TESTIMONIALS
“I met Madalina while working on Project Oasis, a research initiative exploring the sustainability, innovation, and impact of independent digital-native media across Europe, where she led our team. My colleagues and I were truly impressed by her leadership skills and her extensive knowledge of both the media sector and project management. Madalina not only kept our team on track with our mission, tasks, budgets, and timelines but also created a safe, constructive, and trustworthy environment where we could thrive. She communicated clearly and directly, while genuinely listening to and following up on her team members' opinions and proposals. Her personal qualities are just as exceptional as her professional ones. I am grateful for the opportunity to work with her.”
Lela Vujanic, CEE regional research manager for Project Oasis, Sembra Media (Croatia)
“Madalina conducted two webinars on community building for a group of local and investigative media outlets from nine EU member states as part of the Local Media for Democracy programme. Her workshops were dynamic and engaging, combining theory and case studies with group discussions and practical exercises. She thoroughly studied the profiles and needs of the participating media outlets and tailored her materials accordingly. The participants found the webinars very interesting, inspiring, and motivating. Madalina also developed a shareable knowledge product: a set of concepts, methods, case studies, and resources for better community understanding and planning community engagement activities for media outlets. She is highly professional and knowledgeable. Her deep understanding of, and enthusiasm for, audience engagement and community building were infectious. Working with Madalina as a consultant was a pleasure, and I hope to collaborate with her again in the future.”
Iryna Vidanava, International Media Support/IMS (Denmark)
“Madalina helped us with the production of three toolkits for publishers. Working with Madalina was always a pleasant experience, as she was well-prepared, delivered on time and brought a thoughtful and can-do attitude to the work. She also presented the work in an engaging fashion at our annual forum event.”
Joe Mitchell, Public Interest News Foundation (United Kingdom)
“Madalina was a dream to work with during Chalkbeat's end-of-year fundraising campaign, and she helped us surpass our previous year's total donations! She is proactive, thoughtful, collaborative and solutions-oriented — I hope we can work together again in the future.” Kary Perez, Chalkbeat (United States)
“I’ve been consistently impressed with the depth and breadth of your knowledge on what’s happening in journalism. I’ve valued so much the resources, contacts, ideas and feedback you have provided to me. Thank you for always being so supportive and helpful in facilitating my involvement in EJC events.”
Lucas Batt, the Bristol Cable (United Kingdom)
“I am grateful for all the support you've shown West Leeds Dispatch and the wider independent media sector over the past three years. You've always been supportive, encouraging and it's meant a lot to me. You've helped to drive the sector forward and encouraged us as a community news organisation to go in directions we might not normally have considered. You've made a real difference.”
John Baron, West Leeds Dispatch (United Kingdom)
“The events you organised (as part of the Engaged Journalism Accelerator) have been a model for me and I will try to replicate in my future work some of the good practices you introduced.”
Pierre Leibovici, Mediacités (France)
“It's been such a pleasure getting to know you and thank you for making our participation in the Engaged Journalism Accelerator such an amazing experience. We're grateful for the advice and support you’ve given us.”
Iliana Papangeli, Solomon (Greece)
“You have really been an important connector for European journalism and have helped build a foundation for European collaboration. You did it with so much energy, positivity and dedication, which made it very valuable to work in a cross-border way. I think this helped to encourage many to work more with their communities and colleagues in different countries.”
Ties Gijzel, Are We Europe/ Argos (The Netherlands)
“It has been a privilege to work with you all this time, especially when I landed at Maldita.es and there was so much to do and so much to learn about communities and membership. Thank you so much for all the support you have given us (long before I was here).”
Bea Lara, Maldita.es (Spain)