Professional Bio
María Angélica Kaltwasser is a Chilean journalist with 7 years of working experience, interested in corporate and digital communication, web development and social media. She currently works as Marketing Communications Manager at Dimension Data (a $4.7 billion global ICT services and solutions provider), in charge of all internal and external communications, PR and events.
For a complete overview of her professional experience, please visit her LinkedIn profile.
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
Mentions
The Best of Photojournalism 2010
Web Site Winners – Documentary Video
Honorable Mention: Eileen Mignoni for “Facing Deportation”
Contributors: Pelu Kaltwasser, Copy Editor – Spanish
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.
