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<div><font face="Arial">Hello there!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">My name is Mariana Balboni, I am a journalist
and a PhD Candidate in Sciences of Communication at the University of
São Paulo, in Brazil. <br>
Since 1996 I´ve been working with ICT4D in Brazil and Latin America.
Nowadays I´m studying the impact of ICTs in the production and
assimilation of information in low income communities in Brazil,
specially the uses and production of new media in telecenters. <br>
I´ve also coordinated an<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">
Educational Program called <span style="">Digital Media
Management</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">(GMD), offered
for 280 staff
working at public internet access points in the city of São Paulo,
Brazil, a</span></font><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><font
face="Arial">t the City of Knowledge/USP. <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.cidade.usp.br">www.cidade.usp.br</a><br>
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Best,<br>
Mariana<br>
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