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Maria Luisa Cavalcanti is a seasoned multimedia journalist with extensive experience in research, production, and storytelling for various media outlets. She has a strong background in languages, including Portuguese, French, and Spanish, and has worked on projects covering current affairs, sports, and entertainment. With a degree in Media Studies - Journalism from USP - Universidade de São Paulo, she has honed her skills in video journalism, single-camera operation, video editing, and management skills.

Experience

  • Box To Box Films
    • London Area, United Kingdom
    • Assistant Producer
      • Jun 2021 - Present
      • London Area, United Kingdom

    • Assistant Producer
      • Jun 2012 - Present
      • London, United Kingdom

      Researching stories, casting contributors, carrying out interviews, negotiating access to location and archive, and setting up filming in Latin America and Europe for different factual documentaries (Netflix, Channel 4, Discovery, Science Channel, PBS).

    • Casting Producer - Global Branded Content
      • May 2012 - Present
      • London, United Kingdom

      Researching and pre-selecting "real life" contributors and producing casting interviews in Latin America and in France for advertising campaigns for global brands, including Dove/Unilever, LinkedIn and Skype.

    • Freelance multimedia journalist
      • Nov 2010 - Present
      • London, United Kingdom

      Working as a researcher, producer, translator and editor for UK media companies with an interest in Brazil, and for Brazilian outlets covering the UK. Recent projects include translation/adaptation of BBC Worldwide content to Brazil; and reporting and writing for Brazilian GQ and Vogue magazines.Advising and giving interviews on Brazilian affairs to UK media outlets, such as ITV, Channel 5, BBC London Radio, LBC Radio 97.3.

    • UK correspondent
      • May 2014 - May 2020
      • London, United Kingdom

      Reporting and writing about UK news and current affairs for RFI Brazilian Portuguese section, on radio and online.

  • El País
    • São Paulo Area, Brazil
    • Portuguese Translator
      • May 2014 - Jan 2017
      • São Paulo Area, Brazil

      Translating and adapting articles and editorials from Spanish to Portuguese.

  • BBC News
    • London, England, United Kingdom
    • Producer
      • Jan 2002 - Oct 2010
      • London, England, United Kingdom

      Multimedia role involving researching stories, conducting interviews, writing, editing and presenting items for radio, video and online outputs, covering news and current affairs for BBC News Brazil. As a self-shooting reporter, I had the chance to cover the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, as well as Brazilian presidential visits to Turkey and Denmark.

    • "Elle" Brasil Features Editor
      • Jul 1996 - Dec 2000

      • Writing and editing articles about arts, entertainment, current affairs, travel and fashion.• Was key part of the team who successfully re-targeted the magazine’s audience by reformulating the editorial guidelines, text, subjects covered, design and marketing, resulting in a 100% increase on the number of copies sold.Later worked as freelance Editor and Reporter for several other titles in the house, including "Playboy" "Nova" (Cosmopolitan Brasil), "Claudia", "Veja SP", "Exame", "Voce S/A" and "Superinteressante".

Education

  • 1990 - 1994
    USP - Universidade de São Paulo
    BA, Media Studies - Journalism
  • 2002 - 2010
    BBC Training
    Video Journalism, Single-camera Operation, Video Editing, Management Skills, Writing for Web

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