Summary
Nico Colombant is a veteran foreign correspondent, multimedia short and long-form storyteller and hyperlocal community website developer who joined the Reynolds School faculty in 2016.
Colombant coordinates the Reynolds Media Lab, which serves as a content production center of the Reynolds School, with both internal and external clients. Services and productions range from podcasting to web videos and branding. The Reynolds Media Lab also has a multimedia student publishing outlet, the Reynolds Sandbox.
Colombant also runs the Our Town Reno collective website which reports on issues of poverty, homelessness, the lack of affordable housing, gentrification, displacement and street art in the Biggest Little City. Our Town Reno produces Facebook and Instagram pages with regular content, a zine, web videos, audio stories, live journalism events and documentaries.
Colombant’s teaching interests include international and cross-cultural journalism, short and long-form multimedia reporting, news writing, radio features, web video, political journalism and podcasting. His documentary film work in progress or completed has dealt with issues ranging from lawlessness in Africa to the U.S. prison system, drone protesters in Nevada and Latino voters in Washoe County.
With 15 years experience as a multilingual international journalist, Colombant covered strife, civil wars, coups, failed elections, natural disasters and also positive stories from dozens of countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe in multiple media and languages for many news organizations.
Courses taught
- JOUR 208: Media Production
- JOUR 307: Multimedia Reporting and Writing
- JOUR 312: Web Video for Social Media Engagement
- JOUR 416: Reynolds Media Lab Practicum
- JOUR 425 / 625: Audio: Radio, Podcasting and Beyond
- JOUR 482/682: International and Cross-Cultural Reporting
- JOUR 483/683: Democracy Reporting
- JOUR 472/672: Sports Production
Selected work
- Editor, videographer for "Battles Beyond the Horizon," documentary, 2022
- Manager, Our Town Reno website and affiliated social media channels
- Manager, Reynolds Media Lab and affiliated social media channels
- Director, editor and videographer for "Stop the Sweeps," documentary, 2021
- Director, editor and videographer for "Help at the Circle," documentary, 2018
- Director, editor and videographer for "Invisible Girl," documentary, 2017
Education
- Master's in International Relations, IEP Paris, France
- Bachelor's in Journalism, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada