In 2008, Odile worked on a variety of pre-production and production
requests emanating from different channels or departments at Swiss TV.
She
researched stories in areas as varied as health care, the presidential
campaign, the Iraq War and Meth labs. As part of those assignments she
also booked guests and interviews and coordinated shoots with crews and
reporters.
Thanks
to today's technologies and the proficiency of virtual offices, Odile
works for remote clients without having them incur many of the usual
costs associated with pre-production. She coordinates simultaneously
with teams located all over the map. She keeps all team members updated, thanks to blackberries and a web presence that can be accessed 24/7.
Case in point is this report she produced for the Swiss Italian news magazine, Faló, that aired on October 30, 2008, as part of TSI's overall coverage of the US elections. The story focused on the state of the Iraq conflict a few weeks before the elections. Reported by Mario Casella, the piece features veterans whose lives have beenfundamentally altered by the war, vets who have become publicly opposed to it, and interviews with presidential candidate, Dennis Kucinich,with Douglas Feith, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from July 2001 until August 2005, and with Peter Baker, New York Times reporter author of "The Final Days" published in August 2008.
