Cécile Borkhataria is a freelance multimedia storyteller with expertise in science and healthcare. She has worked for global media companies such as CNN New York, DailyMail.com, and McCann Health. She produced Becoming Cyborg, a short documentary published with Scientific American that addresses a sub-culture of people who obtain mechanical implants, giving them abilities that go beyond the human norm. She speaks English, French, and Spanish, which allows her to work in a wide range of media and newsroom environments. She is an alumna of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, as well as Imperial College London’s Faculty of Natural Sciences and Imperial College Business School, equipping her with broad educational expertise.
Scientific American
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Becoming Cyborg is a short documentary that takes a look at ‘cyborgs’: a sub-culture of people who insert mechanical devices into their bodies to enhance their physical abilities.
Explore the strange new world of the contemporary cyborg movement›
DailyMail.com
As a science and technology reporter for the DailyMail.com, Cécile covered a wide range of topics, from researchers who track Antarctic Adélie penguins from space, to all the details about the latest SpaceX launches.
The Mirror
Cécile’s breaking news coverage has been published with The Mirror. This article, covering a speech given by the late Stephen Hawking, discusses how “powerful artificial intelligence will be either the best or the worst thing ever to happen to humanity.”