Javier Garca Marcos

BA (Hons) Journalism | Reporter | Photo | Video | Producer | Corporate | Intelligence

+44 79 24249344 | +34 644 019777 j.gm@wgmreports.com

Personal profile
Journalist with an international (Spain, Ireland, Bosnia, Israel & Palestinian territories, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, New Zealand...) and cross-sector (newspaper, magazine, photo, TV, online, news agency, film, intelligence, corporate marketing) background. Extensive combined experience (5+ years) in editing, reporting, photojournalistic and marketing positions. Expert in New Media information channels (blogs, social networks) Specialist in International affairs, Armed conflicts, the Defence industry, and the Middle East & Central Asia.

WORK EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

August 2004 Present WGMREPORTS (FREELANCE)

FREELANCE (main assignments)

September 2010 and February 2011 New Zealand Freelance journalist & photo coverage of the earthquakes in Christchurch. July 2010 Middle East Freelance photojournalist in Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, among others. November 2009 March 2010 International affairs correspondent for Pensing (www.pensing.com). Europe

November 2008 January 2010 Several locations Chief Editor for the blogs DEFCON 3 in English (http://en-defcon3.blogspot.com/) and Spanish (http://es-defcon3.blogspot.com/ ), on current affairs and the defence industry. August 2007 October 2009 Dublin, Ireland Assistant Producer in Ireland for Intereconoma TVs correspondent in the UK. April 2006 Bosnia-Herzegovina Special envoy for Diario de Noticias in Sarajevo, Mostar, Gorazde and Srebrenica. August 2004 West Bank, Palestine/Tel Aviv, Israel Special envoy for Diario de Noticias in the West Bank with focus on Nablus and Ramallah. Official reception with Yasser Arafat. RESOURCES GLOBAL PROFESSIONALS (MANAGEMENT CONSULTING) Dublin, Co Dublin; Ireland

June 2007 June 2010 Nationality: Spanish Languages: Spanish: mother tongue English: Fluent Basque: Fluent German: Beginner Arabic: Very basic Able to read texts in advanced French, Portuguese, Italian, Catalonian and Galician. IT Skills: Proficiency: Windows and MAC, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Publisher, MS Outlook, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premire Pro, Avid Pro, QuarkXpress, Internet based browsers (highly skilled intelligence gatherer). Basic skills: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, MS Access, Final Cut, Other edition suites, HTML and C: (Pascal) Elementary knowledge of: AutoCAD and industrial design.

MARKETING EXECUTIVE (COMMUNICATIONS & ADVERTISING)

Business Intelligence Manager. Information and knowledge management. Creative Producer and Developer (video, written and online). Copywriter: Newsletters, e-mails, flyers, presentations and marketing material. Country website Content co-ordinator. DIARIO DE NOTICIAS DE LAVA (NEWSPAPER) Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country; Spain

June 2006 October 2006

Proof reader. Daily layout designer. Photo editor. News source and last minute update monitor. Website updating. Responsible for the closure of the daily edition (on a rotary basis position). Journalist for special reports. June 2005 October 2005

SUB-EDITOR; EDITION DESK.

JOURNALIST; POLITICS AND ECONOMY DESK.

Coverage of international and political affairs, with special focus on armed conflicts. Special assignments on Basque politics & terrorism, gun trafficking, Western Sahara, Northern Ireland, Israel & Palestine, the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan and the UN. EUROPA PRESS (NEWS AGENCY) Madrid; Spain

January 2006 March 2006

MULTIMEDIA NEWS SUB-EDITOR, INTERNET DESK.

Hourly updating of Internet website and mobile news alert services, including rewriting headlines, short articles, and text and photo editing. Updating of traffic incidences. Writing of profiles of celebrities for www.es.yahoo.com Writing of healthcare and medical reports for Terra (http://www.terra.com/salud)

October 2004 March 2005

UNIVERSIDAD ANTONIO DE NEBRIJA (UNIVERSITY) Hoyo de Manzanares, Madrid; Spain Assistant of the Journalism Department, Responsible for TV & Radio Studios. September 1999 June 2002 COLEGIO SAGRADO CORAZN (HIGH SCHOOL) Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country Assistant of the Media department. Photographer & Cameraman.

Interests: World travel, sports (especially basketball and soccer, but also swimming, hiking and running), general news and international affairs, music and photography. Others: Full EU driving licence.

EDUCATION
BA (Hons) Journalism with Adv. Diploma in International Journalism Advanced Diploma in Communications and Armed Conflicts, summa cum laude; Certificate Level IV in Applied Film Making and TV Production; Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Madrid), 2006 Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid), 2007 New Zealand Film Academy (Auckland), 2011

REFERENCES AND SAMPLES OF WRITTEN, ONLINE, PHOTO AND VIDEO WORK AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.