Discover Top Freelancers in Dakar, Senegal

John Wendle is a shooting producer DP, DoP, cameraman, photographer and journalist based in Dakar, Senegal. Reporting on human and environmental conflict, science, and conservation, John creates video, photo and text story packages from some of the world's most remote and dangerous places. As a field producer for television, he employs a keen news sense and experience tracking down sources, as well as planning, logistical and budgeting skills to successfully complete shoots in remote or hostile locations. John has nearly 20 years of experience living and reporting in the republics of the former Soviet Union, Afghanistan, and now West Africa. He has worked in almost 20 countries and speaks fluent Russian and French. John's work has appeared in National Geographic, PBS, Scientific American, TIME, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Al Jazeera, Channel 4, Le Monde, The Times, The Guardian, Outside, The Economist, UNHCR, the ICRC, MSF, and many others. John has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in New York. He is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, the Society of Environmental Journalists, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Reporters Without Borders.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Sound Mixer
• Drone Operator
• Production Company
• Corporate Videographer
• Post-Production Manager
• Colorist
• Transcriber
• Production Coordinator / Crewing

Sira is a journalist, shooting producer DP, camerawoman and photographer based in Dakar, Senegal, covering West Africa and beyond. She has over five years’ experience working for international news organisations across two dozen countries, including in hostile environments. Prior to moving to West Africa, Sira worked as a staff foreign news producer and video journalist for BBC bureaux around the world, including in Brussels, Nairobi and Kyiv where she produced breaking news and investigations for the BBC’s flagship TV, radio and digital programmes. She’s worked at the frontlines of the war in Ukraine, covered the famine in Madagascar and has led investigations that were quoted by the UN Security Council, brought to the British High Court and been shortlisted for prestigious awards. Her work focuses on documenting climate change, migration, humanitarian crises, human interest and conflict across West Africa. Sira is HEFAT-trained and fluent in English, French, German and Dutch. She holds a master’s degree in International Security and Journalism from Sciences Po Paris and is currently a fellow of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Audio Storyteller
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Documentary DP
• TV News Producer
• Field Producer
• Digital Content Creator
• Video Editor - Documentary

Annika Hammerschlag is a French and English speaking videographer, photojournalist and reporter who’s covered West Africa from Dakar, Senegal since 2019. She works primarily as a videographer for Al Jazeera English and VOA. Her work has also been published in The New York Times, The Economist, The BBC and The Guardian, among others. She's covered a variety of stories while on deployment throughout the region, including corruption and coastal erosion in Liberia, the jihadist insurgency in Mali and overfishing in Cape Verde. She received her master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School and her bachelor’s from UCLA. She’s a former staff reporter and photojournalist for the Naples Daily News/USA Today Network and a former photojournalist for The Daily Bruin. She’s a 2016 Overseas Press Club Scholar awardee.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Translator
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fashion Photographer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Audio Storyteller
• Event Photographer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Drone Operator

SELIM HARBI: Transmedia storyteller, videographer, and cinematographer, and award-wining director graduated Bachelor of Art in Audiovisual Media at Beuth University of applied sciences in Berlin. He worked as assistant director on THE ENEMY a journalistic VR-Experience around war and empathy. Multimedia grant recipient of the prestigious WORLD PRESS PHOTO to produce „Zatla Blues“. Focused on contemporary African and human displacement issues. Good ground experience and flexibility with a special fair for tech-trends and experimentation, he is a sensitive and all-rounded shooter, as he is perpetually developing new generative media concepts and cutting-edge projects.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Reporter / Journalist
• Creative Director
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Corporate Videographer
• Art Director
• Audio Storyteller
• Field Producer
• Drone Operator
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Production Company

I'm a video director originally from Paris, France, but currently based in Dakar, Senegal. With extensive experience working with international organizations and corporations, I specialize in producing high-quality video reports. In addition to video production, I also have a passion for photography, and frequently use digital cameras such as the Sony A7III and the Mavic Pro drone to capture stunning visuals. I am capable of managing all aspects of a project, from filming to post-production, ensuring a seamless and efficient process for my clients.

• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Drone Operator
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Sound Mixer
• Post-Production Manager
• Event Photographer
• Executive Producer
• Social Media Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Field Producer

Mbar Diop is a fixer, interpreter, professional photographer (journalistic, corporate, documentary) and news assistant based in Dakar. He has wide experience working with mainstream news organizations including CNN, The Economist, ARD ,VOA, African Development Bank, The Chronicles and BBC Travel Show.... Mbar is a multi-media specialist, assisting journalists gather news for WEB, TV, print, and radio. He combines a passion and professionalism in his work. Clients describe him as hard-working and resourceful, with a large contact list at his disposal.

• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Translator
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Production Coordinator / Crewing

Daouda Sow Senegalese journalist who capitalizes on more than ten years of experience in journalism. I am currently the editor-in-chief of the Dakar office of Moroccan television Medi1 TV, which is a pan-African channel. I have been interested for several years in issues related to climate change, defense and security issues as well as African politics and geopolitics. Considering myself an ETERNAL LEARNER, I also seek on a daily basis to strengthen my knowledge and experience in these areas mentioned above.

• Field Producer
• Social Media Producer

I am a French filmmaker and video journalist, from the « Centre de formation des journalistes » (CFJ) in Paris. I directed and filmed several long-format documentaries in remote places all over the world to relay human stories about exile and migrations, themes near to my heart (she made stories in Sudan, Iraq, Gabon, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, India, Martinique island, France, Malawi). Long format documentaries 2019 : « Women warriors », Al-Jazeera / « From Seine-Saint-Denis to Amazonia » (French high school students from poor suburbs who went to French Guyana to open their eyes to the world), France Ô 2018 : « L’appel », France 2 (Story of a French missionary and nurse during Mosul’s final battle) 2017 : « La famille de la jungle », France 2 (Story of a family who takes care of orphan gorillas in the middle of the jungle in Gabon) 2016 : « La loi de la jungle », France 2 (Story of migrants in Calais who try to catch the train and their dreams for England) 2015 : Documentary about sex-traffic trade in Martinique island, ATV TV channel 2014 : « No Maasaï land », France Ô (Maasaï people evicted in North-Tanzania)

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Documentary DP
• Fixer

Marco Simoncelli is a freelance journalist and photographer. After graduating in journalism, he specialised in topics related to the African continent. For several years he worked as a correspondent, Maputo, Mozambique, where he covered mostly the Southern Africa countries. Now he is based in Dakar, Senegal, producing written, photographic and video projects about West Africa and the Sahel issues. He has also worked in Asia and in the Middle East.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

I am a journalist with over eight years of experience. I have spent the past seven years in Africa working in production and broadcast TV. I have reported and written for CGTN Africa, covering stories in East and West Africa. I am passionate about interacting with cultures and bringing stories to life.

• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Post-Production Manager
• Senior Editor
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

I am a French broadcast journalist, with 7 years of experience in TV and online media, shooting, editing, and writing news and feature stories. I have spent the last 2.5 years in Kinshasa, DR Congo. Previously, I worked in France and in Italy.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Fixer
• Video Editor - News
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Reporter / Journalist

Ollivier Girard is a documentary photographer specializing in global development issues for international development organizations and magazines.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Portrait Photographer

• Digital Content Creator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

• Reporter / Journalist
• Podcast Producer
• Social Media Producer

• Senior Editor

• Senior Editor
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator
• Copy Editor

As a senior video producer, I am involved in both news, digital and documentary video production.

• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Social Media Producer

Makhtar Fall A.K.A xuman I'm a song writer and artist. Born may 9th 1974 in Abidjan . I created in 2013 a tv program named JOURNAL RAPPÉ where we rap the news . It's a very popular program in Sénégal and in Africa .

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host

• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host

Visual journalist and documentary photographer

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator
• Audio Storyteller