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You're tasked with managing multilingual content. How can you ensure consistency across translation teams?
We have several clients who do this daily. One in particular, publishes in English, Chinese, and Malay daily and with multiple content. Each language section has an editor led by the Editor in Chief for overall messaging, mission, and audience reach. While there may be some content applicable to a specific language, adjustments are made to all three to appeal to the consuming audience.
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Last week, I had the honor of speaking on a panel at the 20th African Investigative Journalism Conference #AIJC hosted by the Wits Centre for…
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If you’re in media, you’re in the hospitality business. Your job: understanding people’s needs solving problems helping people make decisions…
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10 Years of WALO! Thank you to everyone that has been a part of making it what it is today. You guys are the real MVPs! Special shoutout to all of…
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Experience
Education
Volunteer Experience
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Advisory Board Member
Chicas Poderosas
- Present 4 years 5 months
Economic Empowerment
Chicas Poderosas es una comunidad global que promueve el cambio inspirando y fomentando el desarrollo de mujeres en medios de comunicación y creando oportunidades para que todas las voces sean escuchadas.
Desde su creación el objetivo de Chicas Poderosas ha sido promover el liderazgo femenino y la igualdad de género en los medios. Al interior de las empresas de medios las mujeres están sub representadas en los puestos de liderazgo y en cargos intermedios . También lo están como fuentes…Chicas Poderosas es una comunidad global que promueve el cambio inspirando y fomentando el desarrollo de mujeres en medios de comunicación y creando oportunidades para que todas las voces sean escuchadas.
Desde su creación el objetivo de Chicas Poderosas ha sido promover el liderazgo femenino y la igualdad de género en los medios. Al interior de las empresas de medios las mujeres están sub representadas en los puestos de liderazgo y en cargos intermedios . También lo están como fuentes informativas y como protagonistas de la noticia. Esto genera una agenda editorial con una perspectiva limitada, ya que excluye las voces y temáticas vinculadas a las mujeres y disidencias del debate público. Más aun, la subrepresentación de las mujeres en los medios perpetúa las desigualdades.
Para abordar la brecha de género en los medios, Chicas Poderosas ofrece capacitación profesional para brindar a mujeres y disidencias las habilidades concretas que necesitan para llevar su carrera al siguiente nivel, impulsar proyectos empresariales y promover el liderazgo femenino en el periodismo. Como comunidad, Chicas Poderosas ofrece a las mujeres que trabajan en medios una red de apoyo que funciona como un espacio para intercambiar conocimientos y experiencias, y brindar acceso a oportunidades para desarrollar sus carreras. Chicas Poderosas también está cambiando la narrativa para transformar el mundo, promoviendo espacios para la creación de proyectos de periodismo colaborativo. -
Advisory Board Member
Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston
- Present 8 years 7 months
Education
The Jack J. Valenti School of Communications at the University of Houston works to not only educate and promote the fields of communication to students but to also provide real work experience and mentoring as well as a global perspective to the various industry trends and challenges faced in the media environments today.
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Advisory Board Member
SembraMedia
- Present 8 years 4 months
Economic Empowerment
SembraMedia aims to increase the diversity of voices and quality content in Spanish by helping digital media entrepreneurs become more sustainable and successful.
Our long-term vision is to foster the development of new types of journalism and digital media by providing training, networking, business services and a broad range of support. Our larger mission is to help media entrepreneurs better serve their audiences by helping them to publish higher-quality information with greater integrity…SembraMedia aims to increase the diversity of voices and quality content in Spanish by helping digital media entrepreneurs become more sustainable and successful.
Our long-term vision is to foster the development of new types of journalism and digital media by providing training, networking, business services and a broad range of support. Our larger mission is to help media entrepreneurs better serve their audiences by helping them to publish higher-quality information with greater integrity and sustainability.
Projects
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Launch of Telemundo Houston and First Spanish Newscast in City
Telemundo launch in Houston - KTMD - and soon after the very first Spanish language newscast in the city.
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Launch of new Locke Bryan Productions Web Site
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Search engine friendly website designed to showcase the work of Locke Bryan Productions
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LAT TV Development and Launch Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio and Phoenix with coverage in 29 other markets
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Spanish language LPTV broadcast entity that grew from five cities (Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Phoenix and Austin) to serving 29 markets in the US
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Restructure of RTV B92 Serbia
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RTV B92 Moved both Radio and TV under one roof to new facilities - combining news teams and added a comprehensive web team that became a leader in news and content in the region
Other creatorsSee project
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Native or bilingual proficiency
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French
Limited working proficiency
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Romanian
Professional working proficiency
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Slovene
Limited working proficiency
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Serbian
Elementary proficiency
Organizations
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International News Media Association INMA
Proud New Member!
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SembraMedia http://sembramedia.org
Advisor Board Member
- PresentHonored to serve as part of the Advisory Board of SembraMedia, a non-profit association dedicated to helping entrepreneurial journalists and other startups that produce informative content online in Spanish. http://sembramedia.org We are creating this directory and online community to help digital content entrepreneurs connect with each other, share best practices, and support each other’s work. We focus on projects in Spanish in the U.S, Latin America and Spain, and we are always delighted…
Honored to serve as part of the Advisory Board of SembraMedia, a non-profit association dedicated to helping entrepreneurial journalists and other startups that produce informative content online in Spanish. http://sembramedia.org We are creating this directory and online community to help digital content entrepreneurs connect with each other, share best practices, and support each other’s work. We focus on projects in Spanish in the U.S, Latin America and Spain, and we are always delighted when our work encourages new projects anywhere in the world. Non-profit organization SembraMedia is a 501c3 non-profit based in the United States that operates under the fiscal sponsorship of the Institute for Non-profit News http://inn.org/.
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Jack J. Valenti School of Communications / University of Houston
Advisory Board Council
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Houston Community College Film and Audio School Advisory Board
Advisory Board Member
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Women in Film and Television Houston
Past Board Member
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AAF-Houston
Past Board Member
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