Viktorija Mickute

About Viktorija Mickute

I am three-time Emmy nominated producer, writer and director, currently working as a senior producer at AJ Contrast, Al Jazeera’s media innovation studio. In my current position, I focus on telling stories about and with the communities most impacted by injustice and inequality, and I do that by using innovative and immersive storytelling tools and technology. Born and raised in Lithuania, I was rewarded with a Fulbright scholarship and earned a Master’s degree in photojournalism at the Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Missouri, in 2014 after creating a 22-minute documentary film “Invisible Her” about American veterans with PTSD. I started my journalism career right after my undergraduate studies in political sciences at Vilnius University. At 22, I became one of the youngest foreign news editors at the Lithuanian National Television. Later, after my master’s studies, I hosted a social media driven live TV segment and was a foreign correspondent for the Lithuanian National Television. My documentaries have premiered and been showcased in many international film festivals, including Sundance, Sheffield, Hot Springs and others, and have won numerous awards, such as Online Journalism Awards, Gracies, Drum Awards etc. I am also currently nominated at the Global Lithuanian Leaders awards.

Experience

1. Producer, Innovation Research

   Al Jazeera Media Network

   Aug 2017 — Present · Doha, QA

Education

• Universitat de Barcelona

  Exchange program "Erasmus", Political Sciences and International Relations

  2009 — 2009

• University of Missouri-Columbia

  Master’s Degree, Journalism

  2012 — 2014

• Vilniaus Universitetas / Vilnius University

  Bachelor's degree, Political Sciences

  2007 — 2011