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Alex Hijmans

Freelance journalist and writer based in Salvador, North-Eastern Brazil. Insider knowledge about social issues in Brazil's favelas (slums.) Fluent in Portuguese, English, Dutch and Irish Gaelic. Willing to travel.

Contact details:

Country: Brazil
Website: http://www.alexhijmans.com
Telephone: +55 71 9253 6816
Mobile: +55 71 9253 6816

Skills:

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ReporterRates: Reporter
Feature writerRates: Print media
ColumnistRates: Print media
Online journalismRates: Online/writing
Book writerRates: Print media - writing books
BroadcasterRates: Broadcasting
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Subjects:

Foreign affairs and overseas
Ethnic and minority
Lifestyle
Offbeat
Travel/tourism
Religion

Major clients:

  • RTÉ (Irish National Broadcaster)
  • Foinse (Irish language newspaper)
  • De Pers (major Dutch newspaper)
  • Radio Netherlands World Service
  • BNN (Dutch Public Radio Broadcaster)

Profile last updated: 2009-04-24 00:19:59

Extra information:

Alex Hijmans (33) is a multilingual journalist and writer. His articles have been published by major newspapers in Ireland, The Netherlands and the UK.

He has made a number of television documentaries for the Irish broadcasters RTÉ and TG4 and is a regular contributor to radio programmes on BNN (The Netherlands), RTÉ (Ireland) and BBC Northern Ireland (UK).

His first book, a non-fiction account of a European living in a Brazilian favela, will be published by Cois Life in Ireland in October 2009.

Alex is fluent in English, Portuguese, Dutch and Irish Gaelic. 

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