About me
Hey! I’m Christina Weise, a German freelance journalist based in Lisbon/Portugal, for online and print publications and radio stations. I was born and raised at the German Lower Rhine region and I’ve lived in Brazil. I’ve studied in Cologne and Lisbon, and worked in Utrecht and Rio de Janeiro. I have traveled to 30 countries and reported from three continents. I speak five languages fluently.
As a successful freelance journalist, I’m skilled at adapting to the needs of various publications and readers while maintaining my voice. I’m equally at ease coming up with ideas, following a detailed brief, or taking a kernel of an idea from an editor and running with it.
If you’d like to discuss your needs and ideas, please contact me, or read/scroll on for a breakdown of my skills and experience.
My Topics
- Human Rights
- Environment
- Latin America
- The Netherlands
- Social Justice
- Culture
- Travel
- Interculturalism
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My book: 12 walking routes in Lisbon
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They came to stay – Americans in Portugal
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50 years of the Carnation Revolution: Portugal’s dictatorship still has an impact today
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In the jungle of Suriname: an oasis of trees
- WDR 1LIVE
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- WDR 3
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- WDR 5
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- WDR COSMO
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- DEUTSCHLANDFUNK
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- DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR
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- DEUTSCHLANDFUNK NOVA
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- RADIO BREMEN
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- TAZ
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- BUNDESZENTRALE FÜR POLITISCHE BILDUNG
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- GLOBETROTTER-MAGAZIN
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- SCHWEIZER RUNDFUNK
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- DROSTE VERLAG
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- STUTTGARTER KINDERZEITUNG
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- ADVENIAT
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- MISEREOR
Grant
IJP INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS' PROGRAMMES
THE NETHERLANDS 2019
HEINZ-KÜHN-STIFTUNG
BRAZIL 2017
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Expertise
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Journalist
I report and write for top-circulating magazines, newspapers, websites, and radio stations, as well as niche ones. You can find most of my publications on torial.de. If you'd like to see more, please let me know. -
Translator
I translate articles, books and other texts into German. I interpret consecutively from and into Portuguese, Dutch and English at press conferences, meetings, readings, lectures and other events. -
Writer
Specializing in the needs of nonprofits and associations, I apply my research and storytelling skills to write for websites and custom publications. -
Author
I'm the author of the books "Zu Fuß durch Lissabon" (Walking in Lisbon), "Glücksorte in Lissabon" (Happy places in Lisbon) and "Glücksorte in Brüssel" (Happy places in Brussels). -
Photographer
Most of the images that run with my stories and are published in my books are my own. You can find a selection of my photos on my Instagram profile. -
Presenter
I host panel discussions and other events, presents readings, give lectures and workshops about working abroad as a journalist and on my main topics.
Studies
- German Studies
- Romance Studies (Portuguese)
- Dutch Studies
My languages
- German (Mother Tongue)
- Portuguese
- Dutch
- English
- Spanish