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GIOVANNA Z. RINALDO

// JOURNALIST

[email protected] / +34 656 265 067 / TWITTER: @GIOZRINALDO / GIOVANNAZR.WEEBLY.COM

Trilingual journalist and master in international relations candidate with academic formation in Brazil, the United States and Spain. Award-winning political and sports analyst, with experience as a newspaper editor-in-chief, editorial director and sports editor, as well as with the Brazilian Football Federation. Recipient of a Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence recognition, and winner of over 20 collegiate awards in various journalistic fields.

EXPERIENCE

— ''CAMPUS TIMES’' NEWSPAPER 2015-2017 UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE Editor in Chief, Sports Editor, Editorial Director and Staff Writer. Story assigning, editing and proofreading for content and grammar and section/pages layout. Creator of weekly content for different sections (Sports, News, Arts, Life, Opinions, Editorials). Weekly coverage and field reporting of ULV men’s soccer team for two seasons. — LA VERNE MAGAZINE 2016-2017 UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE Writer, responsible for producing one story per semester with interviews and research about university personalities, pitching ideas and copy editing peer feature stories

EDUCATION

— UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE B.A. IN JOURNALISM ---- MAGNA CUM LAUDE HONORS ---- DEPARTMENTAL HONORS — MARYMOUNT CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE --- PHI THETA KAPPA HONORS

ENGLISH: NATIVE/BILINGUAL PORTUGUESE: NATIVE/BILINGUAL SPANISH: WORKING PROFICIENCY ITALIAN: ELEMENTARY PROFICIENCY FRENCH: ELEMENTARY PROFICIENCY

HONORS / AWARDS

— BRAZILIAN SOCCER FEDERATION (CBF) JUNE 2017 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL Broadcast experience in two international games of the Brazilian National Team, translation of articles from Portuguese to English, writing pre-game articles, following news of the national team and Brazilian championships for news clippings. participation in meetings of the Brazilian soccer ethics committee

— IE SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS M.A. IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

LANGUAGES

JULY 2019

FEB. 2018

SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS MARK OF EXCELLENCE: — GENERAL NEWS REPORTING, SMALL — SPORTS WRITING, SMALL (FINALIST) — FEATURE WRITING, SMALL (FINALIST) CAMPUS TIMES NEWSPAPER: — WRITER OF THE YEAR (2018) — WRITER OF THE YEAR (2017) — EDITOR'S AWARD (2017) — SPORTS STORY, 1ST PLACE (2018) — SPORTS STORY, 2ND PLACE (2018) — SPORTS STORY, 1ST PLACE (2017) — SPORTS STORY, 1ST PLACE (2016) — COLUMN, 1ST PLACE (2018) — COLUMN, 2ND PLACE (2017) — EDITORIAL, 1ST PLACE (2018) — HUMAN INTEREST, 1ST PLACE (2018) — HUMAN INTEREST, 1ST PLACE (2016) — HUMAN INTEREST, 3RD PLACE (2017) — INVESTIGATIVE, 1ST PLACE (2018) — INVESTIGATIVE, 3RD PLACE (2018) — INVESTIGATIVE, 3RD PLACE (2017) — NEWS, 3RD PLACE (2018)

LA VERNE MAGAZINE: MAY 2015

— EDITOR'S AWARD (2016) — PERSONALITY STORY, 1ST PLACE (2017)