Nathalie Blaquiere

Nathalie Blaquiere has just completed a two-year term as Communications Specialist to the chief of the UN in Rwanda. Prior to that she was for four years the Country and Programme Director for Internews Rwanda, a media development NGO that has been active in Rwanda for a decade. In both these roles she has worked to build the capacity of the Rwandan media on a national scale.

Nathalie contributed to the writing of Rwanda's media law during the national dialogues in 2009-2011 and has advocated with the Rwandan government on behalf of journalists in public and private fora. She has designed and led media trainings for hundreds of Rwandan print and radio journalists, and worked in-house with a dozen Rwandan media outlets to improve newsroom performance.

Nathalie has published a book, Boules d’ambiance et Kalachnikovs, about her three years as a radio station bureau chief in conflict zones with the UN in DR Congo. She began her career as a radio and television journalist, for eight years, with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She holds a Juris Doctor in Law.

Follow Nathalie on Twitter @nat_blabla.