LILIANA MICHELENA

Contact information
lilianamichelena@gmail.com
lmichelena@berkeley.edu
(510) 860-5682
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ABOUT ME TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY

Peruvian journalist in the New Media track at the UC Berkeley Adobe Creative Suite
Graduate School of Journalism. Four years of experience in HTML
breaking news, analysis and feature writing in Spanish, plus CSS
one in English, for both web and print production. Experience Tableau
with a wide range of beats, from Politics to Sports. Covered the Google Fusion Tables
Rio 2016 Olympics as a sports and culture writer. Especially WordPress
interested in the potential of digital journalism and multimedia Social Media Management
storytelling to serve an ever-evolving audience. Video and photo equipment

WORK EXPERIENCE SKILLS

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Active listening

Global News Intern, 2017 Creativity
Teamwork and communication
Current intern at the Rio de Janeiro bureau, producing Bilingual reporting
multi-format reporting, spot news and enterprise stories of Database research
global and regional interest. My work has been focused
especially on Brazils political and economic crisis, citywide
security issues and Olympic legacy.

LANGUAGES
DIARIO EL COMERCIO
Special Projects Writer, 2015-2016 English
Spanish
Reported on local, international, sports and cultural subjects.
Portuguese
Executed the newspapers plan for a graphic and editorial
French
makeover in collaboration with the infographics and design
departments. Covered sports administration crises (FIFA, IOC,
IAAF). Newspapers correspondent at the Rio Olympics, including AWARDS
live Twitter coverage, daily stories and blog posts.

EL COMERCIOS AWARD FOR JOURNALISTIC EXCELLENCE -

CARETAS MAGAZINE
Reporter, 2012-2015
Wrote sport stories and features. Reported on trends and
cultural issues, especially Limas challenges regarding its
crumbling architectural heritage. Wrote and reported for
Antifaz, a Caretas quarterly thematic publication on subjects like
the FIFA World Cup, gastronomy and technology.
EDUCATION
BEST DESIGN
EL COMERCIOS AWARD FOR JOURNALISTIC EXCELLENCE -
BEST INTERACTIVE WORK
Lima, 2016
Won in collaboration with my colleagues for an interactive
special that reected the expectations and the numbers of The
Rolling Stones long-awaited rst concert in Peru. The awards
recognized the combination of multimedia resources and
navigation elements in a developing story. Can be found at:
http://elcomercio.pe/especiales/rolling-stones-tour-ole/

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Berkeley, California, 2016-2018 EXTRACURRICULARS
Graduate School of Journalism
Soccer (former
Javelin thrower
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATLICA DEL PER Peruvian international)
Lima, Peru, 2008-2013
Communication Arts and Sciences - Journalism

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