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Marina Izidro, correspondent of SporTV in London, talked with Sports Gazette – Part 2

After a presentation to the MA in Sports Journalism students of St Mary’s University, Sports Gazette talked with Marina Izidro. A former St Mary’s student, Marina is currently a London correspondent for SporTV, the biggest sports channel in Brazil.

How was it to cover events like the World Cup and Olympic Games, how do you prepare for them and for the unexpected and tense moments as a journalist, are some of the topics Sports Gazette discussed in this second part of the interview.

Author

  • José Bourbon

    José Bourbon was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He completed his first degree in Social and Cultural Communication at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in Lisbon. In the summer of 2015 he had the opportunity to work alongside some of the best journalists in Portugal during an internship at Expresso, one of the most famous newspapers in Portugal. He also played a part in the creation of BETup – an entrepreneurship news website that he worked on for six months. José currently writes for Winept, a Portuguese website dedicated to wine, but sports journalism is his main passion, specifically tennis and football. It goes without saying, José is also a Sporting and Portugal fan.