brussels - mother - journalist - documentary - art - poetry - on the road - tv productions - unicef - music
EDUCATION
Schools and other education:
Gymnasium: Major Latin – Mathematics
Speech pathology/individual speech training
Bachelor's Degree in Communication - major in Journalism
Individual training in interviewing techniques and communication skills at Tineke Verburg(NL)
Current: Master's Degree in Cultural Sciences
Languages: French – English – Dutch - German: fluent
CAREER:
TELEVISION WORK: (all for various Belgian broadcasters)
2000-2004 local television and thematic channels:
- journalistic work for daily newscast and presenter of weekly sports show at
local broadcaster RTV
- journalist/reporter and presenter daily news at local broadcaster TVL
- reporter/editor of documentaries at lifestyle thematic channel Vitaya
- reporter for business channel Kanaal Z
2002-2008 ProSiebenSat1 (general entertainment channels VT4 and VIJFtv)
- VT4: 2002-2004: news anchor daily news prime time and late night
- VT4: 2007-2008: creator / chief editor / producer of daily youth news show in access prime time called JAM [still on air today] [managing a team of 6 fte’s + pool of 20 freelancers]
- VIJFtv: 2005: host / editor of daily late night talk show VIJF LAAT
[125 half hour episodes live-on-tape]
- VIJFtv: Nov 2005: special on-the-spot reporter and producer / editor of a 3 parts documentary about the 2005 earthquake in Northern Pakistan
- VIJFtv: 2005-2008: chief editor / producer / host of weekly documentary show LEEFWERELD in prime time [ca. 135 one hour episodes]
- VIJFtv: 2007-2008: host POST UIT BELGIE [Mein neues Leben] [6 one hour episodes]
Radio work
- radio 4FM: 2002-2004: editor / presenter daily news
Print work
- De Standaard daily newspaper: 2007-today: book reviews for weekly insert
OTHER:
- author of poetry book Ze is mooi de liefde (published Feb 2007)
- various voice-overs for documentary and corporate videos
- Kilimanjaro
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