Cristina Gallardo Ortega 340 Harrow Road, W9 2HP London 07774 260 343 info@cristinagallardo.com

http://www.cristinagallardo.com

Education and training

Dates 2013/2014

Course MA in Science Journalism Teaching institution CITY UNIVERSITY,

London, UNITED KINGDOM International level Master's degree, 1 year, 90 ECTS credits.

Dates 2006/2011 Qualification

awarded Bachelor of Journalism Upper Second Class Degree

Teaching institution COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID, Madrid, SPAIN

International level Long cycle degree, 5 years, 3.270 hours of taught classes and practical training.

Dates August 2013 Training course Foreign Correspondent's Programme

Media training programme for journalists. Work placement in Helsingin Sanomat. Teaching institution MINISTY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FINLAND

Helsinki, FINLAND

Work experience

Dates 01/06/2014 30/06/2014 Employer RESEARCH

London, UNITED KINGDOM Position held Freelance science reporter

Tasks Writing news stories and doing interviews for Research Europes online bulletin and magazine.

Dates 09/12/2013 PRESENT Employer SCIDEV.NET

London, UNITED KINGDOM Position held Freelance multimedia science reporter

Tasks Writing news stories. Covering science events. Producing videos, radio stories and infographics, using Adobe Premiere, iMovie, and web-based tools such as CartoDB.

Dates 01/03/2013 31/07/2013

Employer EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Brussels, BELGIUM

Position held Schuman trainee at the Directorate-General for Communication Tasks Drafting of press releases, minutes and reports for the press service in English and Spanish.

Editing of the daily "EP in the media" review. Producing a monthly Spanish Newsletter ahead of the Plenary Session. Revising legislation to elaborate an overview of main points and measures adopted. Media monitoring: preparing compilations and media analyses on political issues covering all EU Member States. Assisting in the organisation of press conferences, meetings and media seminars for journalists.

Dates 01/01/2012 31/12/2012 Employer SPAIN'S INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCY EFE

London, UNITED KINGDOM Position held Multimedia Foreign Correspondent La Caixa Traineeship

Tasks Covering news events of interest for Spanish-speaker readers, with a special focus on health, science and environment. Producing stand-up stories as well as video and radio materials, using Adobe Premiere and Audacity.

Dates 01/01/2011 31/12/2012

Employer SPAIN'S INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCY EFE Madrid, SPAIN

Position held Multimedia reporter La Caixa Traineeship Tasks Covering press conferences and writing news items, reports and interviews for the Society and Future department about

various topics like immigration, religion, social issues, science, health and communication.

Dates 01/12/2008 31/12/2011 Employer ORDONS NEWS

Madrid, SPAIN Position held Multimedia Editor and Social Media Manager

Tasks Covering energy stories for its English website. Editing and designing an online monthly publication, using Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and InDesign). Managing the Social Media strategy, focused on social networks and professional communities.

Other internships 01/12/2009 30/04/2010

TV Reporter at EUROPA PRESS NEWS AGENCY, Madrid, SPAIN Summer 2009 and 2010

Radio journalist at ONDA CERO RADIO, Santander, SPAIN

Awards October 2013 Next Generation of Science Journalists Award 2013

Organised by the European Union of Science Journalists Associations (EUSJA) and the World Health Summit (WHS).

October 2010 III Enresa Nature Photography Award 2010, two second prizes. Organised by EFE News agency and Enresa.

Skills and competences

Driving licence Category B

Mother tongue(s) Spanish

Other language(s) English Level C2, IELTS 8.0. Language courses in UK, Malta, Canada, and Australia. Computer

competences Good command of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); design software (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign); video and audio editing software (Adobe Premiere and Audition, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Audacity, Mar4Wan, Mar4Win). Knowledge of HTML and XML.

References

Connie St. Louis, Science journalist and Director of MA in Science Journalism at City University London. 0780 22 13 805

c.stlouis@city.ac.uk