Cecilia Butini is a journalist and producer with seven years of experience telling international stories in print and video.

 

I am based in Spain but am available for assignments worldwide.

Hire me for: news assignments, field production, long-form writing, documentary production (including commercial), journalism training and mentorship, event moderation.

I speak English, Italian, Spanish, German.

More about me:

I am currently working on stories at the intersection between health, social issues and the environment.

Recent grants include: Journalismfund Europe Local Cross-border grant (2023), Arena Climate Network fellowship (2023), International Center for Journalists Health Innovation Fellowship (2024), Journalismfund Europe European cross-border grant (2024), IJ4EU Freelancer Scheme (2025), UN Foundation Polio Press Fellowship (2025).

I am also a mentor as part of Columbia University’s Journalism School mentorship program.

For three-and-a-half years prior to going freelance in 2023, I covered the European pharmaceutical industry, healthcare and various business topics for The Wall Street Journal and its newswires section, Dow Jones Newswires.
My other journalistic experience includes reporting on migration, human rights, technology, international affairs and culture, both in print and video.

Besides The Wall Street Journal, I worked for Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Italian newspaper La Stampa, and on different international collaborative journalistic projects, including the investigative phase of a PBS Frontline production. I had my writing and videos published in Deutsche Welle, Foreign Policy, Coda Story, QuickTake by Bloomberg among others.

I am also trained in documentary filmmaking, and some of the work I co-produced and co-directed with the Barcelona-based production company Otoxo Productions has been recognized in international festivals.


Prior to Barcelona I lived in Berlin, Milan, Turin, Washington, D.C. and New York. There in 2018 I received my Master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, which I attended on a Fulbright scholarship.

My other interests include music, philosophy, cultural criticism, subcultures, and the lives of extraordinary humans.