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Schwarz-weiß Bild von Karina, einer Frau mit 9 mm rasierten Haaren und großen, runden Ohrringen.

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. 

We Are Visible – Ehlers-Danlos Documentary

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Watch WE ARE VISIBLE

You can watch my documentary portraying several families with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome on demand now.

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  • Three red gift boxes. Text: Gift IdeasGift ideas for chronically ill people2. December 2021 - 9:45
  • Karina, a woman with short brown hair leans against a wall on a balcony during sunset. She wears a white hoodie and holds a glass of wine in her hand. In the background you can see an old church and many older houses.Cheers, to a new New Year’s Eve tradition: Gratitude2. December 2021 - 9:44
  • Karina, eine Frau mit kurzen braunen Haaren und große silbernen OhrringenNot losing yourself as a chronically ill person31. October 2021 - 8:26
  • A woman stands on a wooden walkway of a lake and looks into the distance with a threatening dark and cloudy sky aboveChronic Illness, the bad days & coping28. August 2021 - 18:18
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  • Karina, a woman with short brown hair is wearing a black hat and huge earringsHow it all began: Getting diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos ...13. March 2021 - 22:50
  • Karina, a woman with an almost shaved head stands in her garden. She wears a shirt with polka dots and a sweater with skulls.Let’s get real. This is how 2020 really was for me.18. March 2021 - 23:55
  • Karina, a woman with super short, shaved hair sits in front of a door. She is wearing red lipstick and large silver hoop earringsLearning to accept life with a chronic illness.27. May 2021 - 13:31
  • Karina, a woman with short brown hair is smiling, her eyes small from the sun in her face. She is wearing a neck brace and her flower tattoo on her shoulder is visibleA letter to myself after getting diagnosed with EDS in ...19. March 2021 - 21:28
Comments
  • Thanks, my friend. Sending you hugs24. July 2021 - 12:33 by karinabutterfly
  • Well said + so very true. Nothing in life is linear, esp...8. July 2021 - 10:50 by Christine A
  • Hi Juliea, thanks for checking out my blog and for reading...11. May 2021 - 19:54 by karinabutterfly
  • Hi, love your newsletter although I've only been reading...10. May 2021 - 20:17 by Juliea Peters
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Karina, a woman with short brown hair sits in her kitchen. She wears golden feather-like earrings and red lipstick

 

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, Blogger
 

WE ARE VISIBLE – EDS DOCUMENTARY

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