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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