Hélène Franchineau
@Helene_FR
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DoP/Director in Turkey & MENA → Doc & NGO stories that move policy Emmy/Peabody-nominated Field-tested drone pilot ✉️ [email protected]
Istanbul, Turkey
Joined January 2008
Please watch this film, made across a year with my @NewsHour colleagues @shamsgaza & @Helene_FR. A generation of of children, severely injured by Israeli strikes, are facing unnecessary disability, amputation & even death because Israel’s authorities won’t let them leave Gaza to
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A generation of severely injured children are facing unnecessary disability, amputation, and even death because Israel’s authorities will not let them leave Gaza to seek proper treatment, unavailable in the strip’s shattered hospitals. Our @pbs @newshour story w/ @shamsgaza &
The Gaza Health Ministry says nearly 70,000 Palestinians have been killed over the last two years of fighting. The scale of the death has been staggering, and the toll on children overwhelming. Tens of thousands have been killed, and thousands more left with grievous wounds of
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C’est dans un petit village près de Denizli, dans le sud ouest de la #Turquie , que Naimé et Huriye tissent de magnifiques kilims. Une tradition menacée..
En Turquie, la fabrication des tapis kilims est ancestrale. Selon des recherches archéologiques, le premier aurait été tissé il y a dix mille ans. Un reportage de @Helene_FR avec @Chloe_dvg, @arnauldmiguet et @annefleurjo
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Le café turc, un art de vivre. Un reportage de @chloe_dvg avec @Helene_FR avec @arnauldmiguet pour @telematin @francetele
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London Zoo starts counting and weighing over 10,000 animals for its annual stocktake.
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“The arrests are well-planned, targeting personnel who occupy key positions in decision-making" -
bloomberg.com
The arrests of the mayor and key city officials have battered Turkey’s political opposition – and left issues critical to the city’s future hanging in the balance.
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À Istanbul, certains vont au travail… à la nage. Au moins ils ne sont pas coincés dans les bouchons monstres de la mégapole de 17 millions d’habitants. (Ce sujet a fait une victime: ma GoPro. Paix à son âme)
Aller au travail à la nage à Istanbul ! Un reportage de @chloe_dvg avec @Helene_FR @arnauldmiguet et @cyrilthps pour @telematin @francetele
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“Republicans who supported public media for their entire careers are voting to kill it, and there is only one reason: Donald Trump." - Conservatives Get the PBS and NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades
nytimes.com
The cuts speak to President Trump’s grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in media.
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The Last Words of a Dying Glacier
nytimes.com
A glacier is disappearing. An artist is trying to preserve its sound.
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'The President’s Cake': Hasan Hadi on Iraq, sanctions and his Cannes-winning debut
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ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study
time.com
The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.
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“There’s a lot of focus on the military targets but not much is being said about the many civilian casualties, in fact nothing is being said about them, which are much higher than the targeted killings” - Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians Across Iran
nytimes.com
Israel has said it does not target Iranian civilians, but hundreds have died in the violence, among them a poet and her family, an equestrian and a graphic designer.
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* Receives wrong copper * * Furiously etches for 10 hours *
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Turkish authorities have blocked access to the account of arrested former mayor of Istanbul @ekrem_imamoglu (10 million followers) whose detention sparked mass demonstrations in March. As a protest, Turkish users are putting Imamoğlu’s profile picture on their own account…
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The Only Female Minister in Syria’s New Government Wants to ‘Get Things Done’
nytimes.com
Hind Kabawat hopes her long experience as a conflict mediator can help Syria’s next generation. The challenges are immense.
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@Leila_MA @nickschifrin @jorgensamso @Helene_FR @Zebaism @SoniaKopelev @Framework_Media @mtill50 @sarajust Congratulations @Leila_MA and the team at @NewsHour! Well deserved nomination. Check out their reporting -
pulitzercenter.org
As the conflict in Sudan gains ferocity and pace, much of the world is looking the other way. But this is no repeat of a self-contained civil war, and there is an increasing danger of the fighting...
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Inc @nickschifrin @jorgensamso @Helene_FR @Zebaism @SoniaKopelev @Framework_Media @mtill50 @sarajust. Thank you to @pulitzercenter for supporting our Sudan reporting, access for which was incredibly hard won but so important.
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'Turkey now holds de-facto control of more than 2,000 sq km (772 square miles) of Iraqi land' -
bbc.com
Turkey has been building military bases on Iraqi territory, the BBC finds, raising fears of an occupation.
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