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Award-winning international journalist/correspondent and producer covering the Balkans - and Africa - on tv, video, photography, print, and online for among others PBS NewsHour and Euronews.
Bylines at The Lancet and National Geographic, Politico Europe and Foreign Policy Magazine, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), and a range of national Danish media outlets.
HEAT/HEFAT in 2018 and 2022.
2015 M.A. in Journalism, Politics & International Affairs, Columbia University, New York.
Fellowships:
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation, Columbia & Stanford Universities (2015-2016)
European Journalism Center (EJC) (2018)
UN Foundation Fellow (2020 & 2022)
Journalist-in-Residence, Goethe Institute, Prague (2024)
2019 Award winner, The Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize, United Nations Correspondent's Association (UNCA).
2024 OPC Awards Citation Winner, Overseas Press Club of America, for coverage of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria for PBS NewsHour
Contact: jorgensamso@gmail.com