Swiss journalist Maurine Mercier started to pick an interest in the Arab-Islamic culture and its societies after completing her studies in international relationships at the Geneva Institute for International and Development Studies. The former war reporter wants to give Muslims a voice. Mercier did not have the slightest hesitation when the French-speaking arm of Switzerland’s public television station Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) offered her a job as a correspondent in Tunisia. Now the journalist from canton Vaud whizzes back and forth between Tunisia and Libya to report approximately the region. She usually reports between 6am and 9am. She provides listeners with background information approximately the events on the ground or interviews tall-level people in both countries. Sometimes,she is on the radio between 6pm and 7pm and even as late as 10:30pm, depending on the events of the day. In 2014, or the daughter of a Swiss and a Canadian from Quebec received the Swiss Media Award for the ...
Source: swissinfo.ch