Vanessa Schlesier is a freelance TV-journalist based in Berlin.

Her work ranges from breaking news war-reporting to investigative human interest stories or emotional portraits.

Vanessa holds a Master degree in political science from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, graduating from the Axel-Springer Journalism School in Berlin. She took a course in investigative journalism at Columbia Journalism School, is a fellow of the Quandt Foundation and was named one of Germany's Top 30 Journalists under 30.

Basic information

Name
Vanessa Schlesier
Expertise
War-reporting, investigative human interest stories
Country
Germany
City
Berlin

Supported projects

Clean cars, dirty batteries

  • Environment
  • Industry

LUBUMBASHI, KOLWEZI, BERLIN - To make the batteries for electric cars, manufacturers need cobalt. This documentary shows the efforts of the European car industry to ensure proper supply chains, and documents in the cobalt mines in the Congo that this is impossible.

Clean cars, dirty batteries