Lynsey Chutel

Reporter covering southern Africa

Lynsey Chutel covers southern Africa by connecting political news with social and cultural context. Reporting associated with the IWMF initiative examined dangers surrounding the collection of statistics and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s loss of control over its textile industry. With Tessa Dooms, she wrote “Coloured: How Classification Became Culture”, exploring identity and the legacy of racial classifications in South Africa. The book also examined the wider context of Nathaniel Julies’s death in 2020. Her proposed candidacy recognises reporting that shows how inequality and institutional decisions affect particular people’s everyday lives.