Alessandra Freitas Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

• Pitch stories, guests and segments
• Source out and edit videos for air, many during live coverage and breaking news situations
• Clear footage for air and work with producers to have the best elements for segments and packages
• Make graphics
• Write scripts
• Conduct research and find sources

New York, New York

• Pitch stories, guests and segments — including an in-depth investigation I did with CNN Investigates about a sexual harassment scandal involving a prominent director at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• Source out and edit videos for air, many during live coverage and breaking news situations
• Clear footage for air and work with producers to have the best elements for segments and packages
• Make graphics for New Day and Early Start
• Write scripts for Early Start
• Conduct research and find sources for New Day, Early Start and CNN Newsroom with Ana Cabrera

Greater New York City Area

• Work closely with editors and product team to increase user engagement both on-site and off-platform
• Coordinate the creation of platform-specific content, including live video and flash briefings for voice platforms such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home
• Work with video team to create a video strategy for Barron's magazine
• Lead overall social strategy across platforms, in conjunction with the audience development team

• Interview sources, conduct research and co-write a multimedia investigative story about maternal death
• Tracked down sources, gathered and analyzed data for an investigative story on military waste

Greater New York City Area

• Led a digital experiential project to expand HuffPost's presence on voice platforms by nailing down video, audio and social media strategies for devices like Amazon Alexa and Google Home
• Conducted research, found sources, reached out to influencers and developed social media strategies for "Listen to America", a 25-city bus tour focused on reporting overlooked stories across the United States
• Wrote human interest stories for the website, including one about a Holocaust survivor that got over 63,000 shares
• Worked with the NewsLab team on emerging platform projects to improve create engaging and interactive content

• Created video explainers on complex financial issues using After Effects
• Conducted user-testing and A/B testing for the video team

• Worked under tight deadlines to produce daily online articles on politics, culture, human rights and the city of Sao Paulo
• Reported weekly news stories for the print version of the magazine, including cover stories such as an investigation on the possible deactivation of a major overpass in São Paulo due to drug trafficking
• Co-wrote blog Últimas de São Paulo (Sao Paulo’s latest news) on the city’s breaking news
• Author of the blog 20 e Poucos Anos (20 Something Years), dedicated to the younger audience

• Produced dozens of stories for a 30-minute monthly TV newscast on everything from the dictatorship heritage in São Paulo to the illegal homeless occupation in an abandoned public building in Sao Paulo
• Reported, shot, edited and presented news and feature packages

• Led and produced an hour-long special report on the decontamination of a major water source in Sao Paulo

Reporter of the website. Daily articles about culture in Brazil.

Master’S Degree, Journalism And Media Technology, 2017

The Studio 20 concentration at NYU is a master's program focused on digital and multimedia journalism. The curriculum addresses.

Bachelor’S Degree, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Revista Esquinas, Edição Extra, Radio Gazeta, General Culture website.Reporter of magazine Esquinas Monitor.

8-Week Broadcast Journalism Program, Broadcast Journalism