From 2012 - 2015, Mari worked as a full-time freelancer at Associated Press Television News headquarted in London, where she mainly oversaw coverage of international news as a Deputy News Editor and Media Manager. As a UK Field Producer she covered the death of Margaret Thatcher, UN hearings by North Korean defectors and political responses to beheading of Islamic State hostage Kenji Goto. She’s also scored No.1 stories out of Japan as a Features Video Journalist, and has had a brief stint in Kiev during the 2014 referendum in Crimea.
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Most severely damaged buildings #JapanEarthquake are old school houses without earthquake-proof mechanism. Video @AP https://t.co/zsU5xiNqf3 -
When 24 hour convenience stores run out of stock, then shit really has hit the fan #JapanEarthquake
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It's terrible when you're house is totally gone (with the exception of other factors like tsunami & nuclear) but then you question engineers
Mari is a former winner of numerous documentary competitions by the British Film Institute targeted at emerging filmmakers.
Mari began pursuing her journalistic interests in 2010 alongside her studies in Music at Cambridge University, where she specialised in relationship of culture and conflict in Middle East and North Africa.
Awards
Winner, United Nations Association #Tweetapitch Competition - British Film Institute, 2014
Winner, Boldface Productions 3D Documentary Fund - British Film Institute, 2012
Winner, Step2TV Documentary Fund - British Film Institute, 2011
Events & Appearances
Public Panel, TV debate on UK intervention in Syria - BBC Newsnight, 2015
Speaker, Panel on Women in Journalism - London School of Economics Women's Union, 2015
Speaker, Panel on Visualisation of Protest - Eye Want Change, 2015
Judge, United Nations Association #Tweetapitch Competition - British Film Institute, 2015
Youth Panel, Future of Journalism debate hosted by Index on Censorship - Frontline Club London, 2014
Film Premiere and Future Film Showcase, Break-Away in 3D - British Film Institute, 2012
Film Premiere and Future Film Showcase, Meat and Onions Gang - British Film Institute, 2011