Initially, applicants were asked to submit a CV and a pitch for a potential investigation of their choosing. Shortlisted applicants were invited to an interview session, and the two successful candidates joined the newsroom at the beginning of November. Among 77 applicants, and after interviewing 21 applicants, the two fellows chosen are Evelina Manou and Chryssoula Marinou:
Evelina Manou
Investigative journalist with a focus on environmental and cultural reporting, she holds a BA in Communication and Media Studies from the University of Athens and an MA in Documentary Production from the University of the Aegean. She works freelance, collaborating with the investigative outlet Inside Story and the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, while also providing editorial support on independent projects and productions. She has previously worked as a journalist at NEWS 24/7 and as the lead for audiovisual production within the Communications Department of Greenpeace Greece.
Chrysoula Marinou
Chrysoula Marinou studied Journalism at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. She started as an intern at the non-profit journalistic organisation iMEdD in 2023 and has been part of their journalism team for more than two years, contributing to a wide range of data-driven reporting projects, with a particular focus on environmental issues. Lately, she has been creating original content with an emphasis on journalism-about-journalism topics.
For the next eight months, fellows will have the chance to get involved in Reporter’s United cross-border or local, ongoing or new environmental investigations.
Each fellow will receive structured mentorship. Eurydice Bersi, the project’s leader, is a senior environmental journalist with extensive cross-border experience and a broad EU network of collaborators. She will guide the reporting fellow on the particular challenges of environmental reporting. Konstantina Maltepioti, a Columbia-trained data journalist, will teach the data fellow how to collect, analyse and visualise environmental data through computational and geospatial methodologies.
Overall, fellows will be fully included in our investigative process, from idea development to data analysis, field reporting, and story production.
Mentors: Eurydice Bersi, Konstantina Maltepioti
