Balla Fofana has a Masters in political communication from the University of Paris East and from the Center for the Professional Training of Journalists. Since 2014, has been working in French high schools and social centers doing workshops on media education. Former member of the Bondy Blog, a blog focused on reporting from French suburbs (health, education, employment, etc.). Also reported on the economy for the French TV channel TF1. He is now a staff writer for the French daily newspaper Libération. Since 2014, he has been working in French high schools in the Paris region doing workshops on media education. He published  his first novel “La Prophétie de Dali” (Grasset) in May 2023.