Alex Volonte

Ph.D.

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Interdisciplinary industry professional with broad experience in multimedia entertainment, having initially worked as content producer for broadcasters and digital outlets across Central Europe. Thereafter, specialized in technical sales engineering and gaining expertise operating within the international video/ad tech space for media asset management company Ooyala.

Subsequently spent a few years driving the digital infrastructure for software company Utopia Music, focusing on distributed ledger technology for music rights management. The next six years he was active in a managerial and operational capacity for Swedish music tech enterprise Epidemic Sound, working across content programming, selection, packaging, distribution and releases for all of the company’s music.

Binational (Swiss/Italian) and multicultural—fluent in all major Western languages in addition to holding a MSc in Media & Communications from the London School of Economics. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Journalism at the University of Florida.

Education

MSc Media and Communications (2015), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
BA in Social Sciences (2013), University of Zurich, Zurich, CH

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Research

Journalism, Public Sphere, News Media, Sports Communications, Sports Management

Publications:
● Volonté, A. (2018) Notes From Barcelona, Punktastic, featured writer, URL:
http://www.punktastic.com/author/alex-volonte/
● Volonté, A. (2016)“Songs of Guilt”: When Generosity is to Blame. Saarbrücken: LAP Lambert
Academic Publishing.
● London School of Economics & Political Science. (2015) Media@LSE MSc Dissertation Series No
153, URL: http://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/research/msc-dissertation-series