Max Jones is an award-winning journalist that has founded Felice News as Weekend News Today in 2008.

In February 2010, Max co-hosted Felice’s Your Olympics program with co-host Lillian Wu. Reporting from Vancouver, Canada, they brought the world Olympic news, including exclusive interviews with Canadian medalists, politicians, locals and more.

During the summer of 2010, Max covered the G20 protests in Toronto and had the chance to interview Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper and U.S. President, Barack Obama not only about the violence going on in the city, but also political issues at that time, such as North Korea.  Max also had the chance to join Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II for her tour through Canada.

Max is a dual citizen of both the United States and Canada, and has a “What goes around, comes around” attitude.   While residing in the United States, Max helped manage Barack Obama’s Orlando headquarters in the 2008 election.  Max was also key in securing the release of American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee from the North Korean government.

mjones@FeliceNews.com

In 2008, Lillian Wu joined Felice News and began the journey of a lifetime.

In February 2010, Lillian co-hosted Felice’s Your Olympics program with co-host Max Jones. Reporting from Vancouver, Canada, they brought the world Olympic news, including exclusive interviews with Canadian medalists, politicians and locals, such as Olympian Joannie Rochette, Former BC Premier Gordon Campbell, and performer Nelly Furtado.

When away from the newsroom, Lillian is an avid reader and loves to travel.

After completing high school, Lillian moved to Burlington, Vermont to persue a degree in English at the University of Vermont in this unique part of the United States.

Lillian is fluent in Cantonese and English, and is of Chinese decent.

lwu@FeliceNews.com

Sarah Macdonald lives and reports from the beautiful city of Vancouver, Canada. She has been an active ambassador for truth and love since the age of 16, as a prominent poet in her community. She believes strongly in the voice of the poet as an agent of positive change.  

As a newly graduated student of Anthropology, she aspires to combine her love of writing and her keen understanding of human culture to serve the non-profit sector and international development.  Her charity of choice is ‘Navdanya’, an organization in India which empowers farmers to participate in ecological farming, organic seed banks and fair trade. She believes that having access to healthy, nourishing food is a basic right of all beings, and it is the basis upon which greater social and ecological change can occur.

Her travels have brought her to Buddhist communities in Europe, yoga communities in South America and she hopes to continue traveling throughout the world to observe how people are building integral and conscious relationships with each other and the earth.

When she’s not researching, reading and writing, she’s acting in community theatre performances, doing yoga, meditating and taking care of her plants.

smacdonald@FeliceNews.com

Marie Lonhienne is our reporter from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She comes from Belgium and studied Communications Technology at Brussels University.  When Marie finished her studies, she decided to take some time to discover the world and travel.

She is interested in photography and movies & speaks fluent French, English, Spanish and Dutch.  Music is also one of her passions. She enjoys going to many concerts, festivals and cannot survive without her iPod!

Marie’s charity of choice is UNICEF (the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund). This is a UN organisation dedicated to improving and promoting the welfare of children. The main objectives of UNICEF are girls' education, vaccination the fight against AIDS, the protection of children and the health of newborns.

mlonhienne@FeliceNews.com

Ibrahim El-Hadidi is our reporter from Cairo, Egypt.  Through writing, Ibrahim discovered a method of helping himself and others. "It is through writing that I started to break the taboos, to free myself and those who read from all the imaginary obstacles and chains." said El-Hadidi.

He is interested in reading, writing, music and playing the Oud (the Middle Eastern ancestor to the guitar family).  Architecture is another passion of Ibrahim's, saying "It is another way of serving people and possibly influencing them."

Ibrabim's aim is to convey the experiences and expressions of the people around him, to share there stories, and express them in a revolutionary way.  His charity of choice is the International Child Art Foundation, which fosters children’s creativity by sponsoring art programs, exhibitions, and festivals for children and of children’s artwork.

ielhadidi@FeliceNews.com

Carrie Hagan is one of our reporters from Melbourne, Australia. She is currently obtaining her Bachelor of Communications (with a focus in Journalism) through Griffith University.

Carrie writes a blog to inspire women and raise awareness about the sexual exploitation women and girls in today's media.  She is also a contributor to a New York-based fashion website.

Carrie's charity of choice is SHE Thailand.  SHE is committed to helping women and children at risk in Thailand, many of whom are trapped in the commercial sex trade. SHE is dedicated to providing employment, vocational training and counseling for women who want to help themselves out of this industry.

chagan@FeliceNews.com

Jacob is a young journalist who has a big passion for what he does. Jacob writes and lives in the city of Melbourne in Australia. Jacob is also working in a number of different media organisations, being the editor of a sports news website. 

Jacob's charity the Watoto Foundation was set up to assist the every rising cases of AIDS and HIV in Uganda. Watoto rescues children from Orphanages. These children are given the necessary medical treatment and get moved into aWatoto community where they get to go to school and rebuild there lives. By 2023 the goal is to have under 10,000 children suffering from HIV/AIDS in Uganda.

In the future Jacob plans on finishing his schooling and study Journalism at University.

jarnott@FeliceNews.com

Lubna Afour is our reporter from Amman, Jordan. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from the University of Jordan in 2009 and a master’s degree in International Journalism from Cardiff University, United Kingdom in 2011. She has a deep passion for investigative journalism and specialized reporting. She enjoys researching anything she doesn’t know about, reading history books and magical realism novels, installation art and is absolutely in love with Latin dancing.

Lubna’s charity of choice is UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East), the organisation provides assistance, protection and advocacy for some 5 million registered Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the occupied Palestinian territory, pending a solution to their plight.

Lubna hopes that you will support the Palestine refugees who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, their socio-economic conditions in the camps are generally poor, with high population density, cramped living conditions and inadequate basic infrastructure such as roads and sewers, they do not "own" the land on which their shelters were built, but have the right to "use" the land for a residence.

lafour@FeliceNews.com

Eric Wang is Felice News' Beijing correspondent & has been since early 2009.

In 2008, Eric assisted NBC in their detailed & award-winning coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.  Through experiances like these, Eric has become aware of many cultural differances & the beauty that countries like China have to offer through their wide array of nationalities.

Nowadays, Eric reports on positive stories from all around China & tells of how far the formerly impoverished state has come since it's 1989 Cultural Revolution.

ewang@FeliceNews.com

Hillary Marshall is a full-time writer and mother of one beautiful daughter. Hillary has enjoyed writing her entire life and loves to research and learn. She spends her days writing, researching, playing with her dog Rufus and spending time with her daughter.

hmarshall@FeliceNews.com

My name is Maureen Waithaka. I am a writer, a self-confessed word-addict. I am a student of the universe and I mostly write creative pieces to let people see the world how I see it. I also do real life, positive pieces about people that are making a difference, because they have good energy. When I am not writing, I’m reading or travelling or swimming, but mostly I am treating sick children, because my alter ego is a doctor. 

The charity I support: Dagoretti Children’s Home for abandoned and special needs children in Nairobi, Kenya.

mwaithaka@FeliceNews.com

I'm currently living in Seoul, working as an interpreter. I hope to go to grad school to hone my skills.   I lived in Canada for about 11 years before coming to Korea.
Korea is great, but I miss Canada terribly.   I love languages. I've learned Chinese for two years - although I've forgotten most of it - and a little bit of French. I love puppies and I love writing random things on random topics.

ckim@FeliceNews.com

I am Sarvagya Bharill, from Jaipur, India.  I am a Religious Scholar and a Public Speaker, I deliver speeches all over the country based on Religion and Philosophy. I also have a keen interest in Business and Management. Reading Self-Help Books is my Hobby. Creating a Positive Revolution in my country and world is always been my dream, I wish to work for it BIG time, let's say I am in Mission mode every time I write an article!

sbharill@FeliceNews.com

Lindsey Croft is a freelance writer and has been involved in interdisciplinary journalism for three years. As a student of Mass Communications with a focus in Public Relations, writing is both a hobby and a business practice. Mrs. Croft is fluent in English, German, and Spanish. She currently resides with her family in South Florida.

lcroft@FeliceNews.com

rcivitano@FeliceNews.com