Roberto Valussi is a multimedia journalist and videographer mainly focusing on West African politics, energy and social affairs. After spending seven years in West Africa (mainly swinging between Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana), he relocated to Italy in late 2021. Born and raised in Italy, he has also lived and worked in UK, USA, Nigeria and Kosovo. His feature articles have been published by Al Jazeera, while as video-journalist and video producer he has worked extensively for BBC World Service in places as diverse as Cuba, Madagascar, Mexico just to mention a few. Language wise: native like in English, fluent in French and Spanish, Italian native speaker.
I worked on pre-production (found the topics, arranged the interviews, visa and logistics) and production (filmed, acted as a translator) for this Reunion Island episode of BBC 4 TECH, a TV show dedicated to technology & innovation around the world.
I worked on pre-production (found the topics, arranged the interviews, visa and logistics) and production (filmed, acted as a translator) for this Madagascar episode of BBC 4 TECH, a TV show dedicated to technology & innovation around the world.
I worked on the pre-production (found the topics, arranged the interviews, sorted out visa & logistics) and production (filmed, acted as a translator) for this Mexico episode of BBC 4 TECH, a TV show dedicated to technology & innovation around the world.
I worked on the pre-production (found the topics, arranged the interviews, sorted out visa and logistics) and production (filmed, acted as a translator) for this CUBA episode of BBC 4 TECH, a TV show dedicated to technology & innovation around the world.
Three stories of WFP beneficiaries of a cash-transfer program to help people living with HIV in this covid-stricken period. I scripted, filmed and edited it.
Here is the showreel of the documentary projects I worked on in over 20 countries, most of them in Africa.