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ARNALDO HERNANDEZ DIAZ

Phone: 077**-******

e-mail: **********@*****.***

An award-winning journalist, reporter and news editor. A highly versatile and creative producer, with good interpersonal skills and a pleasant and confident approach to every type of work, used to working under pressure and to deadlines. An energetic and enthusiastic member of a team but also happy to work alone.

KEY SKILLS

• Experience writing contents for news websites

• Specialist in Cuban and Latin American affairs

• Directing large teams (as news editor) and working in smaller teams as a producer or reporter.

• Identify, source and research stories suitable for a variety of programs and genres on national radio and TV

• Producing and directing packages, features and programs for national radio and TV

• Ability to manage talent both in front of and behind the microphone

• Source, prepare, write and update website content according to editorial requirements

• Experienced TV cameraman and director.

• Spanish as a mother-tongue but a fluent English speaker.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Fifteen years of television experience across a wide variety of programs including panel shows, magazine programs, documentaries and news programs.

• Editor of internet website news service.

• News editor of main news programs on national Cuban TV responsible

for output of twenty reporters, producers, directors and editors.

• In charge of coverage of large, high-profile events on Cuban national television; Latin American Summit of Leaders of State, the 11th Youth Festival, the visit of his Holiness the Pope Juan Pablo II to Cuba

• Producer and director of social and current affairs programs including an acclaimed documentary about the 1994 Cuban migrant crisis.

• International Affairs correspondent for Havana Television

• Creator, producer and director of weekly crime program which ran for nine years on national television.

• Experienced writer and print journalist in sports, news and current affairs for national Cuban broadsheets

QUALIFICATIONS

2008-2009 MA in Arts and International Journalism. Cardiff University.

1986 -1991 BA in Journalism, Havana University. 'Outstanding'

2001-2002 English Diploma Bell Language School.

Norwich, England.

TRAINING

2006 Writing International News. Reuters foundation course

2002 Journalism, ITN, London.

2002 Integral Summer Course of International Journalism. Thomson Foundation, Cardiff, Wales.

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