Reporter
Resumes ID: 10013
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Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Zip Code: 60601
Posted: 08.06.2024
Updated:
Job Type:
Job Category: Online | New Media, Magazines, Academia, Fellowships | Scholarship | Prizes, Film,
Objective
Find a full-time job/fellowship/internship that accepts international students under an OPT F1 visa.
Education:
09.19.2023 -
Northwestern Univeristy
Journalism
08.29.2018 - 05.14.2023
Macalester College
Media and Cultural Studies
Work Experience:
07.03.2023 - 09.08.2023
Features Reporting Intern
Star Tribune |
• Wrote 11 cover-page features (five pitched, six assigned) and two magazine stories in 10 weeks with an emphasis on lifestyle, art and minority communities.
• Proposed news products for young readers and collaborated with other interns to deliver a written report and presentation to CEO, newsroom managers and board members on “Connecting Emerging News Consumers with the Star Tribune.”
06.24.2024 -
Features/Lifestyle Intern
Los Angeles Times |
• Pitch and cover lifestyle, arts, culture, food and points-of-interest stories with an emphasis on the Asian community.
• Take photos for assignments and produce and edit short videos for the L.A. Times’ editorial and social platforms.
09.19.2022 - 04.24.2023
Features Staff Writer
The Mac Weekly |
• Pitched and wrote human interest stories and profile features for the 2,000+ student body, emphasizing BIPOC students’ and international students’ perspectives.
• Published three long features on the front page within one semester.
06.13.2022 - 08.31.2022
Research Assistant
Chinese University of Hong Kong |
• Used Excel to build and maintain large databases of people who appeared in Chinese news since 2012.
• Designed original research plans and wrote academic reports about journalistic sourcing and tech leaders in China based on the quantitative and qualitative analysis of large databases and literature reviews.
• Presented academic research for a public audience and won the “Best Presentation Award” out of 33 research projects.
09.14.2020 - 08.31.2022
Public Relations Intern/Freelancer
Weber Shandwick |
• Won MongoDB as a return customer with PR work for its China Media Roundtable; drafted briefing books, media invitations, reports, and interview questions, resulting in 12 articles from influential journalists and 150+ reprints.
• Wrote coverage reports, gathered information from the press and conducted PR reviews of interview questions and news article drafts for major clients such as IBM.
• Monitored the news and generated daily reports for Micron on itself, its competitors and the semi-conductor industry.
• Conducted product and marketing research for the Otis Elevator Co. and advised on its localization in China.
Total Years Experience:
4 years
Skills:
Languages: Mandarin Chinese (Native), Japanese (N3)
Software: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Lightroom, Excel PivotTable, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Flourish Data Visualization, OpenRefine
Skillset: Documentary Production, Podcast Production, Photography
Occupations:
Editorial Writer, Marketing Specialist/Marketing Assistant, Multimedia Specialist/Multimedia Digital Journalist, Production Assistant, Reporter-Business, Reporter-Digital, Reporter-Feature Writer, Reporter-General, Reporter-Investigative, Reporter-News, Reporter-Travel, Researcher/News Research, Video Journalist/Videographer, Writer