Florence Madenga

Writer/Journalist/Communicator

United States

Recently graduated from interdisciplinary master's program at NYU: studied human rights, politics and media.
Primarily interested in opportunities in media, nonprofit organizations and/or politics: journalism, advocacy, human rights, nonfiction and communications.
Work has appeared in Gotham magazine, Hamptons, NYU Local, Chimurenga, International Business Times, Buzzfeed Ideas and others.

Really, I just like to talk to people and tell stories.

Portfolio

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Essays

BuzzFeed

What Love Taught Me About Blackness

Personal essay about the complications of race, gender and romance in Paris.

Press Releases

Amnesty International

On Two-Year Anniversary of Troy Davis Execution, the Fight to Abolish the Death Penalty Continues

Press release written for Amnesty International commemorating the two-year anniversary of Troy Davis' death and highlighting the organization's efforts to abolish the death penalty in the United States.

Amnesty International

11/07/2013

Amnesty International and The Weinstein Company to Screen New Nelson Mandela Biopic

Press release written for Amnesty International USA

Longform Reporting

Narrative.ly

Daisy Jambawo's Sad, Strange Trip

Longform reportage on how African immigrants in the United States send the bodies of their loved ones back home to be buried.

Chimurengachronic

Homeless in the Afterlife

Story on death in the diaspora for African immigrants, particularly the alienating bureaucratic procedures that often delay the passing of bodies from country to country.

Blogging and Reporting

Gotham Magazine

A Social Feast

Short front-of-book magazine article on high profile events, including the New York City Wine and Food Festival.