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WE MAKE
AND SET UP
MOBILE STUDIOS FOR EVERYONE

WE MAKE
RADIO AND WEBRADIO STATIONS.

EVERYWHERE.

FOR EVERYONE.

OUR
STORY

Experimenting and designing the Radiobox

For several months, a group of Radio France engineers and radio directors, students and lecturers from the Ecole Nationale Supérieur de Création Industrielle got together to research and come up with the Radiobox : a simple, light and user-friendly, battery-powered mobile studio for radio broadcasting, accessible to minorities and outcasts. The concept of the Radiobox comes from previous missions we carried out in developing countries, welfare institutions and refugee camps. Between 2016 and 2018 we organized radio workshops with NGOs and foundations (in France, the Central African Republic, Senegal, Mali, South Africa, Mexico and Iranian Kurdistan…)

Gathering and building the collective

The collective (made of Radio France directors and engineers, journalists, lecturers, social workers and international solidarity professionals…) got together and organized itself, created the nonprofit organization and elected its board.

Structuring and leading projects

Structuring and leading projects An NGO department (Making Waves NGO) was created within the collective to provide access to radio production tools, thus encouraging new opportunities to share and speak freely. A creative studio was also set up to make radio content with a strong social impact (Making Waves Studio). The organization switches between producing radio content and carrying out subsidized social and solidarity projects, in France and around the world.

Growing & creating new activities

The organization created a Work Integration Department (Making Waves Insertion) to provide services to vulnerable women and men struggling greatly to find employment. Our Integration Department opens in March 2021 and is located in Rosny-sous-Bois in Seine-Saint-Denis.

THE FACES OF MAKING WAVES

Our organization is made of radio directors, producers, journalists, musicians, sound engineers, social workers and lecturers.

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Khaled Abdelkader
Technical director
Khaled is a radio technical director for the job integration workshop.
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Mariannick Bellot
Scriptwriter & director
Mariannick Bellot works as a scriptwriter and director of narrative programs and documentaries for various European radio stations, museums and NGOs. She received several awards (Europa, Bohemia, Italia, SACD, Longueur d'Ondes...).
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Mohammed Bensaber
Manager of the Integration Program
Trained as a social worker, photographer and former librarian, Mohammed Bensaber is in charge of Making Waves' Integration and Popular Education Department.
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Amélie Billault
CEO and co-founder
Amelie spent ten years managing cultural projects before turning to social projects with various NGOs; she then co-founded Making Waves.
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Anthony Capelli
Musician and sound engineer
Anthony is a composer, musician and an electronics engineer working mostly in theater and radio. He also designed and put together our Radioboxes.
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Sonia Déchamps
Journalist, author & publisher
Sonia Dechamps works as a journalist for Europe 1, Mouv’ and France Culture. As an author and publisher, she created the ‘Virages graphiques’ collection (éditions Rivages), where literature, drawing and theater meet.
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Béatrice Dedieu
Director & coordinator
At first a journalist at France Culture, Béatrice has been working in theater ever since. At Making Waves, she coordinates radio workshops with different vulnerable communities, and creates programs with theater festivals.
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Laure Egoroff
Director and adapter
Laure directs radio fiction programs for various radio channels such as France Culture and France Inter. She has also adapted many texts for radio.
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Momar Fall
Technical director
Momar is a radio technical director for the job integration workshop.
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Eva Giaoui
development officer
Eva has worked for various Social and Solidarity Economy organizations. At Making Waves, she’s in charge of development and various local endeavors.
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Joana Gouin
Graphic designer & illustrator
Joana is specialized in graphic design and scientific illustration; she mostly works on projects that have a significant social and environmental impact.
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Mathilde Guermonprez
Director & Producer
As the producer and director of several documentaries, Mathilde won the Grandes Ondes and URTI Awards. She also takes part in various workshops, internships, and training programs.
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Thomas Guillaud-Bataille
Director and sound designer
Thomas Guillaud-Bataille works for several radio stations (France Culture, ARTE Radio...). He also teaches workshops on sound design and podcasting.
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Jay
Technical director
Independent artist Jay 01 joined the work integration workshop as a technical director in spring 2022 and found his passion for sound editing.
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Pauline Josse
Journalist
One ear on the news at France Info, the other on long-form narratives at Louie Média, Pauline Josse loves hearing voices, and most of all, sharing them.
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Robert Kieffer
Electrical engineer
Doctor in particle physics, composer and audio/electrical engineer, Robert Kieffer works on building and improving the Radiobox.
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Aude Lavigne
Radio journalist and producer & artistic advisor
Aude has worked for France Culture, France Musique, Arte Radio, Théâtre de la Bastille (Paris), in Inn Motion Festival in Barcelona and the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers.
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Fabienne Laumonier
Director & Producer
Fabienne works for several radio stations (France Culture, ARTE Radio, RTBF, RTS) as a documentary director and producer. She won the Scam Belgique award and first prize at the Longueur d’Ondes awards.
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Alice Lefilleul
Journalists and university professor
Alice has produced many programs and strives to devise new tools for radio as a means of communication and empowerment.
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Jeffrey Louis
Technical director
Jeffrey is a radio technical director for the job integration workshop.
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Cerise Maréchaud
Journalist
A radio journalist and producer, Cerise Maréchaud runs workshops on sound creation and self-expression through sound, for children and adults.
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Hervé Marchon
Supervisor of the Integration Program
Hervé is a journalist (Libération), radio producer and director (Radio France), lecturer (INA, journalism schools) who listens to the radio day and night.
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Romain Masson
Journaliste & producteur
Romain is a producer and a director at Radio France and the NGO Raes. He previously worled as a diplomat, a journalist, and a film director working for Arte, Doctors of the World and Canal+
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Helma Mayissa
Communications officer
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Aïcha Ndiaye
Film director and video maker
Aïcha lives in Dakar where she is a film director and script supervisor on films and audio dramas. She co-directed three short films and one documentary.
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Réal Nitouasamou
Technical director
Réal is a radio technical director for the job integration workshop.
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Alexandre Plank
Artistic Director and co-founder
Alexandre is a radio producer and director, he’s worked for France Culture, RTBF, RTS, Deutschlandradio and won the Prix Italia in 2016 and 2020, the SGDL Prize and the Phonurgia Nova Prize.
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Antoine Richard
Director and sound designer
Antoine is a sound designer for theater and radio, endeavoring to remove barriers between different types of sound creation. He won the Prix Italia, the SGDL Prize and the Phonurgia Nova Prize.
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Valéria Stasi
Journalist, producer & instructor
Radio journalist and radio instructor, Valeria Stasi devises and runs sound design workshops and media workshops for children, adults, and vulnerable communities.
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Tidiane Thiang
Director & Producer
Tidane is a director and producer; he has produced and directed many audio documentaries and dramas for vulnerable or underrepresented audiences.
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Antoine Tricot
Radio journalist & documentary director
Antoine Tricot is an independent journalist, author and documentary director for different radio stations, such as France Culture. He also published Cheville Ouvrière at Créaphis, a journalist’s critical look at working-class neighborhoods.
DIRECTORS
BOARD
• PRESIDENT : CÉCILE HAMON, in charge of events at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, former director of the Centre National du Théâtre and former project manager of the Minister of Culture and Communication's office • GENERAL SECRETARY : CLAIRE RICHARD, journalist, author and radio producer • TREASURER : LAURENT CHÉREAU, Administrative and communication manager of SIDI (Solidarité Internationale pour le Développement et l'Investissement)

EXECUTIVE

BOARD
• STÉPHANE BRAUNSCHWEIG, stage director and director of the Théâtre National de l'Odéon • NADINE CASTELLANI, director of Orange France Communication Strategy Innovation and startups • JEAN-LOUP GRATON, retired, former deputy director of France Culture and former head of events at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France • CAROLINE GUIELA NGUYEN, stage director and artistic director of the Compagnie des Hommes Approximatifs • FRÉDÉRIQUE ROUSSEL, journalist at Libération • CLÉMENTINE SINQUIN, Project and Campaign Officer, Oxfam Central African Republic
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