A native of Dublin, Patricia was educated at Gortnor Abbey in County Mayo and at the University of Cape Town. She lives in Paris, where she trained as a journalist for Newsweek International. She also wrote for The Quiet Quarter on RTÉ Lyric FM in Dublin and for Keltia, a Breton magazine dedicated to Celtic culture.

Following her career at Newsweek International, Patricia taught Media and Communications at both the Sorbonne University and Panthéon-Assas University in Paris. She is a board member of Les Amis du Monde Diplomatique and of PEN Club France.

During the interview she read three poems from her new poetry collection Cabaret, which will be available for purchase at the Fnac and on Amazon. Her previous collections include Travelling and Striptease, published by Éditions Le Castor Astral (Paris); Dragons and Roses, published by Escales des Lettres (Arras); and Champion, published by Pen Unchained (UK). Her work has appeared in more than 100 anthologies and has been translated into several languages. For the past three years, she has read at the Chichester Poetry Festival.

Her book L'Irlande, published in 1990 by Romain Pages Éditions, sold more than 100,000 copies. A fiddle player and committed feminist, Patricia is currently writing a novel set in Ireland during the Great Famine.

In this episode of Turning Points, Patricia Killeen speaks with Shellie Karabell and Elaine

Cobbe. Shellie is the Editor-in-Chief of Reporting From Paris, and Elaine is its Deputy

Editor.

Reporting From Paris is a free monthly online news magazine produced by journalists from

the Anglo-American Press Association in Paris. It is aimed at a global English-speaking

audience with an affinity for Paris and a desire for more than tourist tips and pretty pictures.

The publication offers in-depth reporting, analysis, and commentary on the issues shaping

France, Europe, and the wider world.

Shellie and Elaine believe that the future of journalism lies online. While many journalists

have already launched their own bespoke digital platforms, Shellie maintains that solo

ventures can only go so far. By bringing experienced journalists together under one banner,

there is more to be gained for journalists, readers, and the future of quality journalism.

Reporting From Paris seeks to harness the technical and distribution advantages of digital

media to deliver real news and insightful analysis from professional journalists.

Shellie Karabell has spent more than 40 years in broadcast journalism as a news executive,

anchor, producer, and field reporter in her native United States, across Europe, in the former

Soviet Union/Russia, and in the Middle East. She has worked for ABC/WTN, PBS, Dow

Jones Broadcast, CNBC, and Forbes.com, covering many of the major news events of the late

twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. She currently serves as Vice-President of the

Anglo-American Press Association of Paris.

Elaine Cobbe is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist based in Paris. A former

foreign correspondent for CBS News, she has covered many of the major international stories

of the past three decades. A regular commentator on French and international politics for

news outlets in France and her native Ireland, she is also a researcher and trainer in journalism

and trauma. Elaine also serves on the committee of the Anglo-American Press Association of

Paris.

Full biographies for Shellie and Elaine:

https://www.reportingfromparis.fr/about

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