Bilingual freelance journalist based in Italy (Milan) with a knack for turning quirky ideas into stories about the bigger picture.
contact: email info AT nicolemartinelli.com or online form.
Internet
Explores the intersection between modern Italian culture and technology for Wired, writes a weekly column about daily life in the Bel Paese at Spot-on and has written/edited news site zoomata.com since 1999.
Print
Her work has appeared in Newsweek, The Economist, Marie Claire UK, Dream of Italy, International Tours & Tourism News, Vanity Fair (Italy) and Linux Magazine (Italy).
Clips available here.
Television
Projects include:
• “One Step Beyond” Discovery Channel Int.
Stories including Tuscany’s sword in the stone and molecular cooking.
• “Meet the Neighbors” BBC2
Pre-produced segments on the modern Italian man, youth religious movements, the beauty obsession and cowboy craze.
• Sorena Productions/Becker Entertainment (Australia)
Produced travel segments for numerous programs in Italy including Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Naples, Como, Verona and pre-produced expeditions in Sudan and Libya.
•Foreign News Coordinator “Verissimo” Canale 5, Mediaset Milan
For three years, produced up to five stories a week for 6 p.m. news and entertainment program aired on national Italian network.
Education
Masters Degree, Communications and Media, University of Florence, Italy
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, San Francisco State University, California
California State University International Program, Florence
Skills
Language: English mother tongue, fluent written and spoken Italian, French/Spanish tourist survival level.
Computer knowledge: Enthusiastic early adopter of new technologies, skills include basics in Quark express, InDesign, HTML, Dreamweaver, PHP nuke, RSS and blogging platforms.
Photography: basic digital skills to illustrate stories.
Personal details
American citizen, permanent Italian work visa
Member of Italian society of professional journalists
Other interests: hiking, slow food, hagiography and critical mass bike rides.