Professional Bio
María Angélica Kaltwasser, or Pelu Kaltwasser as everyone knows her, is a Chilean journalist with 4 years of working experience, interested in multimedia journalism, online communication, web development and social media. She currently works at Universidad de los Andes’ Communications Department, in charge of the social media strategy and the content of the institutional web site (www.uandes.cl). She is currently accepted to the Multimedia Master of Arts Program at University of Miami (2010-2012).
Multimedia Projects
Special Olympics Live (2009)
http://live.specialolympics.org
Multimedia live coverage of the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games that took place in Idaho on February 2009, featuring video and photography stories about athletes all over the world.
Videographer (Marcelo Quintero’s story) and Behind the Scenes team.
Awards: Two gold medals on the Horizon Interactive Awards, in the categories College & University, and Public Service / Non-Profit.
South of Here (2008)
http://www.southofhere.org
Interactive multimedia documentary about Patagonia featuring photography, audio, video stories, 3D graphics and info-graphics.
Videographer (Sampling the Past) and Translator.
Awards: Online News Association (ONA) 2008 Student Journalism Winner
http://journalist.org/awards/archives/001258.php
Studies
How to write for the web (2009)
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, University of Texas at Austin (E-learning)
Economía y Finanzas: Seminario de Perfeccionamiento para Periodistas (2007)
Universidad Católica de Chile y el diario El Mercurio.
Journalism Degree (2006)
Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile.
BS in Social Communication (2005)
Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile.
Training in Computer-assisted Reporting (2004)
Universidad Diego Portales y World Press Institute.
