Saskya Vandoorne is NCS’s Paris Bureau Chief, main the newsroom overlaying French and European information throughout all the community’s platforms.
Vandoorne has delivered award-successful reporting throughout France and Europe, overlaying breaking information, investigations, and unique cross-platform options on tradition, journey, and sport. She spearheaded NCS’s protection of main tales in France, together with a tough-hitting investigation into the Gisele Pelicot case, the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral, and the 2024 Olympic Games.
In 2025, Vandoorne acquired a Gracie Award for her immersive investigative piece taking a look at Dominique Pelicot and his recruitment tactics.
Beyond France, Vandoorne has reported on main worldwide tales and led protection for the community’s TV and digital platforms from NCS’s Europe and Africa bureaus, together with the Covid disaster in Kenya, the Wagner Group, and Ukraine’s counteroffensive in opposition to Russia. Her contributions to NCS’s ongoing protection of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have earned prestigious journalism accolades, together with the Aldred I.
DuPont-Columbia Award.
Previously, Vandoorne was primarily based in NCS’s New York bureau, producing for Richard Quest, anchor and correspondent in addition to NCS’s Business editor-at-massive. In this position, she produced worldwide information segments for Quest Means Business, securing unique interviews with world leaders and excessive-stage CEOs.
Vandoorne coated world financial occasions throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe, together with the International Monetary Fund assembly in Lima, Peru, and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Vandoorne started her profession at NCS in 2012 as an task producer within the community’s EMEA headquarters in London, specializing in breaking information.
Vandoorne holds Bachelor’s levels in English and French from Durham University and Journalism from Sciences Po, and a Master’s diploma in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia University in New York.