Changing the Tune: Re-orchestrating gender balance in classical music
Final Project of my MA in International Journalism at City University London.
Mariaelena Agostini
Hello and welcome to my portfolio!
I am a multimedia journalist based in London, currently freelancing for Al Jazeera English, Channel 5 News and PA Media. I write in Italian at www.londraitalia.com/ an online magazine addressed at the Italian-speaking community in London, where I report on UK politics, social issues, arts and culture.
From covering crime and the arts for the Evening Standard, writing investigative pieces for the Daily Mail and producing radio and video packages...this page is a collection of some of my best work. If you want to commission an article or a report, if you have a story that needs covering, or you just want to say hello, please drop me an email: mea.agostini@gmail.com
Mariaelena Agostini Showreel_ City University
A collection of my pieces to camera, live reporting and packages produced while an MA student in International Broadcast Journalism at City University, London.
Mother’s waters break while shopping for car seat in Mamas & Papas
Staff at a London baby store got an unexpected delivery when a mother’s waters broke early while she was out shopping.
Angela Cook, 40, was 35 weeks pregnant and looking for a baby car seat in the Westfield Stratford branch of Mamas & Papas when she started bleeding heavily.
A sales assistant rushed to her help and called 999 as other staff gathered items from the shelves.
When the ambulance arrived, store manager Briony Butler went with Ms Cook to Homerton Hospital and held her hand on the w
'It's heart breaking': Thomas Cook customers tell of their despair
While 156,000 tourists were left stranded abroad last night after Thomas Cook’s sudden collapse, up to a million customers faced heartache at home as trips of a lifetime were cancelled.
They have paid for holidays and planned them for months only to see their dreams in tatters.
As the massive two-week operation to repatriate UK tourists got under way, families told how their plans were in chaos and they were uncertain when they would get refunds.
Seven-year-old Connor Kitching’s trip to Disne
Judi Dench: 'Seeing Peggy Ashcroft on stage changed my life'
Dame Judi Dench has paid tribute to the actress “who changed her life” as she unveiled a tribute to Peggy Ashcroft.
She was speaking as she reopened the Ashcroft Playhouse at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls — named after her friend and mentor. The actress posed with a photo mosaic of Dame Peggy made up of hundreds of images of local residents.
She told the crowd she went to art school and “only really ever wanted to be a theatre designer” but seeing Dame Peggy act made her think again.
“In the Fift
Guards outside school after man stabbed in two-hour wave of muggings
Private security guards were today posted outside an exclusive private school after a man stabbed by moped thugs collapsed on its front steps.
The smartly dressed victim staggered into the doorway of £20,000-a-year Knightsbridge School as parents were picking their children up at about 4pm last night.
Staff attempted to stop the bleeding before the victim, who is in his twenties, was taken to hospital. His condition was not life-threatening.
Police said the attack was the first of four linked
Factbox: Places where water is scarce and getting scarcer
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Water scarcity affects almost half the world’s population, a number that is expected to rise in the coming decades even as global warming, population growth, urbanization and rising agricultural needs put further strain on supplies.
The issue was on Friday’s agenda in the Polish town of Katowice, where representatives of more than 190 countries have come together for U.N.-sponsored climate talks.
Following is information on some of the countries most threa
To hug, or not to hug? Ted Baker furore sparks water cooler debate
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When is a hug just a hug, and when is it harassment? The question has been a hot topic in Britain this week after staff at fashion brand Ted Baker launched a petition accusing their boss of imposing a culture of “forced hugging”.
Ted Baker has launched an independent investigation following the petition which also accuses chief executive Ray Kelvin of stroking people’s necks, making sexual innuendo, asking staff to sit on his knee or let him massage their e
Radio Package Musicians And Brexit
Brexit talks so far have mainly focused on fish and the Irish Border. But the uncertainty is also affecting another business: the music industry. According to a new report, around half of performers in the UK are already experiencing problems in areas such as future work, visa permits and even moving instruments from one country to another. As a result, musicians are now calling for the protection of their freedom of movement. Mariaelena Agostini reports.
