Carlota Rebelo is a Portuguese journalist, editor and executive audio producer based in London.

Currently she’s a senior foreign correspondent at global media brand Monocle. As a writer and storyteller her work spans audio, print and digital. She has reported from over twenty countries and has lived in Los Angeles, Brussels, Florence and Portugal.

About

I have over a decade of experience working in a fast-paced news environment. When I’m not on the road reporting, I produce and host live news shows, edit podcasts, commission stories, manage the day’s news coverage and write features on politics, diplomacy, urbanism and culture.

I cover a broad range of topics and regions: I have reported from liberated parts of Ukraine, global diplomatic gatherings such as COP27 in Egypt or the World Economic Forum in Davos, to leading design fair Salone del Mobile in Milan and the Frankfurt Book Fair. In 2019, I was dispatched to Los Angeles to setup Monocle’s new bureau in North America and develop the brand’s ongoing international expansion.

I am a regular speaker at conferences and events, with a focus on media, urbanism and making our cities better places to live in.

Work samples

Podcasts

  • World Economic Forum Urban Transformation Summit – Detroit 2023

  • Utopian Hours urbanism festival – Turin 2023

  • Monocle Quality of Life Conference – Munich 2023

  • United Cities and Local Governments Summit – Barcelona 2023

  • LA Design Festival – Los Angeles 2019

  • reSITE urbanism conference – Prague 2017

Speaking engagements

Other experience

  • Filter Judge at the British Podcast Awards 2023

  • Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) certificate