Giacomo Luca
Verified
As seen in:
Hearst,
WLWT-TV (Cincinnati, OH),
MSN,
KING-TV (Seattle, WA),
KHOU-TV (Houston, TX),
WKYC-TV (Cleveland, OH),
WXIA-TV (Atlanta, GA),
WFAA-TV (Dallas, TX),
WUSA-TV (Washington, DC),
KARE-TV (Minneapolis, MN),
WCVB-TV (Boston, MA),
KGW-TV (Portland, OR)
and
Covers:
medical, news, local, enterntainment, arts, features, politics, sports, breaking news
Morning Reporter | WLWT News 5 | Cincinnati, OH |Giacomo.Luca@hearst.com | Portfolio: bit.ly/490O2xk
Interview
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, but the last time I used one was about ten years ago!
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent -- AKA Superman
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means to seek truth and report it to the public. It's more of a lifestyle rather than a career.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
A cannon XA10 for video and the Nikon D5200 for photo -- the Adobe creative suite; Premiere, Photoshop, Bridge, Illustrator, and InDesign.
What's your favorite social network?
About.Me -- There are so many cool professionals that use it!
Why did you become a journalist?
People have stories that aren't being told. I want to tell those stories. Seek truth and report it.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Editor-in-Chief of the Oak Hills High School Tartan. I was also a writer, layout and design editor, as well as the staff photographer.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
“Do the right thing,” by Giacomo A. Luca, a final look at America’s most notorious housing project, Cabrini-Green: On the outskirts of Chicago’s famous “Magnificent Mile,” in the Near North Side neighborhood lies the Cabrini housing projects, or at least what’s left. A project seemingly designed to fail. The Cabrini housing projects span a history of over 50 years and are now coming to an end. Some 10 years ago Cabrini was flooded with crime. After a massive city project to redevelop downtown property, Cabrini has been taken apart piece by piece. Relocating thousands to various suburbs cross Chicago Land, Cabrini is slowly becoming an vacant lot, waiting to be tilled into prime real estate. Where the Cabrini high rise projects once stood, now, are high rise condo’s selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The redevelopment has completely altered the neighborhood. Although, for those shown in this documentary, Cabrini is also a community of residents who know nothing else. The remaining members live in the Cabrini-Green flats, now consisting of less than 600 residents, formerly some 15,000.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Learn as much as you can, never take anything for granted, and always ask the most important question first.
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