| LORRAINE MALLINDER | Freelance journalist

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I’m a freelance journalist, published by the BBC, RTÉ, The Irish Times, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Radio Canada, Le Point, La Presse and many others.
In recent times, I’ve covered stories like the aftermath of Islamic State in Iraq, the rise of Hungary’s far-right, civil war in Cameroon, narco-trafficking in Guinea Bissau and modern slavery in Pakistan. I also write a cooking column and culture features for Spotlight, a German educational magazine.
Previously based in Belgium and Canada, I now work from my native Scotland. I do both print and broadcast – in English and French. Contact me here.

| RECENT WORK | Culture |

Laughter is the best medicine

Spotlight (06/20)
Interview with Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt, on the gruelling realities of working as a doctor in Britain’s NHS, and the likely impact of Covid-19 on the system. ONE PAGE SAMPLE.

The pursuit of happiness

Spotlight (04/20)
Feature on happiness in the era of the ubiquitous smiley. It’s boom time for sales of self-help books, now the fastest-growing genre in the publishing world. ONE PAGE SAMPLE.

Books beyond borders

Spotlight (12/19)
Interview with Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher detective series, ahead of a “friendship” tour of Europe with fellow rock-star authors Ken Follett, Kate Mosse and Jojo Moyes. ONE PAGE SAMPLE.

| RECENT WORK | World |

Covid-19 and an IS comeback

The Irish Times (05/20)
Not many outside Iraq will have heard of Rifat Chadirji. The father of modern Iraqi architecture died in London last month, shortly after one of his most iconic buildings was pulled down.

“We all need psychological help”

RTÉ (03/20) @20.58 mins
The story of Barwin Hamid, on the run during Islamic State’s occupation of Mosul. Many Moslawis are waging a silent battle with PTSD as they try to piece their lives back together.

Mosul’s new masters

The Irish Times (03/20)
After Isis, came the mafia. In Mosul, a jumbled assortment of Iran-backed militias, known collectively as the Hashd al-Shaabi, compete for their share of the spoils of war.

The vapers of Mosul

BBC Radio 4 (03/20) @11.14mins
Out on the hustle with three buccaneering entrepreneurs, selling vapes in war-torn Mosul. Moslawis are born entrepreneurs. Given half the chance, they can make their city great again.

Syrian Kurds face bleakest winter

The Irish Times (03/20)
Syrian Kurds, who fled Turkish bombing last year, adjust to life in an Iraqi camp. Mercenaries have looted, burned and confiscated properties back home. They know they’re never going back.

Iran’s hidden war in Iraq

RTÉ (01/20) @12.23 mins
Radio report on fighting between Iran and its exiled Kurds. Amid mounting hostilities with the US, Tehran feared that they might be used as strike weapons to attack the regime. So it started courting them in secret talks.

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| GREATEST HITS |

Global Ear: Dé:Nash

The Wire (08/19)
Hungarian rapper Dé:Nash mines his country’s collective consciousness, satirising the Fidesz regime’s use of ancient legend and historical grievances to craft a new national narrative.

’Licence to kill’

New Internationalist (05/19)
Cameroon’s bloody conflict between the regime and separatist rebels has been raging nearly three years. Government forces wield their ‘licence to kill’ liberally, with utter impunity.

Interview: Guinea-Bissau’s president

Al Jazeera (03/19)
José Mário Vaz, president of Guinea-Bissau, appeals to world for help in fighting the cocaine cartels that he says are still using the fragile state as a trafficking hub.

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