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Based in Kolkata, India, Puja Bhattacharjee is a freelance multimedia journalist. She has written for national and international publications on health, science, public policy, LGBTQ+ issues, and art and culture. Her first paycheck: “It was in May 2012, and it was for 25,000 INR ($343). I had just started working for a public policy magazine

Originally from the Philippines, Purple Romero is a multimedia journalist who has written about labor issues in Hong Kong and has also reported on other developmental issues for Vice Asia, South China Morning Post and Asia Sentinel. Her first paycheck: “While still a college student, I got paid $50 for working as a production assistant

Based in New Zealand, Rina Diane Caballar is a freelance journalist. She has written for publications including the BBC, The Boston Globe and The Atlantic. Her most memorable paycheck: “I was paid $50 for one of the first articles I wrote, a listicle about Filipino food. That was the moment I knew I could make

Based in Kyiv but hailing from Denmark, Stefan Sigaard Weichert is a freelance journalist covering the region. He has written for publications including Euronews, DW, Vice World News and The Daily Beast. His first paycheck: “I wasn’t more than 14 years old when I first started cleaning the car wash at my father’s petrol station,

Wienda Parwitasari is a Jakarta-based freelance photographer with a passion for journalism, documentary, travel and stage photography. She was formerly a deputy photo editor for websites of The Jakarta Post. Her most memorable paycheck: “While I was working as a contract photographer at a government ministry in 2020, the pay was all cash in hand.

Based in the British Virgin Islands, Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed is the web editor of The BVI Beacon. She’s written for Business BVI, Life & Styles Magazine and the Association of Caribbean Media Workers. Her first paycheck: “I was a waitress at a Vietnamese restaurant in 2010 and I worked for $4 for three months before

Luisa Rollenhagen is an Argentinian-German freelance journalist based in Berlin. She’s worked for publications including Deutsche Welle, GQ, The Guardian, and BuzzFeed. Her first paycheck: “I believe I got my first paycheck in 2007, when I was working as a waitress at a beach bar. The money was awful, maybe €7 an hour? I once

Kabir Agarwal is an independent journalist from India who writes on climate change, business and the economy. He has contributed to the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Caravan magazine, Al Jazeera and most recently worked as a national reporter at The Wire – India’s leading independent news website. In 2018, he was awarded the Red Ink Award

Henrik Roonemaa is an Estonian tech journalist with more than 20 years experience. Currently he writes for the news portal Geenius.ee, a website he co-founded six years ago. He also hosts tech podcasts and radio shows in Estonia and gives frequent talks at events. His most memorable paycheck: “Every paycheck since founding my own company

Based in Venezuela, Bárbara Rodriguez Barroso is a photojournalist, currently working in the national press and for NGOs. Her life has been about communicational and audiovisual media. She is a graduate of the National Film School and currently studies International affairs and Arts at the Central University of Venezuela. Her first paycheck: “My first job