HELENA KARDOVÁ Phone number: 07475 955523 Email: [email protected] Skype/Twitter: HelenaKardova Website: www.helenakardova.com JOURNALISTIC EXPERIENCE 7/2011—9/2014 Reporter for the Hospodářské noviny Covered major exhibitions both in the Czech Republic and abroad for this national daily. Interviewed renowned personalities of visual arts. Wrote in-depth articles on funding, cultural policies and art market. 9/2013—9/2014 Subeditor for IHNED.cz Adapted texts from the newspaper for online. Covered daily events as well as breaking news. Participated on weekly and long-term planning. 12/2012—1/2013 Feature writer for Respekt magazine Placement on culture desk. Wrote features and supplied ideas for the agenda. 11/2012 Assistant researcher for Visegrad Insight magazine Gathered data for an article on teaching history in the V4 countries. EDUCATION 9/2014—7/2015 MA International Journalism, City University London One-year Masters course. Subjects include Online Journalism, Feature Writing, Radio and TV Production. Tutored by Professor John Owen. 10/2010—6/2014 BA Journalism, Charles University, Prague Passed with distinction. Gained Dean’s Distinction for thesis about PR pressures on photojournalists during political campaigns. 1/2013—6/2013 Journalism and Audiovisual Communication, Universidad de Carlos III, Madrid Erasmus exchange programme. Produced television packages and a documentary in Spanish. Specialised in political reporting. 9/2002—5/2010 Gymnázium Benešov, Czech Republic Baccalaureate passed with distinction. FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS 3/2012 5/2011 3/2011—4/2011 Field trip to the European Parliament in Brussels One-day training program in the seat of the Radio Free Europe Seminars on investigative journalism and new media at Respekt Institut OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE AND VOLUNTEERING 9/2011 2007—2009 2006—2009 Photo-production of the Hospodářské noviny supplement Top 25 Women in the Czech Business Translating progress reports for Amnesty International Regular sessions in children´s homes supervised by NGO Středisko náhradní rodinné péče SKILLS Fluent in English, Spanish, French, Czech and Slovak Computer skills: Final Cut, Audition, InCopy, Avid, Audacity, MS Office, CMS, HTML and CSS basics Clean driving licence