Pietro Lombardi

Multimedia journalist

Professional Experience

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April 2016 - Present

pietro.lombardi@fulbrightmail.org

Thomson Reuters Foundation, Data Journalist

Lead researcher and data journalist on a project on social enterprises worldwide; I have
coordinated a team of up to four interns

January - March 2016

CNN International, Digital producer - Intern

I wrote about 30 stories, most of which were published on the homepage, for several
desks; wrote headlines; managed CNN.coms regional pages (Europe, Africa, Asia,
Americas, Middle East); researched and edited pictures; built galleries and stories in
the CMS; used analytics tools to monitor and increase traffic and engagement

Honors & Awards

August 2014 - September 2015

The Washington Post, Investigative Intern

As part of a Fulbright grant, I worked as a graduate researcher for Pulitzer Prize-winning

journalist John Sullivan and other members of the investigative unit
Co-authored the front-page investigation Probable Cause, which looked at how police
officers in Washington, D.C. secure and execute residential search warrants
Contributed to two front-page investigations: Broken by the Bubble, part of the series
Dashed Dreams, a series looking at the plight of the black middle class, particularly in
Marylands Prince Georges County; Shaken Science A Disputed Diagnosis Imprisons
Parents, which explains how prosecutors build murder cases on disputed Shaken Baby
Syndrome diagnosis
I also published a story as a freelancer, A Pie in the Face for McDonalds, and helped
The Post in its coverage of the Vatican

Investigative Reporting Workshop, Graduate Fellow

Author of New journalism ecosystem thrives worldwide, a project to survey and study
nonprofit newsrooms around the world
Contributed to Assault on Justice, a five-month investigation that showed how often the
charge of assaulting a police officer was used in the District of Columbia, questioning its
potential for overuse particularly with minority men. For this story, my colleagues and I
researched more than 2,000 cases of assaulting a police officer charges from January 2012
through December 2014, analyzed them and built a database. Over the past year, the report
has won several national awards: an AP award for Outstanding Enterprise Reporting; the
Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize and the Murrow Award for Radio Investigative Reporting;
and was a finalist for an ONA Student Projects Pro-Am Award
Researcher for various senior editors; co-managed social media; wrote for the Workshops blog

April - August 2011

Corriere della Sera, Journalist

Journalist on the international desk; proofreader and subeditor; wrote articles, edited
photos and created graphics; from the newsroom, wrote about the war in Libya, the
Arab Spring, the earthquake in Japan, Osama bin Ladens death and the British Riots
National newspaper based in Milan, Italy, with circulation 417,578

2014: Fulbright scholarship

2010: Erasmus grant at
University of Malaga, Spain
2009: International Prize
of Journalism Maria Grazia
Cutuli, honorable mention

Skills
Language
Fluent in Italian, English
and Spanish

Computer

Suite Office: Word, Power

Point, Excel

SQL

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Premier

Audacity

CMS management

Hootsuite

Basic knowledge of GIS

(geographic information
systems), HTML and CSS
Social media management
SurveyGizmo

Qualtrics
SalesForce

Research

Accurint

LexisNexis

Pacer

Pietro Lombardi

Multimedia journalist

Multimedia experience

Education

October 2011 - June 2014

August 2015

In this period I had several professional and formative experiences. Among them:
Lived for six months in the U.K. to learn English
Wrote and produced stories for several Italian outlets, such as Corriere del Mezzogiorno
Worked as a communications specialist for institutions, businesses and events, such as
the Un-Habitat World Urban Forum
Voluntereer for Radio Siani (an anti-Mafia radio), as a radio author, reporter and speaker.
I generated ideas for stories; prepared and presented material on air for pre-recorded
and live pieces; identified guests and conducted both live and recorded interviews;
Attended the Multimedia Summer Camp in Latvia, whose workshops covered multimedia
journalism; debate and critical thinking; visual storytelling; data journalism

June 2007 - November 2009

Cronache di Napoli (local newspaper with circulation of 12,000), Journalist Naples, Italy.
I wrote more than 500 articles about politics, events, crime and everyday life

Organizations

IRE, Investigative Reporters and Editors, since June 2015; Ordine dei Giornalisti, the
Italian association of journalists, since November 2009

M.A.
Journalism and Public
Affairs
American University,
Washington, D.C.
July 2011

Masters degree
Multimedia editing and
new information professions
University La Sapienza,
Rome, Italy
Highest honors
July 2008

Bachelors degree
Communication
University Suor Orsola
Benincasa, Naples, Italy
Highest honors