About Mario Furloni
Mario Furloni is a student at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, where he's specializing in long-form video journalism. He also studies radio production. Mario grew up in a farm outside Rio de Janeiro, and now lives in Oakland, CA.
Education:
- Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
- August 2009 - May 2011
- Bates College
- September 2002 - May 2006
- French Language and Literature Phi Beta Kappa Society French Honors
Published Stories:
- Pot Country Movie
- McLean & Furloni
- Pot Country is a half-hour documentary about the semi-legal crop that powers much of rural northern California. Seen through the eyes of a 5th generation ex-logger and a back-to-the-land grandma who makes her living as a grower, Pot Country is a story about survival in Humboldt County and a community in flux.
- Clinical Trials: Professional Guinea Pigs
- TIME.com
- Human subjects are paid in Phase 1 clinical trials to test the toxicity levels of new drugs. Some make a profession out of it, but researchers worry about health risks.
- Pacifying Rio
- PBS Need to know
In anticipation of the 2014 World Cup in Rio, Brazil has begun an aggressive program to reduce crime in its favelas.
- For the Disabled, a Day at the Beach (Video Editor)
- TIME.com
- Every year, volunteers in Santa Cruz get together to offer a day on the beach to people with physical and mental disabilities.
- Why do We Tip?
- KALX North Gate Radio
- Mario Furloni talks to servers and customers in the East Bay about the joys and miseries of tipping.
- After 136 years, UC Berkeley Printing Services closes its doors
- KALW Crosscurrents
- The UC Berkeley Printing Services has been in operation for 136 years, printing everything from the school’s internal publications to the original United Nations Charter in 1945.
- Five Teenagers
- Oakland North
- Five teenagers from east Oakland talk about living with violence and trying to do something about it.
- Laundromats: an Investigation
- Oakland North
- The great human truths: Death, taxes and … laundry?
Awards:
- 2010 AEJMC Best of the Web Contest (May 2010)
- Honorable Mention: Five Teenagers. Team Journalism category
- Randy Shilts Memorial Award for Exceptional Reporting (April 2010)
- Five Teenagers with Kate McLean and Richard Parks
- Award for Excellence in New Media or Reporting on Technology (April 2010)
- Five Teenagers With Kate McLean and Richard Parks
Work Experience:
- Video Unit Intern
- TIME.com - New York NY ( June 2010 - )
- Shot and edited video pieces for TIME magazine's online publication.
- Production Assistant
- FRONTLINE/World - Berkeley CA ( January 2010 - May 2010 )
- Edited and assisted with research and translation at PBS's international companion to FRONTLINE.
- Independent Audio Producer
- WHQR – NPR affiliate - Wilmington NC ( January 2009 - August 2009 )
- Researched, wrote, recorded, and edited an hour-long audio documentary on the local film industry.
- Production Assistant
- Segunda Feira Filmes - Rio de Janeiro ( October 2007 - April 2008 )
- Co-write scripts and grant proposals. Operate cameras and assist with field production, subtitles and international release.
- Post-production Assistant
- The Empowerment Project - Chapel Hill NC ( January 2007 - April 2007 )
- Create and catalog digital archive of broadcast data for future projects. Edit interviews. Research and compile information
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