Prior to coming to Radio Netherlands, Ginger da Silva received her Masters in International Development Studies at the Fletcher School in the U.S. and worked for 10 years at Radio Canada International and the CBC in Montreal, Canada. She spent her first 8 years at Radio Netherlands in the newsroom, producing and presenting the daily news and current affairs programme, Newsline, and coordinating the editions for Africa, Asia and North America.
After that she produced the weekly half-hour magazine programme on development issues, A Good Life, which featured many award-winning reports by producers Eric Beauchemin, Anna Yeadell and Hélène Michaud. She also served as the network manager for the English Language Service, coordinating news and features and running special projects.