After a master in Sociology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, Magali Rochat collaborated with the Human Rights Film Festival (FIFDH) in Geneva and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York. In 2006, she started working as a journalist for the RTS - Radio Television Suisse, the Swiss Broadcasting company in French.
Her work include short stories for the TV news as well as longer documentaries (26' to 52'). In 2016, she moved to East Africa with her family. She continues to work for the RTS and other organisations as a correspondant/ freelance. She is filming and editing her own stories.