Valerie Berta
valerieberta@hotmail.com

Experience

Photographer/Writer

  1. Kelly Miller Circus (Hugo, OK) - March 2008 to present

Photographer/Writer

  1. Circus Chimera (Hugo, OK) – January to October 2006, January to July 2007

Visiting Lecturer (photojournalism)

  1. Institut Universitaire Technique (Sophia Antipolis, France) – October to December 2006

Assistant

  1. Smith/Skolink Literary Management (Plainfeild, NJ) – Spring 2005, Spring 1996

Staff Photographer

  1. The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) – December 2002 to November 2004
  2. The Journal-Courier (Jacksonville, IL) – August 2000 to November 2002, reporting and writing
  3. Columbia Missourian (Columbia, MO) – Summer 1992

Freelance Photographer

  1. The Washington Post, The Houston Chronicle, Agence France-Presse Wire (Paris France) – October 1999 to April 2000
  2. Various local organizations and publications (Wilmington, DE, Paris, France) 1995

Photo Editor

  1. Agence France-Presse Web Site (Paris, France) – July 1996 to July 1997
  2. Agence France-Presse International Picture Desk (Paris, France, Hong Kong, China) – August 1997 to August 1999

Assistant Coordinator for Pictures of the Year

  1. University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO) – Winter 1994 (staff – Winter1995)

Photo Intern

  1. The Herald Journal (Logan, UT) – Fall 1994
  2. The News Journal (Wilmington, DE) – Summer 1993

Founder and Director of the Voices Workshop

  1. Children’s workshop (Columbia, MO) Fall1 1992 – Winter 1993 – Summer 1994

Education

Master's Degrees

  1. Journalism, University of Missouri – Colombia (Columbia, MO) – 1991 to 1994
  2. English, Universite Paris VII (Paris, France) – 1984 to 1989

Language skills

  1. French (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent)

References

  1. Maria Mann: Corbis, Director of News and Assignments, Europe, Middle East and Africa (Paris, France) - (33) 1-53-33-38-00
  2. Joel Beeson: Assistant Professor of Visual Communications, P.I. Reed School of Journalism, West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) - (304) 293-3505
  3. Steve Warmowski: Photo Editor, The Journal-Courier (Jacksonville, IL) - (217) 245-6121



 
 
 

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