How People Get Sucked Into Conspiracy Theories And What We Can Do About It
December 2023 — Co-produced, co-edited, co-filmed, and animated by Grace Galletti at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism
My dad got sucked into conspiracy theories during the pandemic, so I decided to investigate how this happened and what can be done about it.
Hundreds of Alleged Clergy Abuse Victims Come Forward
December 2022 — Co-produced and Edited by Grace Galletti at NBC Bay Area
Hundreds of child sex abuse lawsuits are hitting the Catholic church across California. To understand what victims now coming forward may be experiencing, the NBC Bay Area's Investigative Unit spoke to San Jose's John Salberg, who sued the Church 20 years ago after being abused as a child. Here's his story.
University Tracking of Student Suicides Inconsistent Amid ‘Alarming’ Mental Health Concerns
November 2022 — Co-produced by Grace Galletti at NBC Bay Area
The Investigative Unit sent out its own survey to Bay Area universities to see how schools are tracking student suicides and attempted suicides.
Station 1
May 2022 — Directed, Produced, Edited and shot by Grace Galletti and Jen Wiley at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism
Firefighters are five times more likely to be suffering from PTSD than the general population. The Berkeley Fire Department is par of a growing movement using peer support to address this.
The Great Depression - Part 2
March 2022 — Grace Galletti
A short animated explainer about the decline of psychiatric hospitals.
A Unique Form of Therapy: Art
December 2021 — Chris Chang & Grace Galletti
During the pandemic, I noticed a lot of people around me weren’t doing well. Art therapy is one way that people coped with their mental health.
About Me
Grace Galletti is a documentary filmmaker and journalist with a passion for mental health because of her own struggles with depression and anxiety. She has focused her work extensively on the subject to raise awareness and overcome the stigma that has kept many, including herself, in silence.
She is currently Associate Producer and Associate Editor at Citizen Film, a not-for-profit documentary production company and has interned at Proximity Media and NBC Bay Area. Some of her published work explores the barriers that different communities face with accessing mental health services, the aftermath of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church and university tracking of student suicides.
Galletti was born and raised in France and graduated in 2023 from UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism with a focus in visual storytelling. She also has a degree in environmental engineering from Brown University.