Valerie Berta
valerieberta@hotmail.com
Experience
Photographer/Writer
- Kelly Miller Circus (Hugo, OK) - March 2008 to present
Photographer/Writer
- Circus Chimera (Hugo, OK) – January to October 2006, January to July 2007
Visiting Lecturer (photojournalism)
- Institut Universitaire Technique (Sophia Antipolis, France) – October to December 2006
Assistant
- Smith/Skolink Literary Management (Plainfeild, NJ) – Spring 2005, Spring 1996
Staff Photographer
- The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) – December 2002 to November 2004
- The Journal-Courier (Jacksonville, IL) – August 2000 to November 2002, reporting and writing
- Columbia Missourian (Columbia, MO) – Summer 1992
Freelance Photographer
- The Washington Post, The Houston Chronicle, Agence France-Presse Wire (Paris France) – October 1999 to April 2000
- Various local organizations and publications (Wilmington, DE, Paris, France) 1995
Photo Editor
- Agence France-Presse Web Site (Paris, France) – July 1996 to July 1997
- Agence France-Presse International Picture Desk (Paris, France, Hong Kong, China) – August 1997 to August 1999
Assistant Coordinator for Pictures of the Year
- University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO) – Winter 1994 (staff – Winter1995)
Photo Intern
- The Herald Journal (Logan, UT) – Fall 1994
- The News Journal (Wilmington, DE) – Summer 1993
Founder and Director of the Voices Workshop
- Children’s workshop (Columbia, MO) Fall1 1992 – Winter 1993 – Summer 1994
Education
Master's Degrees
- Journalism, University of Missouri – Colombia (Columbia, MO) – 1991 to 1994
- English, Universite Paris VII (Paris, France) – 1984 to 1989
Language skills
- French (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent)
References
- Maria Mann: Corbis, Director of News and Assignments, Europe, Middle East and Africa
(Paris, France) - (33) 1-53-33-38-00
- Joel Beeson: Assistant Professor of Visual Communications, P.I. Reed School of Journalism, West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) - (304) 293-3505
- Steve Warmowski: Photo Editor, The Journal-Courier (Jacksonville, IL) - (217) 245-6121