Sara Maryniak is a budding journalist with hopes of working for the United Nations. She was born (or possibly created in a mad science experiment gone wrong) on the Australian island of Tasmania in 1997.…
JULIA WEINZIERLER
She was born and raised in Munich, with Russian and Austrian roots but she feels German. The values she cares for most in people are: honesty, transparency, truthfulness, kindness and fairness. Meet Julia Weinzierler, a 21-year-old Communication and Media Research student from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. She seems composed and welcoming…
JESPER GYNTHER
After spending nearly two years of writing local news in a small, smidgen isolated Danish island of Bornholm, 40 km south from Skåne, Jesper Gynther, 26, has relocated to the student town of Utrecht in…
PAULA CAMARA
Paula Camara from Zaragoza believes the most important thing within journalism is to “make visible the invisible”. With a desire to interact with people and tell their stories, Paula has a strong ambition to “directly…
JEPPE TRANS
Jeppe Trans is the prodigal son of Aarhus, Denmark. Born in Aarhus and having lived in small towns throughout Denmark and even Venezuela, he has returned and will return again to Aarhus in order to…
MARISA LOPEZ
Passionate about human rights, Marisa Lopez is a strong advocate of fundamental freedoms including of religion, opinion and freedom of the press. Hailing from Tenerife in the Canary Islands, 22-year-old Marisa has written about victims of the…
VEERA NIKKILA
When Veera Nikkilä, 26, took her first few steps in the city of Utrecht in 2013, everything was new to her. All the bikes going from A to B, the cosy canals in the centre…
GEORGIA MACLEOD
"When I was younger I wanted to live so many different lives, and I felt so sad that I would only live my own life," says Georgia Macleod, 23. The life she has been…
MEGAN BIROT
Studying at Griffith University a Bachelor of Journalism, specialising in International Relations and Public Relations. Megan Birot from Australia aspires to be an international journalist or foreign correspondent. Megan worked as reporter in a local…
CATHAL CHARKER
“Hi my name is Cathal, but you can call me Cat like the animal”, he says while imitating cat ears on his head with his hands. Cat studied history with a minor in journalism and public history at the…
NATHAN HENNESSY
It is clear that humour plays a big part in young journalist Nathan Hennessy’s future. Ever since he successfully started to write the satiric and erotic “Doctor Neezy’s love column” for a local student magazine…
AARON HURST
Aaron Hurst is from the small town of Huntingdon, England. It’s his first time travelling on his own, and his settling into Utrecht definitely has not been aided by the constant frenzy of bike riders…
JAVI WEST
Like a Forrero Rocher, Javi’s soft centre is not visible at first, yet very easy to come by. Buried beneath his dark eyebrows and poker face, a laugh is all it takes to break his…
NICOLE PROANO
Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Nicole Proano moved to Montreal in 2015 where she majors in Journalism and Political Science at Concordia University. Her special areas of interest are in environmental issues and international…
TAYLAH FELLOWS
Taylah Fellows from the Gold Coast travelled 15,000 kilometres to Utrecht after leaving her news anchor position at a local radio Hot Tomato in her search for independence. How? Travelling and writing. She didn't always…
Space for New Tourist Shops Out of Stock…
The city of Amsterdam has expressed a wish to decrease its focus on tourists and reclaim its city centre for its residents by banning new tourist shops from being established there. [caption id="attachment_7474" align="alignnone" width="600"]…