Mihalis Gripiotis
New York, NY, USA
At 13 i was the paperboy in the oldest of them ports in Athens, Greece. At 18 i was playing pool, reading Paul Virilio trying to understand mass media & communication theories for college degree. At 19 i was reporting live on news radio. At 20 i was told i should drop radio for live TV reporting and i believed them. For next 6 years my news reporting repertoire spanned anything from an elephant's birthday to Athens street gangs violence, to dead sea lions and Middle East conflict zones. One day they told me i should drop reporting news for hosting breaking news and i also believed them. After a year under studio lights it felt like chicken broiler and at age 26 i moved to New York. At 28 i finished my photojournalism studies at ICP in NY. At 29 i was assigned as the NY Bureau Chief for ERT / Hellenic Broadcasting Corp. At 35 i founded IFFI Productions in Brooklyn. I've been around the globe few times and seems that i can't escape NYC. Cheers
- Breaking news
- Conflict
- Reporting
- Video capture
- Video editing
