My aspirations are to become a reporter in the cultural field and produce documentaries, podcasts, or anything involving audio/visual storytelling. I have a profound interest in people’s stories, literature, history, food and art. I’m also developing a strong interest in environmental journalism.
Since I graduated, I have been doing freelance reporting for The New Britain Herald, a local newspaper located in Connecticut, for which I pitch and write about cultural events.
When I was a UConn student, I had the chance to intern at People Are Culture and Flip The Lens, two outlets that focus on cultural reporting. You can find the content I produced in my written work and multimedia section.
In my free time, I got involved with UCTV, the student-run television, where I was the assistant news director focusing on video editing. I was also involved in the university’s student newspaper, The Daily Campus, for which I wrote a few article about subjects I liked.
Check out the reportage and writing I have done for those outlets!
I grew up in France until my 20’s and moved to the United States with my father to complete my studies. I began learning about journalism when I was 15 years old during a short internship at France 3 Midi-Pyrénées, a regional television station in my home country. There, I engaged with various news professionals and discovered the many ways of being a journalist. It was quite striking to learn the variety of jobs in journalism, each with their own responsibilities and particular skills sets.
In my free time, I like to go outside and walk. I enjoy reading books with a good cup of tea when the weather becomes dreary, or outside in a comfy chair on warm, sunny days. I also love cats, the smell of books, cooking, watching documentaries and taking pictures of pretty things.
Contact me at mainaa.durafour@gmail.com, on LinkedIn or Instagram.
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