Nico
Colombant
Senior Lecturer of Digital Media and Cross-Cultural Reporting
ncolombant@unr.edu
(775) 784-4101
Reynolds School of Journalism
<p><span>Built in 1992, the building was named for Donald W. Reynolds, journalist and businessman, whose interest and contributions helped transform the university's journalism program from a department to a school. RSJ, with its distinctive atrium, is home to a faculty that has helped produce six Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists. The Travis Linn Reading Room, named in honor of the late Reynolds School dean Travis Linn and located on the first floor of the building, plays host to the school’s annual “Lighting of the Hearth” event each fall semester, where students, faculty, alumni and friends gather to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year. The building also houses the Rollan Melton Conference Room and the Clarence & Martha Jones Network Center.</span></p>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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. </p>
<h3>Courses taught</h3>
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<li>JOUR 208: Media Production</li>
<li>JOUR 307: Multimedia Reporting and Writing</li>
<li>JOUR 312: Web Video for Social Media Engagement </li>
<li>JOUR 416: Reynolds Media Lab Practicum</li>
<li>JOUR 425 / 625: Audio: Radio, Podcasting and Beyond </li>
<li>JOUR 482/682: International and Cross-Cultural Reporting </li>
<li>JOUR 483/683: Democracy Reporting </li>
<li>JOUR 472/672: Sports Production</li>
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<h3>Selected work</h3>
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<li>Editor, videographer for "Battles Beyond the Horizon," documentary, 2022</li>
<li>Manager, Reynolds Media Lab and affiliated social media channels</li>
<li>Director, editor and videographer for "Stop the Sweeps," documentary, 2021</li>
<li>Director, editor and videographer for "Help at the Circle," documentary, 2018</li>
<li>Director, editor and videographer for "Invisible Girl," documentary, 2017</li>
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<li>Master's in International Relations, IEP Paris, France</li>
<li>Bachelor's in Journalism, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada</li>
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