Daniel Plafker is a multilingual journalist and filmmaker with a focus on ecology, politics and trade. Based in Nairobi, Kenya since 2019, his work has been featured by broadcasters from Berlin to Beijing and Istanbul.

As a newsroom editor and studio presenter, he produced round-the-clock coverage of current affairs for TV audiences. Today, he works as a field reporter, videographer and drone pilot, having covered elections, agriculture, human rights, technology, culture and sport in fourteen countries.

As a 2024 Heinrich Boell Transatlantic Media Fellow, he’ll investigate the impact of market-based climate change responses like carbon credit trading schemes on the rights and livelihoods of indigenous communities in East Africa.