Delphine Halgand, US Director

Delphine has been working as the Director of the Washington DC office for Reporters Without Borders since December 2011. She runs the US activities for the organization and advocates for journalists, bloggers and media rights worldwide. Acting as RWB’s spokesperson in the US, Delphine regularly appears on American (PBS, Wall Street Journal,…), foreign media (Al Jazeera, NTN24,…) and lectures at conferences in US universities (Harvard University, UCLA,…) on press freedom violation issues. Previously, she served as Press attaché in charge of outreach at the French Embassy to the US. Since graduating from Sciences Po Paris with an M.A. in Journalism, Delphine has worked as an economics corespondent for various French media (Le Monde, Les Echos, L’Express,...), focusing mainly on international politics and macroeconomic issues.

You can contact Delphine by email and follow her @DelphineHalgand

Laura Elsey, US Development Manager

Laura joins Reporters Without Borders US office in April 2013 with a long career in both donor development and freelance writing. Originally hailing from the UK, where she earned a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing and Journalism, Laura has previously worked for the National Advertising Benevolent Society in London and WWF (UK), looking after different constituency groups, organizing events and developing large networks of supporters. She has also worked for some of the well-known UK newspapers, so working for Reporters Without Borders is a perfect marriage between her media experience and her donor development expertise. Laura is focused to growing the RWB community of supporters in the US and to helping raise awareness and funds to advance the mission of Reporters Without Borders.

You can contact Laura by email

Tala Dowlatshahi, Senior Advisor (New York)

Tala is a New York based producer, reporter and filmmaker. Since 2002, Dowlatshahi has served as a U.S. Representative for the organization. She has worked for Amnesty International and various UN agencies. Ms. Dowlatshahi has chronicled stories in Afghanistan, Colombia, Eritrea, Eastern Europe, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Tanzania, Turkey and Uganda. She has also been featured on CNN International, BBC World News, Al Jazeera and in various humanitarian news programs. She is an associate member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Interactive EMMYs, New York Women in Film and Television and the Overseas Press Club of America. She holds a B.A. in mass communications from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. in international politics from New York University.

You can contact Tala at tdowlats@gmail.com and follow her @Tdowlats