Brown University
International Relations

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Reporter
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Celeste Katz Marston CelesteKatz@protonmail.com CelesteKatz.nyc https://authory.com/CelesteKatzMarston EXPERIENCE Freelance reporter — Nieman Reports, NBC Asian America, and more January 2019 - Present Reporting and writing in-depth pieces on media, politics and more. Co-author, “Is This Any Way to Vote? Vulnerable Voting Machines and the Mysterious Industry Behind Them,” WhoWhatWhy, 2020. Finalist, 2022 Mirror Awards. Correspondent, Producer, and Host — WBAI 99.5 FM New York September 2018 - Present Script, cast, and host/co-host live politics and public policy programming. Record and engineer interviews in podcast format with Audition, Audacity, and other tools. Develop, voice, and produce nonprofit fundraising pitches. Freelance Investigator — On Point Investigations February 2020 - Present Identifying and interviewing confidential witnesses for international private investigation firm specializing in antitrust, whistleblower, and securities fraud cases. Senior Politics Reporter — Glamour April 2018 - January 2019 Politics, elections, and public policy coverage for a Condé Nast flagship title. Highlights: Supreme Court, women in power, exclusives, and marquee profiles. Senior Political Writer — Newsweek September 2017 - February 2018 White House/Congressional coverage and voting-focused enterprise reporting. Dismissed along with magazine’s top two editors during assigned team investigation of Newsweek Media Group’s finances. Senior Political Correspondent and Podcast Co-Host — Mic January 2016 - August 2017 Presidential campaign and voting rights reporter and co-host of election-focused podcast with The Economist, which Poynter Institute readers ranked among the best political journalism of the 2016 cycle. Political Correspondent and Columnist — New York Daily News April 2000 - September 2015 Reported and edited presidential, mayoral, legislative, and gubernatorial coverage. Other beats included Board of Elections, crime, rewrite, and public education. Staff Writer and Columnist— The Providence Journal May 1995 - March 2000 Covered local and state government, public safety, schools, and features in breaking and investigative formats; created and wrote widely read pop culture column. BROADCAST APPEARANCES Current U.S. correspondent, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio; Guest on CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, FOX, CBS, BBC, NPR, Sirius XM PANELIST/DEBATE QUESTIONER Politicon, Columbia, NYU, and CUNY Journalism Schools, Hofstra, NY1 News, WABC Radio FREELANCE AND INTERNSHIPS The Boston Globe, SiriusXM, Elle, The Forward, Cosmopolitan, The Daily Dot, The Atlantic, The Washington Times, Washington Monthly EDUCATION Brown University, B.A., 1995: International Relations (Foreign Policy and Global Security) MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES Asian American Journalists Association, Journalism & Women Symposium, Brown Alumni Association. Past executive editor and alumni trustee, The Brown Daily Herald OUTSIDE INTERESTS Photography, music, Russian and French language, dachshundist

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Co-host "Driving Forces," a politics and public policy-focused program featuring expert guests and listener call-ins. Producer and host of "New York in Crisis: WBAI's Coronavirus Diary," an audio interview series bringing to life the stories of diverse New Yorkers in the age of Covid-19. Sound engineering with Audition, Audacity, and Avid Pro Tools. Script and deliver fundraising pitches and promote station programming and donor premiums on air and via multiple social media platforms. https://soundcloud.com/drivingforces https://soundcloud.com/celestekatznyc