San Francisco County, San Francisco, CA, USA
$350 - $500 / Day
Débora Silva is a Brazilian journalist now residing in California. She started her career at a television station in São Paulo, Brazil, right after graduating with a degree in Journalism. For four years, she worked as a reporter and producer for a documentary news program about social and political issues in Brazil. In 2009, Débora moved to California to pursue a career as an international correspondent. She graduated in June 2014 from a Master’s Degree program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism with emphasis in television. Following her graduation, Débora served as the Associate Producer for a PBS (Frontline) documentary, RAPE ON THE NIGHT SHIFT – an investigation on the sexual abuse of immigrant women in the janitorial industry. Débora is fluent in Portuguese and English and proficient in Spanish. Her broadcasting skills include shooting and editing videos (Premiere and Avid), producing video segments (studio and field), on-air reporting and interviewing.
Produced for UC Berkeley
A segment about the opportunities and challenges residents of São Paulo encountered while the city geared up for the World Cup in 2014.
Produced for Fusion Media Networks
Make-up tutorial: How to hide from facial recognition
Produced for KQED
Video profile of Brittsense, an Oakland native photojournalist who communities of color around the US.
Produced for Oakland North
Oakland, California, is considered one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Reporter Débora Silva followed an Oakland resident whose first-hand experience with gun violence dramatically changed her life. Click on the player above to watch the video.
Produced for TelevisaUnivision
Profile of Chilean Enrique Muñoz, Senior Vice President, Advertising and Search at Yahoo.
Produced for KQED
In the past 5 years, there were more than 550 homicides in Oakland, most in shootings. According to data by the Urban Strategies Council, 143 Oakland residents age 17 and under were shot in 2011- six of them fatally. A group of demonstrators are pleading to be heard by the police, policymakers and their own community. They call themselves SAVE, an acronym for Soldiers Against Violence Everywhere.
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