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Frictions is about journalists, writers and podcast producers, based in France and abroad, with unique background like the stories they tell us.

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Lina Benayada

Lina Benayada was born in France. They studied in preparatory classes before entering the master's program in creative writing at Paris 8. To make a living, they work with ceramics.
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Nicolas Matos Itxaso

Nicolas Matos Ichaso was born in 1982 in Saint-Étienne, where he currently lives. Initially working as a manual laborer, he trained in manual trades. He later earned a Master's degree in anthropology, transitioning to documentary filmmaking and literary writing. His documentary work has been selected for various international festivals. Alongside his artistic pursuits, Nicolas works as a stage and cinema production technician.
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Justin Morrin

I'm a journalist by trade. For ten years, I worked for various radio stations, mainly Europe 1, which I left in 2021. After two years in the creative writing master's program, I'm now putting the final touch to my first novel.
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Ivan Berquiez

Ivan Berquiez est étudiant dans le Master de Création Littéraire de l’Université Paris 8. Il a publié plusieurs textes dans des revues en France (PD La Revue, Les Embrouillonnements, La Variation…) et à l’international (Le Pied, Moebius, Femlu, Caractère…). Médecin psychiatre par ailleurs, il exerce dans un centre de santé d’approche communautaire. Crédit photo : Lucas Schlott
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Jenny Singer

Jenny Singer is an MFA candidate in University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program. She was previously a staff writer at Glamour and the Forward. Her work has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Independent, Bustle, and Teen Vogue.

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Ilona Cathelin

Ilona Cathelin is a journalist and producer of audio documentaries. She realised at a very early age that the best way to challenge preconceived ideas is to give a voice to other people’s experiences. After completing a bachelor’s degree in modern literature at the Sorbonne, she realised she wanted to tell these stories through sound. Ilona then attended STUDEC, a school specialising in radio journalism. Having worked for several national radio stations, she now produces podcasts for Slate.fr, Initial Studio and Frictions, all driven by the same desire: to tell stories through the voices of those who have lived them.
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Yann Besson

Yann Besson is a podcast journalist and audio documentary producer. After studying history in Lyon and completing a Master’s degree in journalism and digital media in Metz, he set out as a freelance journalist. He produced the audio documentary *Aller sans retour, les enfants exilés de la Réunion (No Return: The Exiled Children of Réunion) for Outre-mer la 1ère. Having worked at Vivre FM, a radio station dedicated to disability issues, he now works for several podcast studios, seeking out stories that give a voice to different perspectives. For Yann, everyone has stories to tell; what he enjoys is listening to them and sharing them with others.
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Jidanun Lueangpiansamut

Jidanun Lueangpiansamut est la plus jeune lauréate du S.E.A. Write Award pour son recueil de nouvelles Sing-To-Nok-Kok (Rebellious Lion). Ses œuvres ont été traduites en anglais, en japonais, en vietnamien et en chinois
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Dorian Masson

Dorian Masson est auteur. Après de nombreuses publications en revue et avoir remporté plusieurs concours littéraires, il publie Plus de likes que d’amour aux éditions de l’Iconoclaste (2022). Au quotidien, il écrit pour la publicité, poste des textes courts sur son compte Instagram et anime des ateliers d’écriture. Il se produit également sur scène, où il lit ses textes en musique, à la frontière de la performance et du théâtre.
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