Sophie Bouillon

Sophie Bouillon is a French journalist.

Biography

She worked as a correspondent based in Johannesburg from 2008 to 2013 for Libération, Courrier International and Radio Télévision Suisse in particular, before working as a freelance reporter since 2014., covering Boko Haram in Nigeria, series on Lagos, the war in eastern Congo in 2012. She also works on social issues in France.
A stringer, she won the 2009 Albert Londres prize for her article Bienvenue chez Mugabe !, published in the magazine XXI.

Publications

2013: Une vie de pintade en Afrique du Sud, Paris, Éditions Calmann-Lévy, series "Documents, Actualités, Société", 370 p.
2015: Elles, Les Prostituées et nous, Paris, Éditions Premier Parallèle, 120 p..

Prizes and distinctions

2009: Prix Albert-Londres.
2014: 2ème Prix Bayeux en radio for Europe 1