Journalist
Istanbul, Turkey
+90 544 153 00 86 y.gostoli@gmail.com
I have covered political change, conflict and rights across more than a dozen countries in the Middle East and Europe, working on news and investigations.
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In 2021, my investigation into modern slavery between the UK and the Gulf won a Human Trafficking Foundation award for best investigative news article. In 2014, I was one of three finalists for the Anna Lindh/Thomson Reuters Mediterranean Journalist Awards for my coverage of the Syrian refugee crisis for Vice News.
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From 2014 to 2017, I was based in Ramallah, Palestine, where I wrote for several international media outlets and worked as an editor.
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For the following three years, I was based between Rome and London, regularly contributing stories to Deutsche Welle and Al Jazeera English. I also served as a senior producer for the Qatar-based network, covering major political events such as Brexit and the 2019 European Parliament elections.
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I report on breaking news, humanitarian crises, migration, and climate change.
Recently, I covered the Ukraine refugee crisis on the Poland border, the UN climate negotiations, and the 2023 Turkey earthquake.
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My work has appeared in Foreign Policy, The New Humanitarian, NPR, The New Arab, and Marie Claire, among others. I have also worked as a radio/podcast reporter for DW and the BBC, and as a field producer with international TV crews.
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I hold a master's degree in Global Media from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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In addition to English and Italian, I have a good working knowledge of Spanish and French. I speak survival Arabic and am working towards improving my B1-level proficiency in Turkish. I am HEFAT-certified and a member of the Italian Journalists' Association (Ordine dei giornalisti del Lazio, albo pubblicisti).