EXPERIENCE
Digital Production Journalist
February 2025 – Present
- Digital Production Journalist at The Telegraph, subediting, factchecking and building articles on the Features & Lifestyle, Culture and News desk
Contributing Writer
October 2024 – Present
- Contributing writer at Far Out Magazine, The Italy Edit and Live In Italy.
Podcast Producer and Host
January 2025 – September 2025
- Hosted and produced an investigative podcast for the award-winning audio journalism platform Podium on the scrapping of humanities degrees and departments across the UK
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y.
August 2023 – May 2024
- Writer for Columbia News Service covering both breaking news and feature stories.
- Reporter and producer on a weekly news podcast that also broadcasted as a live radio show (Uptown Radio). As city services reporter, I covered local and national breaking news.
- Booked in guests for interviews and prepped hosts.
- Researched and fact-checked breaking news and it unfolded
- Cut and mixed tape on four different audio-editing software to deadline.
Writer, UCL Her Campus, London, United Kingdom
September – May 2023
- Staff writer for UCL Her Campus covering female-focused topics. Exhibition reviews, culture, TikTok and mental health topics.
Editorial Intern, Fondazione Sala 1, Rome, Italy
March 2022 – July 2022
- Editorial Intern, curating two major exhibitions.
- Translated texts for catalogues and articles from English to Italian.
- Conducted interviews with competing galleries to connect with emerging contemporary artists.
Digital Content Intern, Belisarius Art & Design, London, United Kingdom
May 2021 – July 2021
- Managed social media pages and produced content for website.
- Assisted in sales of art works to international clients.
EDUCATION
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y.
August 2023 – May 2024
- Masters of Science with Honours in reporting.
- Trained in journalism ethics, law, investigative techniques, business and audio production.
- Copy-editing, fact-checking and publishing of N+2, a memoir and history magazine.
- Gathered string on student protests on campus and interviewed by the Associated Press.
- Investigative study into illegal gig economy business model of food delivery apps in NYC.
- Masters thesis on aging with HIV.
University College London, London, United Kingdom
2019 – 2023
- BA Italian and History of Art.
- awarded First Class Honours.
- Erasmus year at Sapienza University in Rome. Sat written and verbal exams in Italian. Average score: 28/30.
SKILLS
Languages
Bilingual in Italian and English, conversational in French, proficient in Spanish.
IT Skills
Pro Tools, Adobe Audition, Hindenburg, Descript, Word Press, social media.
CONTACT
cecilia.blotto@gmail.com
Cecilia Blotto 