Periodista/Journalist, London-based. BBC 100 Women content lead. Antes, corresponsal en el Cono Sur y Los Ángeles - tweets inglés + español. Opinions, my own.
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Joined February 2010
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Longlisted! Feels good, baby... En la lista de candidatos para los One World Media Awards #OWMAwards2020 @onewm en la categoría Radio con el documental sobre #HistoriasDesobedientes Una buena en cuarentena #podcast 📻🎤👂 bbc.co.uk/programmes/p080wqs…
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La versión en español de nuestro docu sobre traileras mexicanas está ya disponible en @bbcmundo con @MisssLouise
#UlisesEscamilla
@leire_ventas
@bbc_perasso youtube.com/watch?v=ehTrc9PZ…
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🎙️ Podcast Recommendation for your weekend! 🌍✨ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5b…
As #COP28 comes to an end, I talk to three leading African activists @suechomba @theglobaltemi and #Sahondra Kiplagat on effects of Climate Change on women 🌿🔊 #BBC100Women #ClimateAction #ClimateAnxiety
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Our doc on Mexico's traileras is out on
@bbcworldservice with @MisssLouise @leire_ventas Ulises Escamilla @bbc_perasso for @BBC100women
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We followed two 'traileras' in their journeys through Mexico's dangerous roads. Long doc coming out soon for @BBC100women with @MisssLouise #UlisesEscamilla @leire_ventas @bbc_perasso
Less than 3% of global lorry drivers are women. In Mexico, Clara wants to see female truckers be the norm, despite the dangers
bbc.in/3GbWCMT
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📢 The BBC has revealed its list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2023!
28 climate pioneers are celebrated on the #BBC100Women list, alongside @MichelleObama, @AitanaBonmati, Amal Clooney and @AmericaFerrera.
More ➡️ bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/b…
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Really proud to win this award, but especially to win with @bbc_perasso . Thank you to so many people, including @aaricciardelli for giving us his talent and @ClaireWNews for giving us time and support.
Congratulations to our Documentary award winners, @bbc_perasso and @GeniePearce for their @BBC / @BBC100women documentary!
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Congratulations to our Documentary award winners, @bbc_perasso and @GeniePearce for their @BBC / @BBC100women documentary!
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Round of applause for @tuimclean & @BBC100women’s The Last of Albania’s ‘Sworn Virgins’. This insightful documentary for @bbcworldservice and @BBC_Reel has taken home the prestigious Broadcast Programme of the Year, sponsored by @Visit_Morocco_ 🎥 #TravelMediaAwards
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That's a wrap for the Travel Media Awards 2023 in association with @Visit_Morocco_ ✨ Well done to all of the nominees! Let's come together tonight to celebrate our remarkable winners and extend warm congratulations to everyone for their outstanding work 👏 #TravelMediaAwards
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Feature writers! I will be at the @ONA conference in Philadelphia in 2 weeks, and I'd love to meet you if you are there too. I look for pitches for *blockbuster* stories - big, gripping, narrative pieces with strong characters and good access.
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Huge privilege to have had our Greenland project (documentary & long read) for @BBC100Women up for the Features Award among a brilliant showcase of important journalism #AmnestyMediaAwards @bbc_perasso @woodywmorris @ClaireWNews @lilo11 @fionacrack Special thanks to @lyberth_naja
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Very proud of @elaine_jung @woodrowmorris and @bbc_perasso - and hugely grateful and honoured that @lyberth_naja and the other women in Greenland who went through this shared their stories with us for @BBC100women
Huge privilege to have had our Greenland project (documentary & long read) for @BBC100Women up for the Features Award among a brilliant showcase of important journalism #AmnestyMediaAwards @bbc_perasso @woodywmorris @ClaireWNews @lilo11 @fionacrack Special thanks to @lyberth_naja
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Also excited to welcome to #ONAWLA this year: @laurencedsault, @LouiseRidley, @LydiaBelanger, @marianliu, @mmhirschh, @mikanaar, Molly Greene, @Busta_, @stephd323, @JeffersTess, @bbc_perasso, @zenyep (3/5)
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WATCH this wknd: Our documentary Greenland’s Lost Generation - @BBC100women goes to the heart of a birth control campaign that saw 1000s of women fitted with an IUD in the 60s & 70s, often without consent @woodrowmorris @bbc_perasso @ClaireWNews bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gln…
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For a woman to be ‘ordained’ as a priest in the Catholic Church, they face immediate excommunication. Thank you @father_anne and Olga Lucía Álvarez Benjumea for sharing your stories - beautifully told by @bbc_perasso and @GeniePearce with @aaricciardelli. 🎥 @BBCiPlayer @BBCWorld
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¡Lo veo y no lo creo! Y se me llenan los ojos de lágrimas.
🚨 The #BBC100Women 2022 list is out 🚨
It features inspiring and influential women from all around the world.
bbc.in/3VAGomy