About Lisa Biagiotti
Lisa Biagiotti is an independent multimedia journalist. She recently produced a documentary on toilets and open defecation in India and Indonesia for Current TV’s Vanguard documentary series. Lisa is currently producing a documentary on HIV/AIDS in the American Deep South.
Lisa has produced and edited short-form videos and weekly radio shows for Worldfocus — a daily public television news program and website. She was awarded the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the international television category and was nominated for a national news Emmy Award for the videos she produced on the crisis in Congo.
Prior to PBS, she worked in marketing and advertising for magazine publishing houses, financial services companies and nonprofit organizations.
In 2001, Lisa researched Muslim immigration in Italy as a Fulbright fellow, and currently serves on the New York board of the Fulbright Association. She earned a master’s degree in journalism with a concentration in digital media from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, history and Italian language and literature from the University of Scranton.
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