EXPERIENCE
Since 2012, my writing and multimedia work has focused on human rights, culture, diversity, representation, accessibility, and inclusion in health, the media sector, and society at large.
My work has appeared on The Independent, i-D, VICE, The Evening Standard, Refinery29, Business Insider, Dazed, The Huffington Post, Huck, and Lettera Donna, among others. I write in English and Italian, and my articles have been translated into French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, and Chinese.
In 2016, I was selected to join Pro Journo’s international reporting team in Davos, Switzerland, during the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. In 2014, I joined the Pro Journo ‘Women in the Media Industry’ Fellowship to report on challenges and positive models for women in the media.
I worked as a video host for VICE Italy and I have been a speaker and a moderator at national and international events, including the International Journalism Festival in Perugia.
EDUCATION
Goldsmiths, University of London / MA in Digital Journalism 2013 – 2014, LONDON
Distinction
My final project ‘One App a Day’ about the use of apps in the treatment of eating disorders was featured “as an editor’s pick” by The New York Times’ @NYTnow.
VIDEOS
ARTICLES
I have written for several different international media. Here is just a small selection from my online portfolio:
Come funziona quando decidi di donare il midollo osseo
Perché alcune persone hanno difficoltà a riconoscere i volti?
Perché non sopporti parlare al telefono, spiegato da uno psicologo
‘Mi sentivo in colpa’ – Come cambia il sesso quando sei depresso
Che fine hanno fatto i contraccettivi gratuiti per giovani promessi da varie regioni italiane?
Nella comunità childfree italiana, tra le donne che non vogliono figli
Il cancro al seno non fa di ogni donna una ‘guerriera’, e va bene così
Cosa fare quando sei senza soldi e vuoi andare dallo psicologo
What to do when pitching articles takes a toll
Considering writing a personal essay? Read our tips.
Tips for coping after reporting distressing and traumatic stories
How to handle gender identity in reporting
How the harassment of journalists impacts the news
Taking time off to recover from trauma or burnout
How to make digital news more accessible for audiences with disabilities
EVENTS
Moderator – Incontro su Eutanasia Legale, La Versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta (LU), Italy, 11 Luglio 2021
Moderated a talk with Marco Cappato (politician, activist, and treasurer of the Associazione Luca Coscioni) and Andrea Pertici (full professor of constitutional law at the University of Pisa) about legal euthanasia.
Speaker – ‘Interregno – Dialoghi tra generazioni’ di Editori Laterza, 17 Marzo 2021
Took part in an online event about feminism, with Chiara Saraceno (sociologist) and Silvia Semenzin (sociologist), moderated by Silvia Boccardi (journalist).
Speaker – L’esperienza della violenza di genere: buone pratiche tra deontologia e psicologia, Seravezza (LU), Italy, 23 Novembre 2019
One of three experts training journalists about covering gender-based violence and interviewing women survivors.
Speaker – International Journalism Festival, Perugia, Italy, April 2019
Co-hosted a workshop on how to get commissioned articles or investigations for the international media.
Moderator – Violenza sulle Donne: Realtà, Pregiudizi e Linguaggi a Confronto, Seravezza (LU), Italy November 2017
Moderated an event, organized on the weekend of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (November 25), about how words and narratives can contribute to a culture of violence.
Speaker – International Journalism Festival, Perugia, Italy, April 2017
Participated in a panel discussing the challenges presented to the media covering male violence against women, and especially femicide.
Speaker – International Education & Culture Week, London, UK, 2014
Presented the personal multimedia journalism project ‘Where Are All the Women?’ about the underrepresentation of women artists in galleries and museums.
Cristiana Bedei 