Rebecca Rosman

Rebecca Rosman is a freelance journalist based in Paris. Her stories have sent her to Cuba, Nigeria, Senegal, Morocco, Israel and all over Europe. She is originally from Chicago. 

A masked couple ride an electric scooter by the Invalides memorial, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020.

Paris considers ban on e-scooters over safety concerns

The electric scooter revolution in the "City of Lights" may be about to go bust just as it takes off.

Paris considers ban on e-scooters over safety concerns
Historians come together to uncover disturbing aspects of Polish and Eastern European shared history.

War in Ukraine spurs new bonds between historians of shared Soviet past

War in Ukraine spurs new bonds between historians of shared Soviet past
view of monument

War in Ukraine expedites Poland's move to destroy Soviet-era monuments

War in Ukraine expedites Poland's move to destroy Soviet-era monuments
people on street walking past banners

Poland has taken in more Ukrainian refugees than any other EU country. Local mayors say they’re running out of money. 

Poland has taken in more Ukrainian refugees than any other EU country. Local mayors say they’re running out of money. 
man in kitchen

Poland is feeling the pinch after cutting Russian energy imports 

Poland is feeling the pinch after cutting Russian energy imports 
A couple kisses through a fence as she boards a train toward Kyiv at Przemysl train station on Oct. 6, 2022, Przemysl, Poland.

Polish border town of Przemyśl is a revolving door for Ukrainian migrants 

The town Przemyśl which lies on Poland's border with Ukraine, has seen a revolving door of migrants fleeing the war in Ukraine, and then returning home. At the train station in Przemyśl, many Ukrainians are facing difficult decisions about returning home amid a brutal war.

Polish border town of Przemyśl is a revolving door for Ukrainian migrants 
memorabilia on surface

With Queen Elizabeth II's passing, royal memorabilia expected to increase in value

Demand for royal memorabilia has skyrocketed since the queen’s death in the United Kingdom. 

With Queen Elizabeth II's passing, royal memorabilia expected to increase in value
coffin in hearse

London goes silent to pay its respects to the queen

The queen’s funeral plans were decades in the making as part of what was codenamed “Operation London Bridge.”

London goes silent to pay its respects to the queen
In a hot pan, the streaky bacon made by La Vie starts curling within minutes, bubbling and crisping…just like, well, bacon.

A vegan bacon revolution takes hold in France

La Vie, a plant-based food startup in France, is on a mission to start a vegan bacon revolution and has tested products that taste almost like the real thing. Pork lobbyists are not too happy about it. 

A vegan bacon revolution takes hold in France
A Virgin Mary statue in a public square in France

The state of religion in France

For years, people have been questioning the concept of laicité — France's strict form of secularism — and how it plays into religious freedom. In this special hour of The World airing on Saturday, Paris-based reporter Rebecca Rosman takes a trip across France where she speaks to Catholics, Jews, Muslims and atheists about their right to believe, or not to believe.

The state of religion in France
a lineup of the girls in the show

Why ‘Derry Girls’ has become an international cult hit

The Irish teen comedy ended its run on UK television this week. But it has special significance for women who grew up in Northern Ireland in the 1990s, a period of conflict between Catholics and Protestants often known as the “troubles.” 

Why ‘Derry Girls’ has become an international cult hit
Posters of French President Emmanuel Macron and centrist candidate for reelection in Saint Pee sur Nivelle, southwestern France

Ukraine and COVID give Macron a boost in the polls ahead of French elections

As French presidential elections approach, many voters are backing incumbent Emmanuel Macron for his handling of the war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ukraine and COVID give Macron a boost in the polls ahead of French elections
Some 160 Ukrainian refugees — mostly women and young children — are being housed at a shelter in Calais while they wait for their visas to go to the UK.

Ukrainian refugees trying to get to the UK are stuck in the French port city of Calais 

For the more than 17,000 Ukrainians who have applied for UK visas under the Ukrainian Family Scheme, the application process has created a bottleneck in Calais.

Ukrainian refugees trying to get to the UK are stuck in the French port city of Calais 
The serial number 14810 inside the last piano that Frederic Chopin played and composed on, and that after his death in 1849 in Paris came to his family in Warsaw. 

How an American pianist revived Chopin in Warsaw

In 2006, finding a live Fréderic Chopin concert in Warsaw was harder than expected. American pianist Pamela Howland made it her life’s mission to revive Chopin in Warsaw, Poland, the composer’s hometown.

How an American pianist revived Chopin in Warsaw
Jewish and Christian clergy stand together for prayers for the souls of some 60 Jews murdered by the occupying Nazi German forces during a ceremony marking a memorial to the victims in Wojslawice, Poland, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. 

A ‘deepening chill’ among historians over Holocaust revisionism in Poland

A growing number of Holocaust historians worry that Poland’s ruling far-right government is trying to cover up the darker side of the country’s past.

A ‘deepening chill’ among historians over Holocaust revisionism in Poland