Biography
In 2021, we will be joined by former postgraduate student, Marina Izidro. Since graduating from St Mary’s, Marina has worked as a sports reporter for Globo and SporTV, Brazil’s biggest sports channel. In a hugely successful career, she has covered the London and Rio Olympics as well as the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
In 2017, she was appointed Globo’s European Sports Correspondent, based in London and in 2019, Marina also covered for their news correspondent reporting on Brexit and the political scene in the EU. Marina has interviewed some of the biggest names in sport from Neymar to Usain Bolt. Marina will be contributing to international sports reporting and digital sports journalism focusing on the skills you need to become a broadcast journalism and foreign correspondent.