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8217 Crabtree Drive
Austin, Texas United States
Phone: 5129614035
Email: sumaiya.malik@utexas.edu
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Reporter
Objective
Creative, self-motivated hyperlocal Austin journalist with experience in writing for an in-print publication of 2.5 million readership, seeking to leverage skills and 7+ years industry experience for high quality journalism.
Education:
International Relations
Journalism and Media
Work Experience:
Austin South Asian |
I wrote six articles a month which I pitched and reported on. They included community news, restaurant reviews, interviews, non-profit news, opinion pieces, political reporting, elections.
Community Impact |
At Community Impact, I worked full-time as a northwest reporter with transport as my beat. Since the publication was daily online and in-print once a month, I had two sets of responsibilities that had to be done simultaneously. 1. Daily web story which I had to find myself. 2. Restaurant profiles 3. Business features 4. Development news 5. Non-profit news 6. Monthly openings/closings 7. Monthly to-do list 8. Cover stories with infographics and data 9. Transportation-highway construction, toll-roads, Cap Metro, CTRMA, TxDOT Additionally, I reported on elections doing live updates. I wrote multiple cover stories with articles on power failure, electricity rates going up.
Self-employed |
I pitched features about the arts, recreation, movies, dramas, events, local happenings and businesses that I found unique. I also wrote art exhibits in museums.
Total Years Experience:
7 yearsSkills:
SKILLS Cover stories with infographics and data, live reporting with updates, investigative reporting, self-generated daily Web stories, business and restaurant profiles, camp guides, photography for articles, sound story, fact check, copy-edit, longform, proficient in Twitter/Instagram, to-do lists, opening/closings/renovations announcements.
BEATS Transport, commissioners court, energy, power, legislature, City of Austin, local government, elections, Asian, Austin, South Asian, festivals, Black lives, non-profits, entertainment, lifestyle, outdoorsDesired Salary:
$55,000.00Occupations:
Editorial Writer, Multimedia Specialist/Multimedia Digital Journalist, Reporter-Business, Reporter-Digital, Reporter-Fashion, Reporter-Feature Writer, Reporter-General, Reporter-Government Reporter, Reporter-Investigative, Reporter-News, Reporter-Restaurant Food, Reporter-Travel, Reporter-Transportation, Web Writer, Writer-
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