I have received extensive training as a journalist while employed at specialist publications such as Euromoney Institutional Investor, Petroleum Argus (now Argus Media) and Dow Jones Newswires, where I also published on The Wall Street Journal.
I have interviewed a wide range of people: from CEOs of corporations and former prime ministers to experts and local activists on a wide range of topics.
My byline has appeared on a large variety of print and online publications. Here is a very small selection:
– Paris to Belem: climate finance explained – Insurance Day special report
– What is the Pope’s View on Sustainable Development? – World Economic Forum Agenda
– What is Climate Justice? Interview with Mary Robinson – World Economic Forum Agenda
– 8 Things that could shift the trillions to a low carbon economy – World Economic Forum Agenda
– The right rules pay off – Wind Power Monthly
In my non-journalistic work, a large part of what I do is to write content, such as this for the UK’s Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (blog), this Huffington Post article for the3million, or planning and editing in depth features for the EU Commission’s Climate Pact. I am otherwise often working for clients to find information that is not easily available, and writing it up as clearly and concisely as possible.
NOTE: Working as a journalist while also occasionally consulting for organisations engaged in campaigns can be seen as tricky. I am currently trying to make my living mostly from freelance writing (despite the fact that anyone in journalism will know how hard it is to do so, given how the sector has dramatically shrunk, and rates have not changed in 30 years). I do however think I am doing a good job of it by following these principles:
- I believe in pursuing the truth, and doing so in the public interest
- I NEVER write about an organisation in an article at the same time as being paid by them for consultancy work (i.e. I won’t do PR for my client disguised as journalism)
- If I write an article where I have to mention a former or potential client (which I generally try to avoid) I will do my best to be objective
- I have, and will, turn down work that I believe is not aimed at pursuing the truth and/or not doing so in the public interest
I am keen to take up opportunities to write more often for a variety of publications, particularly memoir and opinion pieces, as well as in depth features on topics I have become an expert on.
Germana Canzi 