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VICTORIA MACCHI

Title: Multimedia Journalist
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About VICTORIA MACCHI

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Biography

From crime scenes to the courtroom, I cover breaking crime news, investigate trends, and keep tabs on law enforcement for the Naples Daily News, my hometown paper.

My start in journalism was unconventional. With a fresh diploma in Culture and Politics from Georgetown University, I headed to the Middle East in 2005 as a reporter and editor at the English-language Jordan Times. I then took a sharp turn toward slower-paced magazine industry, leading a regional art, design, and fashion monthly based in Amman.

My first, year-long stint at the Naples Daily News was in 2007 as a business reporter. After graduate work in Human Rights at Columbia University, my wanderlust took me to Lima, Peru, where I completed certificate work in Political Journalism and Cultural Analysis under some of the country's top investigative journalists. In Peru, I also had my first TV experience, reporting for HLN's "Nancy Grace" on Joran Van der Sloot's 2010 murder arrest. The story elevated my interest in crime reporting. In 2011, I returned to the Naples Daily News to cover the police beat and criminal courts.

In addition to always having a valid passport on hand, I speak fluent Spanish and French, and enough Arabic to order food, get around in a taxi, and curse -- three important tools for a reporter.

When I'm not listening to the drone of the police scanner, I have my running shoes on, trying unsuccessfully to exhaust my Rhodesian Ridgeback mix puppy, Pippa.

Follow me on twitter @NDN_Victoria
Check my Facebook page for daily updates: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Victoria-M-Macchi/230655503677626

Position History

Multimedia Journalist
05/01/2011 - current
Correspondent
12/21/2007 - 05/01/2011

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Class of '12: Estero High grad with deported mom set to become a Marine Published 05/20/2012 at 7 a.m.
After his mother was deported during his freshman year, Victor Arriaga went into overdrive. He became first chair clarinet, breezed through advanced classes, and earned the label of "social butterfly" at Estero High.
Canoe races are Collier law enforcement's big event; eight arrested Saturday Published 05/12/2012 at 9:20 p.m.
During the "Super Bowl" of local events for law enforcement officers, canoe race revelry was cut short Saturday for at least eight people, who ended up behind bars
Naples Bath and Tennis fire rips through 9-unit complex, residents escape Updated 05/12/2012 at 9:10 p.m.
A fire at Naples Bath and Tennis Club on Saturday engulfed and destroyed three condos in a battle that engaged dozens of firefighters for more than four hours.. The cause is under investigation but it started in a vacant unit.
Collier County hosting Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Published 05/11/2012 at 5:30 a.m.
The Mustard Belt is up for grabs, and two Collier County men are hungry for a spot in the nation's top hot dog eating competition.
Local gay rights supporters accept Obama's evolving views on same-sex marriage Published 05/10/2012 at 7:30 a.m.
In Collier County and around the state gay rights supporters expressed relief with President Barack Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage Wednesday.
Jewish Federation honors 3 for community work Published 05/09/2012 at 7 a.m.
Ruth Dorfman, founder of an interfaith service for the Collier chapter of the Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or PFLAG, and two Manatee Middle School counselors who work on anti-bullying programs w
Woman accused of critically injuring former boyfriend with sledgehammer Updated 05/08/2012 at 8:08 p.m.
An East Naples man is in critical condition Tuesday afternoon and his long-time live-in partner is behind bars, accused of hitting him in the head with a sledge hammer.
Lee Commissioner Bigelow may leave office midterm, files papers for clerk seat Published 05/05/2012 at 10:25 p.m.
On Friday, Lee County Commissioner Brian Bigelow resigned from the county's elections Canvassing Board and filed paperwork with the Lee Supervisor of Elections Office to declare his interest in the position that longtime clerk Charlie Green is vacating.
Lawn equipment thefts on the rise Published 05/03/2012 at 7:34 p.m.
The pattern observed by law enforcement is that equipment starts to disappear more frequently as the rainy season kicks off: business picks up, people look for work, and the demand for equipment — stolen or not — goes up.
Family, friends ‘devastated’ after 3 killed in head-on crash Published 05/02/2012 at 7:28 p.m.
Christopher Shubert was supposed to be celebrating the six-month anniversary of his wedding this weekend. Now his family and those of two other Naples-area residents are trying to piece together what happened late Tuesday, when a Golden Gate Estates crash ...