Channtal Fleischfresser is a multimedia journalist based in São Paulo, Brazil. She shoots, writes, and edits video and creates multimedia stories for publication in news outlets around the world. She has worked with organizations including Reuters, the Associated Press, and HBO Sports. Previously, Channtal worked as an Associate Producer for Worldfocus, a nightly international news show distributed on PBS stations around the United States. She has a Master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she specialized in online media. Channtal received a fellowship in 2008 with News21, a Carnegie-Knight initiative, where she covered immigration. She has reported for NYC24.com, a multimedia news website, WNBC.com, where she was a multimedia intern, and her blog, Junction Blvd, covering current events in Queens, N.Y.

She graduated with a B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, she has called many places home, including New York, N.Y., Boston, M.A., Bologna, Italy, and Durango, Colorado.

Her travels and studies have brought her native fluency in English and Portuguese, fluency in Italian and French, conversational Spanish and a working knowledge of German.