Kristin Palitza is an award-winning, independent journalist, editor, correspondent, media consultant and trainer. She writes in-depth African features for the South African, German and UK print media, covering socio-politics, health, lifestyle and wildlife.

She lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, but is available for assignments anywhere on the continent.

+27 72 287 2202   kristin@iburst.co.za

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Kristin Palitza is a freelance journalist, editor and correspondent writing in-depth African features for the South African, German and UK print media. She has worked within the newspaper, news service, online and magazine sectors in South Africa, Germany and the United States for the past 15 years.

K%20interviews.jpgDuring her career, Kristin has covered a wide range of subjects - from socio-politics, to economics, human rights, culture, lifestyle, wildlife, health and education. She is used to working independently and under pressure and has a proven ability to write and edit accurate and original copy - breaking news, features, analysis and opinion - to tight deadlines.

She has worked for a wide range of national and international publications. Among other work, she has gained her writing and editing experience as news editor for South African news and photo agency zOOm Multimedia, as editor of African women’s rights journal Agenda, as a freelance journalist and correspondent for publications in South Africa and overseas, as editor and reporter at a daily business news service in New York City and as a freelancer for daily newspapers in Germany.

Kristin has experience in the conceptualisation, strategic planning, operations, day-to-day management, design, layout, printing and financial management of publications. She has also trained junior journalists.

Kristin holds a Masters Degree in Political Science, Literature and Linguistics. She lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

 
Kristin’s work has been published in the following publications:
- Mail & Guardian, South Africa
- Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency
- The Weekender, South Africa
- Sunday Times, South Africa
- The Star, South Africa
- Sunday Tribune, South Africa
- The Witness, South Africa
- Sondag, South Africa
- United Nations news agency IRIN
- Sawubona, South Africa
- Welt am Sonntag, Germany
- Tagesspiegel, Germany
- Braunschweiger Zeitung, Germany


Professional affiliations:
- Foreign Correspondents Association of Southern Africa
    Member
- Southern African Association of Science Journalists
    Member
- South African National Editors Forum (2006 – 2008)
    Council member and KZN regional convenor
- Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
     Member
- Journalism Advisory Board, Durban University of Technology, South Africa (2007 – 2009)
    Member
- British Council African Leadership Programme (2005-2006)
    Participant

Awards:
11/09   International Federation of the Red Cross Award for Humanitarian Journalism in Africa


Fellowships:
05/09-06/09    Panos HIV/AIDS Fellowship for Print Media Journalists
05/06-07/06    Panos HIV/AIDS Fellowship for Print Media Journalists
07/06-02/07    HIV/AIDS and the Media Fellowship; University of the Witwatersrand Journalism Department and Perinatal HIV/AIDS Research Unit