Kyle G. Brown is a journalist who has reported, written and commentated for several media outlets including the BBC, France Télévisions, France 24, CBC, The Globe and Mail and Toronto Star.

He has unearthed stories of street children in South Africa swept out of cities by the authorities and subjected to physical and sexual abuse; Mexican migrant workers lured to promising pastures in Canada only to find low pay, high rent and the economic misery they had tried to escape; elderly Canadians whose adult children appropriate their assets and clean them out; of homeless Parisians who have occupied public buildings; and a village of squatters in Denmark who have fought the government for decades to remain independent, in the middle of Copenhagen.

Kyle has a Masters Degree (MSc) in Development Studies from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies and a BA in History from McGill University in Montreal.

Much of his academic work has concentrated on the political economy of Sub Saharan Africa and on immigration and asylum. He began his journalistic career in the UK, where he worked as a reporter, radio presenter and producer, and now files stories from a number of countries for radio, television and print, specializing chiefly in human rights issues.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Kyle G. Brown

Globalnewsbeat.com
freelancemedia@gmail.com

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2015 – Present        Freelance journalist: Outlets include CBC, RFI, The Guardian, Al Jazeera.

See features below, including CBC Radio documentaries on Policing in 2021 and “Canada’s Slavery Secret,” which won the 2019 diversity Award. I research, write and produce and co-produce reports and documentaries, from the 2015 extremist attacks in Paris to the migrant crises in Calais and Paris, and the campaign across Europe to end female genital mutilation.

2019 – Present        P/T Editor of English-language content at AFD – Agence française de développement – France’s agency for overseas development.

2017 – 2018             Led international team in series of reports on industrial fishing in Africa: outlets include The Guardian, France 24 and Le Monde Diplomatique

2011 – 2017             Journalist, Reporter: France 24. I’ve filmed and edited reports in Europe, Africa and South America. Communications consultant. Clients include Jigsaw, CIPAC.

2008 – 2012             Freelance reporter: CBC, Toronto Star, Radio Canada International

2007 – 2008             Associate Producer, CBC News: fifth estate.  Documentary: head injuries and premature deaths in Pro wrestling

2006 – 2007             Field Producer: France 2 documentary on Alberta’s oil sands; Documentary on self-governing bohemian colony, Christiania in Denmark CBC News and Outlook on BBC World Service

Freelance features: Toronto Star (incl. exposé on agency exploiting immigrants in Canada); Globe and Mail (abuse of seniors by their own adult children)

Worked under-cover as ‘roughneck’ in the oil patch for investigative stories for CBC Radio (Syndication, Sounds Like Canada and The Current); nominated for Magazine Award for feature in Alberta Views

2005 – 2006             News Reporter: City News – City TV, Edmonton

2002 – 2005             Reporter: BBC TV and Radio, incl. BBC Newsnight exposé of government-induced homelessness, World Service report on reconciling Nigerian ethnic groups. BBC London reports on asylum, youth crime, homelessness. Won CRE Award for carnival coverage

2004 – 2005             Communications consultant, writer and editor: Praxis (UK refugee NGO)

2003                         Researcher: Documentary Guns and Rap, BBC 2. Investigation into proliferation of guns among UK youth and alleged link with Hip Hop

2002                         Reporter in Nigeria for Unreported World, Channel 4 Reporter–Led Current Affairs TV Documentary

2001 – 2005             Presenter & Producer: Talking Africa, Spectrum Radio, London
2000 – 2002             Reporter & Writer for West Africa and News Africa magazines: incl. features on hunger and GM crops, unsustainable debt and fair trade

REPORTS, DOCUMENTARIES & INVESTIGATIONS INCLUDE:

• A 2-part CBC Radio documentary series on Policing: the evolution of policing and rethinking the role of police
• The lingering silence and consequences of slavery in Canada: a 2-part documentary series for CBC Radio
• Feature report on reversing the damage of female genital mutilation
• Illegal fishing is endangering African coastal communities and killing off once abundant marine life: Le Monde Diplomatique (2018), Enslavement, The Guardian and environmental degradation (France 24 and a three-part series for RFI): reporting in Senegal, Mauritania and South Africa
• France cracks down on those who help migrants (Al Jazeera online)
• Chile’s improved scientific efforts to identify the remains of victims murdered by Pinochet’s military regime (France 24)
• Former military conscripts’ campaign to be recognised among Pinochet’s victims – and to get compensation (CBC Radio)
• African immigrants attacked and intimidated by South Africans following the 2010 World Cup (NPR, Toronto Star, CBC Radio)
• South African street children swept out of Durban by the authorities and subjected to physical and sexual abuse (CBC Radio, Toronto Star)
• Women’s groups combat disease with door-to-door health care for South Africa’s poor (NPR, CBC Radio, Global Post)
• Drug use and other dangers facing workers in the Canadian oil sands (CBC)
• Mexican migrant workers lured to Canada only to find more of the economic misery they tried to escape (Toronto Star)
• Elderly Canadians whose adult children steal from them and appropriate their assets (Globe and Mail)
• Disappearing alternative communities such as hippy colony Christiania in Denmark and a squatted castle in the Netherlands (CBC TV, BBC World Service, Toronto Star)
• UK law denying benefits to newly-arrived asylum-seekers while prohibiting work makes many homeless (BBC 2 TV)

EDUCATION

Master’s, MSc in Development Studies at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK

Baccalaureate in History at McGill University, Montreal

ADDITIONAL COURSES

• Diploma, Documentary filmmaking at Institut National de l’Audio-Visuel
• Avid TV Editing and Producing – France 24
• Magazine Feature Writing – Ryerson University
• Mini DV Camera Training – CBC
• Standard First Aid – Canadian Red Cross
• BBC World Service Broadcast Journalism
• Hostile Environment Training Course – Channel 4
• Media Law Review – BBC
• NCTJ Newspaper journalism

SKILLS & ASSETS

• Highly qualified in crafting clear, compelling narratives on multimedia platforms
• Strong writing skills, from news reports and features to documentaries
• Native English, Fluent French and decent Spanish
• Sharp investigative instincts; persistent and thorough
• Good interviewing skills: I’m able to get people to talk
• Able to package stories for all platforms: radio, TV and print
• Can shoot and edit video and mix audio reports