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If you're a member of the press, the NRC media team can assist you with interviews or provide facts about our operations and emergency response in more than 31 countries around the world.

NRC media hotline

If your enquiry is urgent please contact the media hotline:

+47 90 56 23 29

or e-mail us at media@nrc.no (please do not send sms)

Global Media Contacts

Head office in Oslo:

Tuva Raanes Bogsnes | Oslo, Norway
Director, Advocacy and Media
Mobile: +47 932 31 883
E-mail: tuva.bogsnes@nrc.no
Twitter: @TuvaRB
Time zone: UTC+01:00
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Tiril Skarstein Michelle Delaney | Oslo, Norway
Senior Media Adviser to the Secretary General
Mobile: +47 941 65 579
E-mail: michelle.delaney@nrc.no
Twitter: @michelledelaney
Time zone: UTC+01:00
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Michelle Delaney Tiril Skarstein | Oslo, Norway

Head of Media Unit
Mobile: +47 905 69 287
E-mail: tiril.skarstein@nrc.no
Twitter: @tirilskarstein
Time zone: UTC+01:00
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Becky Bakr Abdulla | Oslo, Norway
Specialist Adviser Media and Communication
Mobile: +47 41613766
Email: beba@nrc.no
Twitter: @BeckyBakr
Time zone: UTC+01:00
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Catriona Loughran | Oslo, Norway
Media Adviser
Mobile: +47 90925528
Email: catriona.loughran@nrc.no
Twitter: @Catlough
Time zone: UTC+01:00

Middle East:

Karl Schembri | Amman, Jordan
Regional Media Advisor
Mobile +962 (0) 7902 20159
E-mail: karl.schembri@nrc.no
Skype: karl.schembri
Twitter: @Karl_Schembri
Time zone: UTC+03:00
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Mike Bruce | Beirut, Lebanon
Advocacy and Information Adviser
Tel: +961 81 66 61 74
Skype: mike.bruce
E-mail: mike.bruce@nrc.no
Time zone: UTC+02:00
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Tom Peyre-Costa | Erbil, Iraq
Media Coordinator
Tel: +964 751 182 3882
Skype: tom.peyre-costa
E-mail: tom.peyrecosta@nrc.no
Time zone: UTC+02:00
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Africa:

Ephrem Chiruza | Goma, DR Congo
Information and Communication Officer
E-mail: ephrem.chiruza@nrc.no
Mobile: +243998883778
Tel: +243814181241
Twitter: @EphremChiruza
Time zone: (UTC +02.00)
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Asia:

Enayatullah Azad | Kabul, Afghanistan
Media, Information and Advocacy Coordinator
Mobile: +93 (0) 72 893 2019
E-mail: enayatullah.azad@nrc.no
Twitter: @EnayatAzad
Time zone: UTC+04:30
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America:

David Garcia | Bogota, Colombia / Americas
Advocacy Manager
E-mail: david.garcia@nrc.no
Tel: +573214957209
Mobile: +573214957209
Time zone: UTC-05:00
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BasmaAlloush Basma Alloush | Washington, USA
Advocacy and Communications Officer, NRC USA
Phone: +1 (617) 966-0333
basma.alloush@nrc.no
Time zone: UTC-05:00

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