The Masthead

The people behind the reporting.

UNEMAG is a small newsroom with a wide reach — correspondents at the United Nations, editors shaping the coverage, and contributors reporting from conflict zones and capitals around the world.

Leadership

Founded and edited by journalists who cover the UN.

Portrait of Razi Canikligil

Razi Canikligil

President & Founder

Razi Canikligil is a publisher and media executive with more than 35 years of experience covering international affairs, diplomacy, U.S. politics, crime, and justice.

In 2024, he founded Envoy Magazine, where he serves as President and Publisher, leading a publication dedicated to the United Nations, global diplomacy, international cooperation, and positive stories from around the world.

A graduate of the Journalism School at Istanbul University, he served as the New York and Washington correspondent for Hürriyet and CNN Türk from 1990 to 2023, reporting on the United Nations, U.S. politics, and Turkish-American relations.

Portrait of Stéphanie Fillion

Stéphanie Fillion

Editor-in-Chief

Stéphanie Fillion is the Editor-in-Chief of Envoy Magazine and Chairwoman of its Board of Directors. A French-Canadian journalist based at United Nations Headquarters in New York, she has spent nearly a decade covering multilateral diplomacy, the Security Council, and international affairs.

Her reporting has appeared in Foreign Policy, Radio-Canada, Vice News, Quartz, PassBlue, Asahi Shimbun, La Repubblica, La Stampa and The Independent, as well as Forbes, where she covered the UN as a contributor. She began her career as a television reporter for Radio-Canada/CBC and has worked across print, broadcast, and digital platforms in three languages.

Her work has been recognized with the EU-Canada Young Journalist Award, a Gracie Award for foreign language individual achievement, and two UN Correspondents Association Awards. She is a frequent on-air commentator on UN and global affairs.

She holds a master's degree in journalism, politics and global affairs from Columbia University and a BA in political science from McGill University. She writes in English, French, and Italian.

Portrait of David Yovanoff

David Yovanoff

Board Member

David Yovanoff holds a J.D., cum laude, from the University at Buffalo School of Law and a B.A. from Brandeis University.

Alongside his legal practice, David is a General Partner at Boston Valley Investments, a venture capital firm investing in SaaS, consumer products, and tech-enabled healthcare, where he leads portfolio investment, legal affairs, compliance, and investor relations.

David's engagement with Southeast Asia runs deeper than professional interest. He holds an ownership stake in Revolution Express, a venture developing a luxury rail experience through Vietnam and the broader Indochina region, and has traveled extensively through Southeast Asia and the Balkans, developing a sustained personal and professional interest in the region's history, culture, and emerging economic ties to the West. That regional focus, paired with his transactional and governance background, informs the perspective he brings to UNEMAG's board.

Regular Contributors

Correspondents, authors, and editors across three continents.

Portrait of Stefano Vaccara

Stefano Vaccara

Stefano Vaccara is a journalist, author, university lecturer and founder of La Voce di New York. He has covered the United Nations for over two decades and serves as U.S. Correspondent for Italpress, an Italian international multimedia news agency, reporting on American politics, diplomacy and international affairs. Since 2010, he has taught journalism and media studies at Lehman College, City University of New York.

Portrait of Dawn Clancy

Dawn Clancy

Dawn Clancy is a Dublin-based international reporter who focuses on conflict, United Nations diplomacy and human rights. She holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Previously, she has written for The Washington Post, IPS News, Swissinfo, PassBlue and Diplomacy Now and has reported from the Middle East and Europe. She has lived in London and New York with her husband and two cats.

Portrait of Senada Sokollu

Senada Sokollu

Senada Sokollu is an international journalist, author, and podcast host covering international affairs, human rights, and migration. A former Turkey correspondent, she has reported for Deutsche Welle, ARD, Euronews, and the German Huffington Post. She is the host of Echo of the Unheard, an English-language podcast giving voice to people from war zones and crisis regions. She completed an investigative journalism program at Columbia University in New York. Her debut narrative non-fiction book — forthcoming with a major German publisher in 2027 — explores the intergenerational trauma of war and what it means to carry a conflict across generations.

Portrait of Nimet Kırac

Nimet Kırac

Nimet Kırac is a reporter and documentarist based in Turkey, covering conflict and society across the region. Over the past decade, she has reported from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan and throughout Turkey, telling stories through a sociopolitical lens. Her work focuses on war, migration, the environment, women's and children's rights, cultural transitions, and social mobilizations that shape political discourse. She is a longtime contributor to The New York Times, and has reported for The Financial Times, Al Jazeera English, CNN International, New Lines Magazine, The Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse and others.

Portrait of Laura Kirkpatrick

Laura Kirkpatrick

Laura Kirkpatrick is a journalist who covers international relations and foreign policy, including feminist foreign policy and politics. She has contributed to Envoy Magazine, the Council on Foreign Relations, Devex, PassBlue, The Observer, and Vereinte Nationen as well as other think tanks and media outlets. She holds a BA from Hamilton College, an MS from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism and had a post-graduate fellowship at the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics and what is now the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change at Columbia's Graduate School of Business.

Portrait of Pamela S. Falk

Pamela S. Falk

U.N. Resident Correspondent

Pamela S. Falk is a TV, radio and print correspondent based at the United Nations, where she reports for U.S. News & World Report and France24 English, and her articles appear on Substack. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was the former Staff Director of a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

Her work in the press, academics, government and the private sector has included being the first Editor-in-Chief of Envoy Magazine, President of the U.N. Correspondents Association, professor at Columbia University, and correspondent for CBS News for 23 years. She received her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and her Ph.D. from New York University, and attended the Universidad Complutense (Madrid).

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Angela Moore

Copy Editor

Angela is the founder and principal of Moore Hospitality, a strategic communications consultancy serving the culinary, media and non-profit sectors. A former vice president at Warner Bros. Discovery, she brings more than 20 years of experience leading content, brand and digital initiatives for global businesses. Today, she partners with associations and mission-driven organizations to elevate stories through media relations, content strategy and digital marketing. Her true passion is editing copy.

Join Us · Now Hiring

Social Media Intern

Help shape how Envoy Magazine reaches the world from United Nations Headquarters — across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and X, with UN General Assembly coverage at the centre of the work.

Apply by August 20

How to apply
  1. 01Your resume.
  2. 02A short note (300 words max) on what you'd improve about our social presence — take a look at our Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn and X first.
  3. 03Three story ideas for our UNGA coverage.
Email info@envoymag.com and cc Editor-in-Chief Stéphanie Fillion (stephanie.fillion@envoymag.com), with the subject line "Social Media Intern".

UNEMAG also works with contributing writers, student fellows, and volunteers on programs and reporting year-round — reach out any time at info@envoymag.com.