Two Drops of Journalism

“They admire you or they hate you.” That used to be a common phrase at the newsroom during my year as a journalism intern at the now 127-year-old newspaper Listín Diario. It was a worthy, challenging, dangerous career. And, at the oldest outlet of the Dominican Republic it was the place where only the best-of-the-best could thrive to become and print their words on a sheet to be sold to 10 million inhabitants.

It was also a #JournalismSoMale that none of the digital or print outlets I applied to gave me the opportunity to continue developing my skills, after I won my first National Journalism Award at age 23. It was too much to handle, even for the paper I earned my award from. That was back in 2013.

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A Web Series on Dominican Diaspora

After I arrived from DR in April, 2015, one of my first job opportunities was as a line producer for a web series project in NYC. It happened thanks to Renato Brea, my college Film Professor from Santiago. Together with actor and poet Francis Mateo, we worked on a six month series published on YouTube about the Dominican diaspora in Northern Manhattan.

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Cultura y Cine/Film and Culture: Webseries El Alto

Caminando por el Alto Manhattan tras mi llegada reciente a Estados Unidos, me encontré con el sonidista y director de cine Renato Brea.

Nunca pensé yo que quien fue mi profesor de guion y técnica cinematográfica en República Dominicana hace par de años iba a involucrarme en mi siguiente aventura profesional fuera del Caribe.

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El futuro es tu última acción / Future is you last act

Me he pasado el día intentando encontrar el autor que pronunció la frase de esta semana. Resulta difícil aceptar que quienes luchan por los recursos naturales se van a destiempo o no son tomadas en cuenta.

Quizás, a sabiendas que no lograremos una larga vida o que nunca recibiremos el Pulitzer por esto, es que debemos tener una actitud diferente y hacer las cosas porque no esperamos algo a cambio más que la satisfacción personal de un reembolso a largo plazo.

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