About Margarita Persico

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Margarita Persico is an independent writer with special interest in investigative and multimedia journalisim. She is passionate about what makes the world tick. She is a freelance writer, researcher, media producer who also works in public relations, and is a nonprofit communicator, foodista, writer, student of many things, sometimes teacher to friends and colleagues, fully bilingual (Spanish and English with working knowledge of Portuguese and a little Italian). She is a wife, friend, aunt and cousin to many. She is the founder of The Healthy Dish. Some of her work is featured at: http://www.margaritapersico.com/ and at http://www.thehealthydish.com/.

E-mail: Margarita@thehealthydish.com

 

 

Stories

Digital media stories published elsewhere by Margarita Persico:

  • Corn — a precious commodity on the table, in the tank [edit]
    After participating at the KDMC’s fellowship “boot camp” the following week I put into practice and incorporated multimedia techniques I learned: video, map, chart and Storify. I linked the food aspect of this story to the importance of this commodity as a fuel alternative. “Corn is one of the most important commodities in the world. It is in products such as glue, makeup and alternative fuels…”
  • Weepin’ Willie: Requiem for a bluesman [edit]
    Weepin’ Willie Robinson, a bluesman and one of the New England scene’s most revered figures dies in a fire while smoking his last cigarette. Robinson, 81, the son of a sharecropper, an Army veteran, and a beloved bluesman lived a complicated live. During a “memorial jam” in his honor, “a steady stream of colleagues and friends... describe Robinson as a gentle, kind and beloved charmer. At the same time, other tales paint him as the proverbial “rolling stone,” a man who left his wife to raise their eight kids alone while he set out for a music career in the blues bars of Boston."

Writing

Content on this site written by Margarita Persico (includes contributory writing):

  • Projects

    • New Suburbia
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