About me

A positive, dynamic and results-driven journalist with a successful background in audio and video production. Seven years experience in news reporting and features writing, working with leading personalities in the political, financial, business and cultural field and also covering major sport competitions both in UK and across Europe.

Tri-lingual (fluent in English, Spanish and Italian), possesses excellent analytic and IT skills and the ability to produce efficient and accurate reports. Two years experience as Station Manager for Peterborough Community Radio and as freelance for the Italian national broadcaster (RAI), producing daily news report about UK politics, society and sport with a particular focus on the upcoming Olympic Games. His radio documentaries have been shortlisted for different journalistic prizes in Italy.

Experienced in working with vulnerable people, young NEET (not in training or education) or 'hard to reach' as well as adult from non mainstream backgrounds such as BME, gypsies and Roma communities. Qualified to teach in the Life Long Learning Sector (PTLLS certificate) and able to stimulate and encourage young talents and set up with them competitive, creative and multiplatform (web, video and audio) features.

Enjoys being part of, as well as managing, motivating and training, a successful and productive team, and thrives in a highly pressurised and challenging working environment.

Skills

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPEMENT: Staff Management, Promotional Management , Tutoring, Negotiation & Presentation Skills, Crises specific PR & Journalism Training, Web Design, Creativity,Research, Budgeting, Audio/Video Editing, Communication Management Networking, Production Management, Translations, IT SKILLS: Adobe Audition, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere , Adobe Photo Shop Java/HTML/CMS, Radio desk driving, Myriad, Burli, QuarkXPress, Wordpress Platform, Genesys play out system, Microsoft Office, Windows XP/2000/Vista/7, Macintosh, ProTools, Flash

Awards

Master degree, 2010 International Journalism, Broadcast pathway, City University of London, Bachelor degree, 2008 Science of communications, sociology, University of Bologna, Italy, PTTLS Diploma, 2011 Preparing to teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector, Level 4 qualification, AWARDS:, Finalist Bellaria Festival, Italy, June 2012 with an hour long documentary about the recent UK riots (‘London is burning’) broadcast on ‘Rai Radio 3 Soldi’, italy's national radio. , Finalist Journalistic prize “The weakest link - against the social exclusion” - Italy, 2010 and Voices without frontiers, broadcasting campaign for tolerance and equal rights - 2011 with radio documentary “Everyone’s games- the dream of a Paralympic athlete”.

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Availability
Looking for work
Achievements
Top 25 News Reporter
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Contract
Perm, Temp-Perm
Location
London, United Kingdom
Skill Level
Middleweight
Languages
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Creativepool member since 29 June 2012