PAULA SLIER
EXPERIENCE and RECOGNITION
Over more than three decades, my work has taken me from local newsrooms to some of the world’s most complex conflicts, reporting for international audiences across television, radio, print and digital media.
"Modern conflict is fought not only with weapons, but with narratives, images and information.”
- paula slier
Career Highlights & Recognition
International journalist, war correspondent, speaker and media trainer.
Reported from more than 40 war zones and over 70 countries across the Middle East, Africa and Europe
Former Middle East Bureau Chief for RT and former Head of RT Africa.
Founder of Newshound Academy
Covered major conflicts including Israel-Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Russia-Ukraine, Somalia, Mozambique, as well as political transitions, humanitarian crises and elections across Africa.
Founder of Newshound Media International
MA Government, Diplomacy and Conflict Studies (Expected 2026)
Awards & Recognition
TEFI Awards Finalist
(Live Coverage while under Fire in Libya)
Southern Africa's Most Influential Women in Business & Government (Media) 2015.
Third Prize - Moscow TV Festival
(119 Unlived Lives documentary)
Inaugural Europcar Jewish Woman in Leadership Award (2015)
Top 40 South African Journalists Under 40 - The Media Online
Selected Organisations
My work has appeared on or been commissioned by organisations including:
- Reuters
- CNN
- RT International documentary. Holocaust. The questions I never asked.
- eNCA
- Eyewitness News
- Forbes Africa
- The Times of Israel
- Carte Blanche
TV7 Finland
" In war zones, I learnt that what we see is rarely the full picture - and often not even the true one. "
- paula slier
ORGANISATIONS I BELONG TO
