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Welcome to my website!

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 a multimedia journalist from Germany who used to live in San Francisco. She is a lab technician turned journalist with a focus on chronic illness/disability representation in the media and received her MA with Distinction in international journalism from Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland. She loves Sushi, Heavy Metal, the ocean and dogs!

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  • 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 Marx
    Coming soon: Documentary film about the Ehlers-Danlos s...3. April 2019 - 0:46
  • White letters on black background: You are faking it
    We Are Visible – Trailers26. July 2019 - 18:07
  • Karina, a woman with super short brown hair is wearing a black hat and has her hand on top of the hat to take it off. She wears huge, feather-like earrings and lipstick.
    How it all began: Getting diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos ...13. March 2021 - 22:50
  • Black and white photo of Karina, a woman with 7 mm shaved hair and huge round earrings.
    Let’s get real. This is how 2020 really was for me.18. March 2021 - 23:55
Recent
  • Logo Props No More, which is a purple microphone and text: Disabled Creators Tearing Down Media Barriere
    Props No More: Redefining the Scene: Beyond Representation...27. October 2024 - 22:17
  • A close-up of a woman wearing headphones and speaking into a microphone. She has light brown, shoulder-length hair with blonde highlights. She looks forward with focus as she speaks into a black, professional studio microphone attached to a flexible arm. The background is blurred and neutral.
    Proud Stutter12. October 2024 - 3:10
  • a hand with purple gloves in a lab with a pipette
    Norris Lab Finds HEDS Gene: Kallikrein12. June 2024 - 11:25
  • The picture shows a young woman with straight, shoulder-length pink hair and glasses, sitting on a bed. She is wearing a light blue hoodie and black pants. To her right, there is a dog lying on the bed. The room has a red wall behind the bed, and there is a framed picture of a cat above the bed. On the left side of the bed, there is a small round mirror on the wall and a bedside table with a lamp. The bedspread is pink and white with a floral pattern.
    Filmmaker Andrew Abrahams on the New EDS Documentary &#...19. April 2024 - 10:59
Comments
  • Hi Rebecca, thanks for the kind words. I certainly can relate...9. September 2024 - 15:28 by karinabutterfly
  • Karina, this was beautifully said. As I write this comment,...8. July 2024 - 1:02 by Rebecca Simone Schmitz
  • 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
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Watch my latest short doc: Lego Oma

My short doc about the German Lego Oma, who builds wheelchair ramps from Lego to raise awareness for the (in)accessibility in Germany, is now available for a small fee on Vimeo on Demand. All income goes directly to Chronic Pain Partners, a non-profit organization.

VIMEO ON DEMAND

Chronic Pain Partners Post (EDS Newsletter) – In collaboration with EDS Awareness

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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