received after becoming the public face of a hunting campaign (Daily Mail) https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-9277587/French-female-hunter-sent-death-threats-photos-dead-animals-poses-for.html * Philippe Croizon, the French quadruple amputee who swam the English Channel on his plan to fly with Elon Musk's Starship https://www.newsweek.com/this-quadruple-amputee-will-fly-elon-musks-starship-1579132 SELECTED FEATURES * Ukrainian children returning to school with basements converted into air raid shelters (Newsweek) https://www.newsweek.com/ukrainian-kids-go-back-school-bunkers-ready-1739553 * A Ukrainian girl who lost her father in the war and started her own business to fund the army (Newsweek) https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-girl-lost-dad-russia-war-business-donate-army-1733263 * Throne ivory worth more than gold discovered in Jerusalem (Newsweek) https://www.newsweek.com/throne-ivory-worth-more-gold-discovered-jerusalem-1739996 * The US Navy on thwarting an Iranian attempt to capture a drone vessel in the Persian Gulf (Newsweek) https://www.newsweek.com/navy-says-thwarted-iran-capturing-drone-vessel-persian-gulf-1738864 * Russia releases video of a joint fighter jet exercise with China (Newsweek) https://www.newsweek.com/russia-says-held-fighter-jet-exercise-china-releases-video-1740175 * An unseen Andy Warhol piece worth 600,000 USD going under the hammer in Paris (Newsweek) https://www.newsweek.com/unseen-andy-warhol-piece-worth-under-hammer-paris-1738487 * Palaeontologists identify a new crocodile species with the thickest eggshells ever recorded (Newsweek) https://www.newsweek.com/paleontologists-discover-new-crocodile-species-thickest-eggs-ever-1739138 * Fingerprints found on 8,000-year-old ceramics in Turkey (Newsweek) https://www.newsweek.com/fingerprints-ceramics-dating-back-years-uncovered-1736019 * Study finds human noise reaches the ocean floor and affects marine life (Newsweek) https://www.newsweek.com/human-noise-travels-ocean-depths-affects-marine-life-study-1735545 * Ukraine holds a hackathon to develop its own drones (Newsweek) https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-holds-hackathon-develop-own-drones-1738832 RECENT ARTICLES Police Dog Dragged by Truck After Latching Onto Fleeing Suspect, on Video https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/police-dog-dragged-truck-latching-153937681.html Richtig teurer Parkplatz: Auto landet in Booten https://www.bild.de/news/richtig-teurer-parkplatz-auto-landet-in-booten-69e644aa3e3ff2cce6594bdb Moment hero cop runs into burning building to save kids and mom https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/207263/hero-cop-saves-mom-kids-fire EDUCATION MA and MLitt in History, University of Aberdeen. Cambridge CELTA.

Marija Cvetkovska

~Marija Stojkoska

Professional

Marija is a journalist and editor with several years of experience in digital news and editorial content. Her work spans reporting, writing, sub-editing and news editing, including story development, fact-checking, verification, copy editing and shaping stories for publication. She also identifies newsworthy stories and sources relevant visual media to bring them to life. Involved throughout the editorial process from story discovery to publication, she works primarily in English, with a good knowledge of Spanish, Italian, Serbian, Bulgarian and basic French. She also has a basic understanding of web development and actively uses and continues to learn about LLMs and AI tools.

Michael John Leidig

~Mike Leidig

Professional

Mike Leidig is a British journalist, news agency founder and media reform campaigner with more than three decades of experience in international news gathering, agency journalism and editorial syndication. He is the founder of newsX, a not-for-profit journalism project created to rebuild trust in news by making editorial work more transparent, verifiable and accountable.

Richard Ullyett

~Richard Ullyett

Professional

Richard Ullyett worked for the Reuters New Agency from 1988 to 2011. Locations included London, Berlin & Vienna. Working in English & German. Roles were setting up digitial archiving of Reuters news & pictures, a news categorisation system; and managing media customer contracts in Europe, Middle East & Africa. Subquently set up Ports Europe news service, writing on the business of seaports in Europe, the Caspian and Blacks seas. Key topics include terminal operators, cargo movement, trade corridors & renewable energy

Yên Nhi Trinh

~Nhi Trinh

Professional

Yen Nhi is working in the newsroom as head of the Media Partnerships team at NewsX, where she works on building relationships with journalists, editors and other media professionals and supporting the growth of the NewsX Media Company. Her work involves media outreach, partnership development and engagement with professionals across the journalism industry. Based in London, she has a broad interest in journalism and the evolving media landscape, and works primarily in English and Vietnamese