Freelance VIDEO JOURNALIST & FILMMAKER based in Rome, with personal 4K video equipment, digital editing workstation and wireless audio recording system.

Since 2008 I've been freelancing for international broadcasters and private companies, producing, filming and editing more than 200 Read moredocumentaries, reports, insight features and corporate videos.

Among my past and current clients: RUPTLY (Germany), China Plus News (China), Russia Today (Russia), PressTV (Iran), MedPage Today (USA), Global News (Canada), JoVE (USA), Scarlett Entertainment (UK), Ten TV Network (Egypt) and Channel 9 (Israel).

- 100% Easy-going & reliable
- Excellent English speaking / writing skills
- 24/7 Availability on call
- Will travel wherever needed if asked to


E q u i p m e n t:

CAMERA
Panasonic Lumix DC-GH5 [4K & Full HD]

LENSES
Laowa 7,5mm f/2.0 RECTILINEAR [Lite Version]
Panasonic Lumix G 25mm f/1.7 ASPH.
Panasonic Lumix G 42,5mm f/1.7 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S.
Panasonic LUMIX G VARIO 14-140mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S. 

ACTION CAM & CAMCORDERS
Akaso V50 X Action Cam [4K & Full HD]
Sony XDCAM PMW-EX1R [Full HD]
Sony HDR-CXH10VE [Full HD]

WIRELESS AUDIO RECORDING
Sennheiser SK 100 body-pack transmitter
Sennheiser SKM 100 hand-held microphone transmitter
Sennheiser EK 100 diversity receiver
Sennheiser ME 2 clip-on microphone

DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONES
Sony ECM-672
Røde Video Micro

Italian journalist focused on international politics, disinformation, human rights, social justice.
ITA, ENG & RU. Lived and worked in Russia, United States, Germany and Finland. 

Double Master's graduated in "Global Communication and International Journalism" at Saint Petersburg State Read moreUniversity (RU) and Freie Universität Berlin (DE); Bachelor at La Sapienza (IT) and Erasmus at UTA (FI) in Media, Communication and Journalism.

I am a skilled experienced media and communications professional. As a stringer (video journalist, cameraman and reporter) I work for the most important russian broadcasters like REN TV, NTV, LifeNews, Match TV, Ruptly, RT, Channel One and ZVEZDA. As a VJs I work also for the international network Read moreZOOMIN.TV based in Amsterdam. I have worked for some italian daily newspapers. I covered a wide variety of topics specializing in politic, science, lifestyle, tourism and culture. As a reporter of REN TV I went to Ukraine to shot the war in Donbass. I have a good grounding and experience in filming and editing video and sound on non-linear systems, as well as for live broadcast. In recent years I have made several documentaries in the fields of culture, tourism, social and war reporting. Former director of communication about projects for the social integration of convicts boys in Italian prisons.

https://it.linkedin.com/in/lucaribustini

Technical equipment: 

CAMCORDER
Sony HXR-NX30E (Full HD format 1080 50p or 25i and SD format, 4:3 or 16:9)
ACTION CAM
GoPro HERO3+ Silver
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WIRELESS AUDIO
Shure FP1 body-pack transmitter
Shure FP3 hand-held microphone transmitter
Shure FP5 on camera receiver
Shure WL183 lavalier microphone (clip-on)
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DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONES
Shure WP64A 
Sony  ECM-XM1 shot gun
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LIVE STREAMING (Youtube HD 720p - Skype)
Startech USB2HDCAPS (HD 1280X720p) 
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VIDEO POST-PRODUCTION
Adobe Premiere CS6

Giovanni “Gianni” Sorrentino is an experienced broadcast journalist, having worked for Italian broadcasting companies for many years as a TV producer, reporter, editor and filmmaker, dealing with all areas of interest – from politics to culture.
Born near Naples, after high school he moved to the Read moreUK, where he specialized in Italian Neorealism and European Cinema, getting a degree at the University of Reading with a dissertation on the cinema of Italian director and actor, Nanni Moretti. After he moved back to Italy, he wrote articles for cinema magazines, until he began a freelance reporter for a minor satellite broadcasting company. His next step was a contract with the most important Italian private broadcasting company Mediaset, where he worked as a producer for a sport and showbiz-themed daily program. 
Curious about the evolution of Italian society in the new millennium, he did extensive research into Italian youth, in particular education and the employment system. This led to a decade-long collaboration with Okkupati, a weekly program about job opportunities and work policies on the Italian public television channel, Rai Tre. After just a few months of working as a reporter and filmmaker, he became head producer and creative director, deciding content and hosting his own on-air video segment.
As a TV format creator, he recently worked for companies such as Zodiak Media group and Rai World.
He lives in Rome with his best friend and wife Federica, and continues to pursue his passions: cinema, Italian regional cuisine and sport. He never loses his analytical approach, unless he is watching matches played by Napoli football team, of which he is an enthusiastic fan.

Alessia Cerantola is a journalist working in Italy and in Japan.

Sergio Lo Gatto is a journalist based in Roma, Italy.
Born in 1982. Lives and works as a freelance theatre critic and cultural journalist in Rome/Italy. He is PhD Candidate in Theatre Studies at the Sapienza University of Rome, with a doctoral thesis in theories of criticism and digital philosophy.Read more At Sapienza University, he holds a permanent workshop in Methodology of Theatre Criticism and Critical Writing. He is one of the founders of and Chief Editor for the independent daily web magazine Teatro e Critica. He contributed to major national newspapers, has been a member of the editorial board of the monthly magazine Quaderni del Teatro di Roma (published by the National Theatre in Rome between 2011 and 2015), he also reports for Tanz (Germany) and Plays International & Europe (UK). He is editorial assistant for Conflict Zones Reviews (international web magazine published by the Union of European Theatres – UTE / co-funded by Creative Europe). He’s one of the founders of WritingShop, a team of four writers from four different European countries that launched a program of itinerant residencies for critics, aimed at developing an international point of view on theatre and performing arts through an experiment of collective writing.

www.marcosalustro.com

Marco Salustro is a Photo and Video Journalist.

He worked in Italy, Iran,India, Brazil,Peru, Colombia, Thailand,Burma, Tunisia, Libya, Venezuela, Egypt, Armenia, Somaliland, Malawi.

His work was published among others by:

Vanity Fair Italia, Le Figaro, Paris Match, Read moreGuardian, Daily Telegraph, Los Angeles Times, Le Monde, De Standaard.

Among his clients and distributors: European Press Photo agency, Corbis, IFAD, FAO.

Since 2014 he directed, produced and filmed video reportages for VICE News in Libya, Niger and Venezuela.

Based in Italy is available for assignment worldwide.







Awards

2016 British media Award - Video project of the year - Silver award - “Europe or Die”

2016 Online Media Awards - Best Video Journalism - Nominee - “ Europe or Die”

2016 The Webby Award - News & politics: Series - Nominee - “ Europe or Die”

2016 One World Media - Television documentary - Longlist - “Libya’s migrant trade”

2015 DIG Award - Video reporting Reportage - Finalist - “Migrant prisons of Libya”

Andrea Vreede is a Dutch freelance journalist based in Rome, Italy. From 2002 till 2012 she worked as a fulltime correspondent for NOS News (Dutch public radio and television), covering everything from politics, economics, culture, organized crime to earthquakes and, above all, the Vatican. She Read morespecializes in live radio and television coverage of news events, such as the Conclaves of 2005 and 2013 and other major Italian and Vatican events. Currently she writes for several Dutch magazines. She also works for VRT (Belgian public radio and television) and, on occasion, as a Vatican expert for NOS.
Website: www.andreavreede.com

Sports journalist based in Rome.

WOLFGANG ACHTNER  

WOLFGANG ACHTNER  is a correspondent, television producer, documentary filmmaker, photographer, author, and journalism professor.

Summary of Qualifications:
-	extensive broadcast news reporting experience
-	ability to report and write effectively on deadline
-	on-air Read morereporting skills, including live TV
-	strong editorial judgment, journalistic writing and research skills, 
-	storytelling ability: able to create a narrative with both news and feature stories from pitching to developing, producing and editing.
-	interpersonal skills/team player
-	organizational skills: hired, trained and managed production teams and staff  (in house and in the field)
-	Videojournalist skills
-	experience reporting for multi-platforms, including a proficiency in incorporating social media

Professional Experience:
Has reported on a wide range of major international stories, including breaking news, investigative reports, features and sports. During this time, has earned a reputation as one of the most attentive and knowledgeable observers of Italian affairs, covered for major American and British television news organizations and newspapers.

A career in television news working seven years for CNN as a correspondent, two-and-a-half years for Press TV as a correspondent, and eleven years, on staff, for ABC News, as a reporter/producer. London based assignment editor for ABC News. In addition, free-lanced, on a regular basis, for Britain’s Sky News, ITN, and Channel 4, as well as CTV, Deutsche Welle.

Radio Correspondent:  ABC News

Print correspondent: ‘The Independent,’ and ‘The Independent on Sunday.’  Contributor to: ‘Washington Post,’ ‘The Spectator,’ ‘The London Times,’ and “Newsweek.”

Photojournalist: Sygma/Paris

Documentary Filmmaker: 2002-present: completed 9 feature films 

Languages: Bilingual in English and Italian. Fluency in German and French. Conversational Spanish