Hélène Franchineau

The life of a freelance journalist - barely scraping by while reporting important stories no one else will, with no support, often under huge personal risk. Massive respect & prayers for Shelly, who is an amazing reporter & whose situation highlights how broken this industry is.

🔴🇺🇸 La journaliste américaine Shelly Kittleson a été enlevée hier à Bagdad. Washington accuse un groupe radical pro-iranien. Notre équipe a enquêté sur ces milices irakiennes qui soutiennent Téhéran. #JT20h

Reporter who was kidnapped in Baghdad is known for pursuing gutsy, low-budget assignments apnews.com/article/iraq-k…

A frisson goes through journalists everywhere when one of our number is kidnapped and held hostage. Hoping @shellykittleson is soon back to reporting, as she has for years in difficult places. nytimes.com/2026/03/31/wor…

Terrible news: Journalist @shellykittleson kidnapped by 4 men linked to Iraqi Hezbollah in central Baghdad. Officials had prior tip. The car flipped after police chase; second car driving at a distance snatched her while injured. Driver arrested. Kidnappers headed toward Babel.

Le Kangal, le chien hors-norme de Turquie. Un reportage de @chloe_dvg avec @Helene_FR et @arnauldmiguet pour @telematin @francetele

Iraqi Kurds march with torches to celebrate the Nowruz New Year festival in the town of Akre of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region

Given the extraordinary circumstances facing the country, and the responsibility we all share to get through this difficult chapter, we have decided to allow oil to flow through the Kurdistan Region’s pipeline as soon as possible.

Strikes on Iran Damage Cultural Heritage Sites, Infuriating Iranians nytimes.com/2026/03/11/wor…

“Success used to mean momentum and opportunity, and now it’s more about clarity(...) It’s just like, being able to work at my own pace and make decisions that I’m proud of.” The Makeup Artist on Many Celebrities’ Lips nytimes.com/2026/03/09/sty…

Iran spent years fostering proxies in Iraq. Now, many aren’t eager to join the war reuters.com/investigations…

BREAKING: Explosions heard in Tehran as Israel's defense minister confirms Israel has attacked Iran. apnews.com/article/iran-u…

Vous connaissez sûrement le #loukoum, une des spécialités de #Turquie, mais saviez-vous qu'il en existe au #wasabi ? Un reportage de @chloe_dvg avec @Helene_FR @arnauldmiguet et @annefleurjo pour @telematin @francetele

Nothing beats a BBC Sport Olympics montage.

DW Türkçe journalist Alican Uludağ formally arrested for 'insulting the president' bianet.org/haber/dw-turkc…

6 Şubat’ın üçüncü yılı: Gazeteciler depremi duyuramadı çünkü 33’ü enkaz altında kaldı 6 Şubat depremlerinde yaşamını yitiren basın emekçilerinin ardından kalanların hafıza, adalet ve gazetecilik mücadelesi. mlsaturkey.com/tr/6-subatin-3…

Iraq faces political disarray after Trump opposes Maliki's return iraqoilreport.com/news/iraq-face…

Heartbreaking. A dark day for journalism @JeffBezos

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning. Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section. nytimes.com/2026/02/04/bus…