Claire Ulrich
 Journalist/editor Community manager Translator Educator 
 [CONTACT]Phone:+33 (0)6 81 17 00 50 Mail: claireulrich at gmail.com Skype: claireulrich [PROFILE]Senior media professional with 20+ years of experience in traditional media (print, TV, radio) and seven years of experience in online news, multilingual content and multicultural managemen. Highly experienced online community builder and motivator, multicultural community manager, conference speaker, digital literacy programs (France and West Africa. Expertise in citizen journalism since 2004, cyber activism, crowdsources translations, advocacy strategies and tools worldwide, digital inclusion,freedom of expression issues. Trilingual: French, English, Italian. [My work on and around the Web]
Editor Global Voices in French, French arm of the not-for-profit global citizen news website Global Voices. Global Voices is a global citizens’ media project founded at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center in 2004,to shine light on places and people little covered by traditional media. Established partnerships in France with Rue89,Rezo.net, OWNI.fr, L'Atelier des médias RFI, ReadWriteWeb France, Reporters without Borders France, Youphil, TerraEco Jury member Best of Blogs Awards 2010, 2011, 2012 Crisis Camp Paris Founding member, a French network created at Paris tech hub La Cantine numérique to inform and disseminate tools and knowledge on how to collaborate on line (web, social networks, mobile phones) in times of crisis. Contact person in France for mapping tool Ushahidi E-Blogs Editor of Italian site E-Blogs Italia (May-December 2010) Training sessions for francophone NGOs on how to use the Web for international aid and fundraising. This training programme has been implemented with the support of Agence Française de Développement and Solidaires du Monde. Translator for FAWE (African Network of Educationalists), a panafrican NGO (Kenya)advocating at governement level to promote education for girls in Africa and gender sensitiveness in education policies. Localization/translation of the LinkedIn professional network into French before it launched in France in 2008 Other: Tech news for industry website on Web 2.0 and news syndication. Contributor to Korean information website Ohmynews [see articles]. Research on diasporas in France for SOPI. Guest lecturer on new media at EMI-CFD journalism school in Paris. Guest speaker on citizen media for the Swedish Institute's programme for Young Leaders of the Middle East and North Africa. [TRADITIONAL MEDIA]
 L’ÉVÉNEMENT DU JEUDI newsweekly PARIS-MATCH Staff reporter(1986-1987) Free-lance feature writer for French magazines Marie-Claire - ELLE - L’Européen - Cosmopolitan - Gala - Téléstar-Télévision Magazine - Maximal - RMC-INFO. Contributing writer/columnist for Le Monde week-end supplement, France-Info national radio, Groupe Hachette monthly magazines,hyper-local French newspapers (PHCR Publishing Group).TV CAPA TV NEWS AGENCY Staff news reporter and producer (1996-1999) Independent writer, reporter and producer (1999-2002) for national tv chanelsTFI, France2, France3, M6 TV Metropole Television (M6) A selection of my documentaries are available on the French VOD website Vodeo.(In "advanced search", tick "realisateurs" and type "Claire Ulrich" in box) Editor-in-chief (2002-2003) “Operation seduction”, summer entertainment serie aired weekly (8 x 60 minutes). Editor in chief weekly Court-TV programme(2002, FRANCE 2 TV, Audience Privée
BOOK L'été d'une localière (2005) a chronicle of hyper-local journalism in the South of France, based on my experience as local correspondent for a tiny rural newspaper (also a blog, see La Locale) [PRO BONO] Maneno.org Project manager for localization in bambara, lingala, peulh. Association Hui-Ji Teaching French as a foreign language to Chinese migrants in France [LANGUAGES]French (mother tongue) English (fluent) Italian (fluent) German (some) Raised in Western and Central Africa – lived at length in England and Italy - professional and personal trips to Europe, USA, Australia, Asia, and Africa [EDUCATION]2003-2004: postgraduate degree, online business information and competitive intelligence at ESIEE, a postgraduate school run by the Paris Chamber of Commerce. Interned at Brussels Knowledge Center, McKinsey & Company. Researched and authored a market research on ethnic markets in France. [PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS]French press card - Member of Société Civile des Auteurs Multimedia, the French broadcasting copyright agency [HONORS]2005: documentary on animal behaviour short-listed for French documentary award (FIGRA). Articles reproduced in German text-books (French as a foreign language). My profile on Linkedin Updated : january 2012 |
