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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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Laetitia Lienhard

From Montpellier, Laëtitia Lienhard is a graduate of Audencia Nantes business school and holds a master's degree in journalism from CELSA (Paris-Sorbonne). Specialized in economic journalism, she joined the editorial staff of Le Figaro after several experiences for Les Echos and FrenchWeb.
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Maud Serpin

Maud is the co-founder of Curiouser, a cabinet which has been accompanying organizations through their digital and cultural transitions for 12 years. She graduated from Science Po Paris and holds a postgraduate diploma in Political Theory. Since 2005, she has developed an expertise in the support of companies through their transitions, with a focus on collaborative work and innovative ways of working.
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Hajar Azell

Hajar Azell lives between Paris and Rabat. From one great divide to another, she has reconciled her studies in philosophy and management by developing the magazine www.onorient.com, which celebrates the creative momentum of North Africa and the Middle East. In 2021, she has turned her obsessions into a profession: novelist. L'envers de l'été, her first novel, was published by Éditions Gallimard. Le sens de la fuite, her second novel, will be published in 2025, inchallah.
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Blanche Vathonne

Born in Paris, Blanche Vathonne is 25 years old and is a journalist. She is a graduate of the CELSA School of Journalism (Paris-Sorbonne). She has worked for Business Insider France, Loopsider and currently works for Hugo Décrypte.
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Adam Cutforth

Adam Cutforth is a kiwi, lost in France for almost two decades. A lover of words, literature, culture and music, he has worked in law, communication, and learning. Compulsively curious, his favourite word: community.
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Bilguissa Diallo

Journalist and author of three books, I share my time between the cosmetics company I created and my editorial activities. The themes related to identity and exile paths cross all my projects.
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Rizlaine Sellika

Rizlaine Sellika is a journalist, she works with major news agencies such as Tony Comiti, Eléphant & Cie, Spica Productions ... Reporter/director, she makes reports for M6, RMC STORY, RFI, Nova. Passionate about culture, Rizlaine is committed to highlighting diversity, underground culture & world music as a host on Demain TV & MCE and as a columnist on RFI, Sud Radio. She is also co-author of the web documentary Césaire notre contemporain broadcasted on the France Télévision platform.
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Walid Kachour

Born in the town of Kylian Mbappé with the initials of Kanye West, fate made me a soccer and hip-hop fan since I was a child. But I still dribble my comfort zone to be interested in all subjects involving deep human stories. In short, a simple journalist from the French Banlieue, chameleon on the edges, just as comfortable in a stadium, a concert pit or at the table of a restaurant. With emotion as his only fuel.
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Florian Dacheux

Thirty years old and based in the suburbs of Paris, I've been been navigating in the world of media since 2005. From the basics of the profession learned in the regional daily press in Avignon, I've worked as a correspondent in Barcelona, freelancing from Bangui and digital publishing in various Parisian editorial offices. Freelance since 2015 as a reporter and writer for the mag and digital press, I work on different types of society topics. I also lead writing workshops and practice photography. Fan of football, wine & cheese and cappella texts.
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