I am a writer
and a journalist living in Bucharest, Romania.
Rhea Cristina is
my pen name, as a writer.
I was born on April 6th,
1973, in Gaesti town, Romania.
I have published 9 books in
the field of Literature, Journalism and Communication Sciences and emerged as
an important member of the new generation. I am the founder & owner of the lifestyle website Great Fashion, www.greatfashion.ro.
EDUCATION

I have been accepted for
Graduate Studies in the Master's Degree Program at the Indiana
University School of Journalism (USA) for the fall 2005. Offer declined.
In 2007, I was a scholar of Kulturkontakt Austria “Writers-in-Residence” Creative Residence (scholarship) Program, Vienna, Austria.
In 2007, I was a scholar of Kulturkontakt Austria “Writers-in-Residence” Creative Residence (scholarship) Program, Vienna, Austria.
I hold a BA degree in Journalism (Bachelor
of Art -- the 3+ 1 programme, equivalent a BA + MA in the EU member
states) from the University of Bucharest, the Department of
Journalism and Communication Sciences, Bucharest, Romania, 1997.
JOURNALISM, ACADEMIA & PUBLIC RELATIONS
I have been working for more than 20 years in the
Romanian mass-media (as
a journalist: „Independent“ newspaper; TV5 Europe SIGMA Channel; „Ora“
newspaper; "Cotidianul" newspaper; Flux TV – Bucharest,
Romania), academia (as an Assistant Professor: "Dimitrie
Cantemir" University, Department of Political Sciences
– Communication and Public Relations Department; "Spiru
Haret" University, Department of Philosophy and Journalism;
"Hyperion" University, Department of Journalism – Bucharest,
Romania) and many other professional institutions (as a PR Specialist: a
pharmaceutical company, a health center and some publishing houses --
Bucharest, Romania).
LITERATURE
I have published 9 books in the field of Literature, Journalism and Communication
Science.
1996: Rhea Cristina -- Ochiul strainului, poezie
(Stranger’s Eye, poetry book), DU STYLE
Publishing House, Bucharest,
1996
1996: The Award of
the Romanian Writers Union (Dobrogea Branch) for my Stranger’s Eye, poetry book
I am a correspondent/contributor
of „The Aspera Romanian Educational and Charitable Foundation, Inc.“, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (www.memoria.ro) that
represents a digital library of interviews, memories, oral history studies,
books and images of Romanian recent history) since 2000.
Some of the
interviews-surveys which have been published in my three published books
(„Europeans at our home“, „22 witnesses to the Destiny“ and „Romania, which has
vanished“) exist on this site, in Romanian and English.
I had a weekly
broadcast named „A Cultural Dialogue” on the TV5 Europe SIGMA Channel,
Bucharest, where I had dialogues with representative personalities of the
Romanian culture (1995-1998).
My poetry was greatly appreciated by the Romanian mass media and the
most important Romanian cultural magazines:
“Poesis” (Satu Mare), “Contemporanul, Ideea europeana” (Bucuresti), “Timpul”
(Iasi), “Vatra” (Târgu Mures), “Tribuna” (Sibiu), “Luceafarul”, “Adevarul
literar si artistic” (Bucuresti).
As a poet, I am a member
of The Romanian Writers Union (Bucharest) since 2002.
My academic and
professional interests are the following:
social and cultural aspects
of journalism and communication;
feature and creative
writing;
book writing (especially
biography);
international communication
and comparative journalism;
cultural production in mass
media;
production broadcast
television;
communication and culture;
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