EIF Network

Omair Ahmad is managing editor for South Asia at The Third Pole since 2015. He has worked as a political analyst and journalist, with a particular focus on the Himalayan region. Omair is also the author of a political history of Bhutan, and a few novels and has a background in international politics and conflicts, with a focus on Kashmir and Tibet.

I am a conflict journalist with extensive experience covering conflict zones in Southeast Asia. For the past five years, I have conducted digital-based investigations using Open Source Intelligence (OSINT).

As ARIJ’s editor in chief, journalist and media consultant, Munir has over 30 years of experience as an editorial leader, mentor and coach in digital publishing and news industries. Munir supervised the digital transition of several Arab newspapers contributing to the launch of a number of news websites, including daralhayat.com. He also conducted several training workshops and lectures on topics related to journalism including conflict, human rights and sensitive reporting and investigative journalism.

Ankita is an Indian based journalist with experience working on eight countries across four continents. She is also editor and head of partnerships with Unbias the News. With the support of national and international grants and fellowships, she has reported on climate solutions in various thematics. She is a recipient of the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize, the Statesman Award for Rural Reporting, and the United Nations Population Fund Award for Writing on Gender.

Christina is a PhD researcher in hydrology and earth observation, and a freelance writer specialising in tech and science communication. She’s currently working on her doctoral thesis with the French Institute for Development Research (IRD), assessing the impacts of hydropower development, land use change, and climate change, on the delta of the Mekong in Cambodia. In this framework, Christina is analysing time series of Sentinel and Landsat satellite imagery using cloud computing platforms. Within the scope of the same project she interviews local stakeholders on the Mekong floodplains, and builds an eco-hydrological model for scenario simulation.

Momchil is a AI developer and remote sensing analyst from Bulgaria. He has been working as a consultant for both private and public sectors since 2017, with a strong focus on agricultural land-use management analysis, notably through earth observation techniques including satellite imagery analysis, deep learning, GIS, and crowdsourcing visual data. He is currently working as a volunteer for EIF, wrapping his problem-solving spirit around the difficult task of developing innovative environmental reporting tools for journalists, based on his field of expertise in artificial intelligence.

Stefanie is a journalist and Youtube creator who has collaborated with several German outlets and production companies. With the support of the Google News Initiative, she founded the Youtube channel Flashlight Fish, where she focuses fully on environmental topics in producing content for independent journalists. Her past production and media partners include ZDF, Autorwerk, NDR Television, Plusminus, Financial Times Deutschland and others.

Ben Akili has been an investigative journalist in the DRC for 5 years, and a general journalist for 7 years. He has a strong focus in mining and environmental issues, especially as the DRC, and its eastern and southern parts, filled with mining areas that are exploited by foreign companies. He currently heads the Congolese Investigative Journalists’ Network and is also a member of GIJN Francophone Africa member.