Summary

Nico Colombant is a veteran foreign correspondent, multimedia short and long-form storyteller and hyperlocal community website developer who joined the Reynolds w88 casino games login faculty in 2016.

Colombant coordinates the Reynolds Media Lab, which serves as a content production center of the Reynolds w88 casino games login, with both internal and external clients. Services and productions range from podcasting to web videos and branding. The Reynolds Media Lab also has a multimedia student publishing outlet, the Reynolds Sandbox.

Colombant also runs the Our Town Reno collective website which reports on issues of poverty, homelessness, the lack of affordable housing, gentrification, displacement and street art in the Biggest Little City. Our Town Reno produces Facebook and Instagram pages with regular content, a zine, web videos, audio stories, live w88 casino games login events and documentaries.

Colombant’s teaching interests include international and cross-cultural w88 casino games login, short and long-form multimedia reporting, news writing, radio features, web video, political w88 casino games login and podcasting. His documentary film work in progress or completed has dealt with issues ranging from lawlessness in Africa to the U.S. prison system, drone protesters in Nevada and Latino voters in Washoe County.

With 15 years experience as a multilingual international journalist, Colombant covered strife, civil wars, coups, failed elections, natural disasters and also positive stories from dozens of countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe in multiple w88 casino games login and languages for many news organizations.

Courses taught

• JOUR 208: w88 casino games login Production
• JOUR 307: Multimedia w88 casino games login and Writing
• JOUR 312: Web Video for Social w88 casino games login Engagement
• JOUR 416: w88 casino games login Media Lab Practicum
• JOUR 425 / 625: Audio: w88 casino games login, Podcasting and Beyond
• JOUR 482/682: International and Cross-Cultural w88 casino games login
• JOUR 483/683: Democracy w88 casino games login
• JOUR 472/672: Sports w88 casino games login

Selected work

• Editor, videographer for "Battles Beyond the Horizon," w88 casino games login, 2022
• Manager, Our Town Reno website and affiliated social w88 casino games login channels
• Manager, w88 casino games login Media Lab and affiliated social media channels
• Director, editor and videographer for "Stop the Sweeps," w88 casino games login, 2021
• Director, editor and videographer for "Help at the Circle," w88 casino games login, 2018
• Director, editor and videographer for "Invisible Girl," w88 casino games login, 2017

Education

• Master's in w88 casino games login Relations, IEP Paris, France
• Bachelor's in w88 casino games login, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada