Biography
Tesa Arcilla @ RT
Hi there, thanks for stopping by. I'm a Europe-based journalist, foreign correspondent, presenter and producer with 15 years of journalism experience. I recently joined Euronews NBC as Senior Presenter. Prior to that, I was a Brussels-based freelance correspondent and presenter, reporting for various news networks such as BBC World News (TV & Radio), Al Jazeera English, Voice of America, CBS Radio News, RTÉ Ireland (TV & Radio), Fox News, CBC News Canada (TV & Radio), RT, TRT World, HuffPost Live, Arise News and Reuters TV.
I was part of Al Jazeera English's team as a field producer covering the Paris attacks in January 2015 and field produced for AJE in Brussels. I also filed a dispatch for Columbia Global Reports and in 2017, I worked with AFP Services in producing news videos for the European Parliament's EuroparlTV.
Prior to freelancing, I was a news presenter and foreign correspondent based in Moscow, Brussels and London for RT (2010), and before that, I was at TVB Pearl in Hong Kong as a business producer/reporter and main news presenter. I also worked at CNN International's Asia headquarters producing for the flagship programme 'Talk Asia" and was part of Al Jazeera English's program, "48" featuring Hong Kong.
I've done live reports on a wide range of stories – the war in Syria, 2013 elections in Venezuela, gas disputes, spy swaps, anti-austerity protests across Europe, the 2012 French presidential election, the Global Policy Forum where she interviewed former NATO Secretary-General George Robertson.
I was part of Al Jazeera English's team as a field producer covering the Paris attacks in January 2015 and field produced for AJE in Brussels. I also filed a dispatch for Columbia Global Reports and in 2017, I worked with AFP Services in producing news videos for the European Parliament's EuroparlTV.
Prior to freelancing, I was a news presenter and foreign correspondent based in Moscow, Brussels and London for RT (2010), and before that, I was at TVB Pearl in Hong Kong as a business producer/reporter and main news presenter. I also worked at CNN International's Asia headquarters producing for the flagship programme 'Talk Asia" and was part of Al Jazeera English's program, "48" featuring Hong Kong.
I've done live reports on a wide range of stories – the war in Syria, 2013 elections in Venezuela, gas disputes, spy swaps, anti-austerity protests across Europe, the 2012 French presidential election, the Global Policy Forum where she interviewed former NATO Secretary-General George Robertson.
I've interviewed prominent individuals like former European Central Bank Chief Jean-Claude Trichet, former Libyan interim prime minister Mahmoud Jibril, former Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg, French politicians Marine Le Pen, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan and Benoit Hamon, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the last British governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten, among others. I also have experience manning the anchor desk during live, unscripted rolling coverage of breaking news.
While in Hong Kong, I investigated financial scams, reported on the collapse of the global financial system, and followed major economic and legal developments in mainland China that impacted the Asia-Pacific region.
I started my journalism career in the print media, writing for various newspapers and publications in Asia.
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While in Hong Kong, I investigated financial scams, reported on the collapse of the global financial system, and followed major economic and legal developments in mainland China that impacted the Asia-Pacific region.
I started my journalism career in the print media, writing for various newspapers and publications in Asia.
See LinkedIn profile.
