In 2023, Mongabay expanded its coverage of environmental news in Africa by launching a new bureau, Mongabay Africa, to address news for the continent multilingually, beginning with French and English. This expansion identified a need for multimedia journalists with real-world experience on the continent in its main languages in priority areas. Having carved out a journalism career spanning more than a decade with a focus on African economic, social and environmental issues, which included stints in Côte d’Ivoire and Togo, for Juliette Chapalain, the opportunity to join Mongabay as fellowship and multimedia editor made perfect sense. Throughout her years, she gained versatile experience as a reporter, writer, videojournalist, producer, and director with notable French-language media outlets such as TV5 Monde, Arte, France 2, TF1, Mediapart and Libération, and later at BBC News in London. Now, Chapalain splits her time between leading the Africa bureau’s multimedia team and guiding environmental journalists through the French-language fellowship program. “What I love about my work is that it’s editorial, creative, and also very entrepreneurial at the same time,” she says. Chapalain (top row, second left) with the third cohort, “Plumes vertes de l’espoir,” of the African French-language fellowship program, during an online workshop in 2025. Image courtesy of Juliette Chapalain. Through the fellowship, Chapalain also works to build a global network of highly skilled journalists focused on finding impactful stories. She has learned several lessons that she transmits to the fellows under her care: “Build and expand a trustful network of solid and diverse…This article was originally published on Mongabay

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