Gerald Holubowicz

Journalist, digital media producer and interactive story designer, I'm currently working at Racontr.com as Content Manager and Digital Project Manager. I founded and directed a small interactive studio called Chewbahat for about 4 years and since it’s inception up until 2016, I’ve been the president of Storycode Paris (a group focusing on digital storytelling and digital transformation of societies) that I co-founded back in 2012.

Previously, I've worked as photojournalist for more than 12 years for various world renowned photo agencies such as Laïf, Polaris images or Abaca in France and in the U.S, covering political, economical and entertainment news. A career that provided me with a well rounded understanding of how to bridge the gap between visual journalism, technology & storytelling.

I’ve also been the lead author and co-director of “The Moneyocracy Project” a Transmedia documentary about Political Campaign Finance Laws in the U.S published on “Lemonde.fr” in 2012 and available on Hulu.com. Later, my work on the interactive documentary "Grozny: 9 Cities" lead me to receive the 2014 Web Journalism Trophy at the prestigious Bayeux War Correspondent Festival.

Since 2010, I’m committed to share my passion for journalism, storytelling and new media and teach interactive storytelling and interactive journalism courses in various schools such as the Journalism school of Sciences Po Paris, Sciences Po Annecy (Transmedia Master degree), the CFJ and CFPJ schools (Paris), INA (French National Institute of Audiovisual), the EJDG journalism school of the Stendhal University (in Grenoble) and at EMI-CFD Paris among others.

As side projects along these years, I also participated in the creation and launching of the professional mailing list for French photographers “EP France” (170 members and counting) and the creation and launching of Haytham Pictures photo agency for which I've created the visual identity.