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Daniel Finnan is a broadcast journalist working for Radio France Internationale’s English service in Paris.
His work mainly concerns international news and politics, especially Africa and France. He also covers arts, culture, economics, the environment, music, sports and technology. He has skills in multimedia production with a high level of expertise in audio editing, graphics, video and web technologies. His work has been heard on international radio stations, including American Public Media, Radio Netherlands and Deutsche Welle.
Before working as a journalist he spent time in commercial and community radio in the United Kingdom. He developed The Hillz FM community radio station and helped it to secure a full-time FM license.
French press review 11 August 2010
Many French newspapers led with football this morning, and the ongoing saga with the French national squad. As Le Parisien recounts, France play Norway in a friendly tonight – and it’s the first match since the fiasco of the World Cup.
Lightning Bolt strikes Paris
Usain Bolt at the Courir shop on Paris' Champs l'Elysees, 15 July
The fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, ran in Paris this week. In his second race since returning from injury he beat Jamaican compatriot Asafa Powell in the 100 metres with a time of 9.84 seconds.
Ahead of the race Sports Insight caught up with Bolt at a special event launching his new sportswear collection to find out about his return from an Achilles tendon problem, his favourite football team and his DJing.
Radio Feature: Sports Insight
Hip hop and points for losers: street football cup begins
Street Football French Cup
The street football French Cup kicked off this weekend at Bertrand Dauvin stadium in Paris. It brings together 16 teams from all four corners of France, all vying to be crowned French champions. The game has a different style to conventional football: hip hop music played throughout each short match, teams of five players, black cards instead of red and points for losers.
