INGE
OOSTERHOFF
CURRICULUM VITAE
I take on freelance assignments for interviews, (story) editing, translation, and research.
Previous clients include journalistic outlets, non-profits, creative organizations, magazines, documentary makers, and creatives:
Lighthouse Reports, One World, Messy Nessy Chic, The Folks Magazine, DUB, Illuster, Fair Food, Memphis Film & Television, Natalia Ossef, Added Value Magazine, Leven! Magazine, Havas Lemz, Dutch Fund for In-Depth Journalism, The Dutch Journalism Fund (SVDJ.nl).
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Initiative Narrative Journalism Netherlands
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Board member & Secretary (January 2019 – July 2022)
Program committee True Stories 2022, 2021, 2020 & 2019
Project officer (January 2018 – December 2018)
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Education
MFA Literary Reportage – New York University (2021-2023)
Graduation date May 2023
Fulbright the Netherlands
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MA North American Studies – Leiden University (2014-2015)
Graduated Cum Laude – January 2015
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BA Language and Culture Studies – Utrecht University (2010-2013)
Graduated Cum Laude – September 2013
Major: American Studies
Minor: Media, Culture and Sociology
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Exchange – University of Wisconsin, Madison (Fall semester 2012)
Creative Writing: Fiction & Poetry, Introduction to African American History, Black Music and American Cultural History, Life Drawing
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BFA Fashion Design – Arnhem University of the Arts (2007-2010)
no degree
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Pre-University education (VWO) – Scala College, Alphen a/d Rijn
(2000-2006)
Culture & Society track
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Workshops & traineeships
March 2021 – October 2021
European Cross-border Journalism Programme – Toepfer Foundation
In the frame of ECJP, experts provide input and training on cross-border collaborative journalism, participants are encouraged to build up a network among each other, to explore and discuss a collaborative story, receive feedback from experts and peers and to reflect their own work practices.
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May 2021 – June 2021
Lighthouse Sessions – Lighthouse Reports
Investigative workshop series including: OSINT, money trails, EU institutions, data journalism, narrative journalism, strategic litigation
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August 2020 – January 2021
Traineeship data journalism & digital storytelling – Pointer
Funded by Dutch Fund for In-depth Journalism
Subsidy for advancement of journalistic expertise
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February 2020 – June 2020
Talent development program, Immersive Media & Data Journalism –
Video journalism, multi-media journalism, voice, immersive journalism, VR, data journalism, data analytics.
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March 2019
Workshop 'How to come close to a stranger' – Scott Carrier
Oorzaken Festival, Amsterdam
August 2018
Summerschool Podcast Making – Audiocollectief SCHIK
De Singel, Antwerp
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February 2018
Masterclass Documentary Storytelling – John Appel
Amsterdam Filmschool, Amsterdam
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November 2014
Oral History Storytelling Workshop – Voice of Witness
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
Internships
Voice of Witness – San Francisco, CA
August – December 2013
Editing and fact checking oral history interviews, publicity outreach, directing collaborations with other non-profits, creating curriculum for education department
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