Michel reports on French politics and diplomacy, having covered President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee since 2017 and the rise of the far right under Marine Le Pen. He also writes about power dynamics in the EU. He previously covered macro-economics and energy. Worked at the Milan, Italy bureau of Reuters during the euro zone debt crisis and at the London headquarters. Michel is a graduate of the London School of Economics and the Sorbonne, and is interested in mental health and social diversity issues.
Anastasiia Malenko is a journalist covering breaking news in Ukraine. She writes about key political and economic developments in daily stories about the war. In her feature reporting, Anastasiia focuses on how the war reshapes the Ukrainian society. She also examines military strategies and developments through battlefield analysis.
