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Black and white photo of Karina, a woman with 7 mm shaved hair and huge round earrings.

Karina Sturm – journalist, filmmaker, writer, and professional patient

Karina is an award-winning filmmaker and journalist from Germany currently residing in the US. She gained significant scientific knowledge through studying laboratory technology and working in research for several years.

Due to a chronic illness and invisible disability, she found her passion for media production and has been working as a freelance journalist since 2013.

In 2019, she finished her Master’s degree by producing a feature-length documentary called ”We Are Visible” to highlight how to improve reporting on people with disabilities in media. ”We Are Visible” has won several movie awards, while Karina graduated with distinction from her journalism program.

Karina’s main focus is to represent people with illnesses and disabilities accurately in the media to reduce biases and stereotypes. She thinks disabled journalists should be reporting on disability. 

Popular
  • Side view of a woman with short, brown hair holding a camera with a big microphone in front of her face and filming out to the ocean.Frank MarxComing soon: Documentary film about the Ehlers-Danlos s...3. April 2019 - 0:46
  • White letters on black background: You are faking itWe Are Visible – Trailers26. July 2019 - 18:07
  • Caitlin Hernandez, a young woman with brown, straight, shoulder-long hair and brown eyes smilesFirsts – Episode 2: Caitlin Hernandez2. October 2018 - 2:29
  • Sam E. Rubin ist ein junger Mann der vor einem Gemälde sitzt, die eine Katze zeigt. Er blickt nach unten und hat grüne Augen mit langen Wimpern. Sein Haar ist braun und wellig, sein Hemd kartiert.Firsts – Episode 3: Sam E. Rubin2. October 2018 - 2:30
Recent
  • Two ZebrasSpeeches & Interviews5. January 2022 - 21:34
  • Black and white image of Karina, a woman with shaved head. She is wearing glitter eye shadow and red lipstick.Guest blog posts and podcast interviews31. July 2021 - 14:06
  • A black and white shot of Jameela, a woman with long black hair who rests her head on her handInterview with The Good Place actress Jameela Jamil20. May 2021 - 18:14
  • A screenshot of a zoom call with Ian Harding (left), a man with short brown hair and a full beard, and Karina Sturm (right), a woman with shaved brown hair and large, leaf-shaped earrings.In conversation with Ian Harding: actor, author, activi...7. December 2020 - 21:35
Comments
  • Hi Molly, I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think....31. July 2021 - 13:25 by karinabutterfly
  • Hi Molly, I am so sorry for your loss. :( Sending you gentle...31. July 2021 - 13:25 by karinabutterfly
  • just rented the movie!! can’t wait to watch28. July 2021 - 0:47 by Molly Tennen
  • thank you so much.. i started getting sick at age 18, i’m...28. July 2021 - 0:45 by Molly Tennen
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My documentary highlighting the challenges people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome all across the globe face can be watched online now.

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A portrait shot of Karina, a woman with short, 10 mm shaved, brown hair and huge, feather-like earrings sits in her kitchen.

The shackles that are my disease force me to keep looking down;
every day anew, I break these chains,
raise my head and make a step forward
 

– Karina Sturm – 
Journalist, Writer, Advocate
 

Chronic Illness & Disability 
 

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