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Megan Tagami
424 Kelton Avenue Apt. 213
Los Angeles, California United States

Phone: 8082591047
Email: mtagami@g.ucla.edu
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Resumes ID: 8862

Resumes Views: 20

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

Zip Code: 90024

Posted: 06.27.2023

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Website: https://megantagami.wixsite.com/megant

LinkedIn Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-tagami/

Objective

As a recent college graduate, I am looking for full-time job opportunities in news reporting that can begin after I finish my internship at the Wall Street Journal in September. I am especially interested in education reporting but am open to a range of opportunities, including general assignment and features reporting.

Education:

09.23.2019 - 06.16.2023

University of California, Los Angeles
Political Science, Public Affairs

Work Experience:

09.02.2022 - 09.01.2023

Features Reporter
Honolulu Civil Beat |
• Covered K-12 and higher education events and national trends in teacher pay, school technology and more • Regularly pitched stories; worked closely with editors to produce timely articles published online and in print

06.21.2023 - 05.31.2022

Reporting Intern
Fresnoland |
• Pitched and produced stories investigating higher education policies, trends and developments across the state • Covered the largest strike in higher education history and contributed reporting to CalMatters’ newsletter • Sourced stories using Twitter, Reddit and Instagram to include a diversity of voices and colleges in my coverage • Promoted audience engagement by hosting an Instagram Live panel on the state budget; helped to develop a new CalMatters column responding to readers’ questions about California higher education

10.05.2020 - 05.26.2023

California Student Journalism Corps Member
Asian American Journalists Association VOICES |
• Pitched and wrote both short-term and in-depth articles on K-12 education, state policy, homelessness and more • Spoke on Hawaii Public Radio about my reporting, attended school board meetings and took photos for stories • Analyzed statewide data on COVID-19 cases and created graphics using Datawrapper

01.09.2023 - 05.31.2023

Freelance Reporter
EdSource |
• Co-authored a long-form feature on the hazardous working conditions Asian American beauty workers face • Presented the features story alongside three other VOICES students at the 2022 AAJA Conference

06.20.2022 - 03.24.2023

PRIME Content Editor, Senior Staff Reporter
Wall Street Journal |
• Covered the fears and perspectives of students with personal ties to Ukraine and Russia at the onset of the war • Produced feature stories on the experiences of school shooting survivors and spoke on a related podcast episode • Explored the rise of the cannabis industry in California’s economy and colleges in a series of short stories

05.13.2022 - 09.02.2022

College Journalism Network Fellow
CalMatters |
• Interviewed Fresno residents, home developers and city council members about local and state housing policies • Authored a story exploring how community land trusts may help to solve Fresno’s affordable housing crisis

12.01.2021 - 07.29.2022

Education Bureau Intern
UCLA Daily Bruin |
• Edited the long-form stories of 15 writers; produced four quarterly magazines published online and in print • Explored how Executive Order 9066 shaped the educational experiences of incarceration camp survivors and their descendants in an eight-month features project • Contributed 25 stories to the Features and National News/Higher Education beats; met regular print deadlines