Anna Irrera is a journalist at Financial News, a Dow Jones newspaper in London, where she covers fintech and market structure. She joined Dow Jones in 2012 as an online reporter for Financial News, having moved to the UK from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she was a trainee with Thomson Reuters, working for the English language newswire service. She holds M.S. degree (with honors) from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York and a graduate degree in law from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. Between journalism and law school, Anna worked at the Italian national publication ItaliaOggi, covering law and taxes. She is the author of “Prendo a calci il sole- Bahia, i bambini, la strada,” 13 true stories of Brazilian meninos de rua (children of the street), a project she began while a visiting student at Harvard University in 2007. Anna is fluent in English, Italian and Portuguese. She is @annairrera on Twitter.

Trading & Technology Reporter @ Covers fintech and market structure for Financial News. Played a key role in the publication's growing focus on the emerging fintech sector and the impact of new digital technologies on traditional financial institutions. Worked on launch of quarterly fintech-focused publication Fintech News, including the annual Fintech40 powerlist. Specific areas of focus within fintech include: alternative finance, blockchain, big data, robot advisory, cyber security, trading platforms and digital payments systems. Frequently contributes to The Wall Street Journal's Digits blog. From September 2013 to Present (2 years 4 months) London, United KingdomOnline Reporter @ Wrote news, analysis and features for Financial News on investment banking, capital markets, trading and technology, asset management and private equity. Features included an analysis on the declining investor interest in BRIC countries, an overview of the growing opportunities for financial technology startups and an analysis the effects of quantitative easing on the performance of currency funds. Stories were also featured Wall Street Journal’s MoneyBeat blog and Digits blog. From December 2012 to September 2013 (10 months) London, United KingdomEditorial Intern @ Covered business and general assignment news for the English language wire service. Wrote market reports about Latin American currencies and stocks, and general news stories including one about preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympics, which was featured on the home page of Reuters.com. An enterprise story on Rio’s startup ecosystem was also featured on the front page. Translated stories from Portuguese to English. From August 2012 to October 2012 (3 months) Rio de Janeiro Area, BrazilReporting Intern at Italia Oggi @ Wrote articles for the newspaper and enterprise stories for its weekly edition, producing more than 100 clips. Covered both national and international legislation with a specific focus on E.U. business and tax law. Created page layouts, copy edited and wrote headlines for articles sent by freelancers. Wrote several front-page stories including a piece on an E.U. Court of Justice ruling. In charge of updating the newspaper’s online breaking news content and managing social networks. Reported from events throughout Italy such as national political or legal conventions. From September 2010 to June 2011 (10 months) Intern @ Prepared grant requests for the creation of three agricultural (apiculture, fishing and caprine breeding) “value chains,” aimed at promoting social inclusion and income growth of more than 30,000 poor families in the State of Bahia. From August 2006 to August 2006 (1 month) Salvador Area, Brazil

Master of Science, Journalism, Honors @ Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism From 2011 to 2012 J.D., Law @ Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore From 2004 to 2010 Harvard University From 2007 to 2007 Anna Irrera is skilled in: Journalism, News Writing, Online Journalism, Storytelling, Newspaper, Social Media, Ap Style, Breaking News, Newspapers, Publishing, AP Style, Editorial, Headline Writing, Publications, Copy Editing, Multimedia, Politics