Lucia Blasco
Multimedia journalist
Multimedia broadcast journalist and presenter: BBC World Service, Euronews TV.
Experienced producer and presenter: TV/radio news, docs, podcasts. Writer, editor and photographer. Digital narratives and creative storytelling. Fully bilingual reporter (ENG/SPA). Former BBC News Mundo staff journalist; global and regional audiences, with a focus on Latin America. Special coverages: Goldman Environmental Prize, Hay Festival Latam.
Some of my work:
TV DOCUMENTARIES: ‘Burn It Or Bury It? What To Do With Our Waste'. BBC World News TV + English and Spanish BBC's YouTube channels.
TV BROADCASTS: Euronews - Spanish TV channel video reports (2023 - present).
RADIO PROGRAMMES: BBC World Service, 'Resolves: Life after Covid-19' (x8 episodes). The Documentary Podcast: Life Changes, 'What We Can Do With Our Waste' (BBC World Service radio, BBC Sounds, Spotify).
VIDEO EXPLAINERS: BBC News Mundo YouTube series '¿Hablas español?' + BBC News Mundo factual /history /culture video explainers.
INTERACTIVE STORIES: BBC, ‘The first humans in America’. (SPA/PT).
ARTICLES AND ANALYSIS: long-form features and news pieces for BBC News Mundo and BBC World Service. Some interviewes include Nobel Laureates Muhammad Yunus and Shirin Ebadi, writers Michael Pollan and Shoshana Zuboff, and indigenous activist Nemonte Nemquino and Liz Chicaje.
PHOTOJOURNALISM: documentary photography, ‘Maramures’ project (Romania). El País, 2023. Education in Zambia refugee camp (Meheba). World Bank/ UNHCR.
MEDIA EVENTS: Hay Festival Querétaro, Mexico, 2019 (guest lecturer). Hay Festival Colombia Digital 2021 (moderator/interviewer).
PODCASTS: World Bank EduTech podcast (since 2023). Producer, editor, host.
Fluent in English, Spanish, French.