Reporter
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Location: , Massachusetts, United States
Zip Code:
Posted: 08.06.2024
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Job Type:
Job Category: Wire Services, Online | New Media, Magazines, Fellowships | Scholarship | Prizes,
Education:
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09.04.2018 - 05.06.2023
Northeastern University
Journalism
Work Experience:
01.03.2022 - 06.30.2022
Metro Correspondent
The Boston Globe |
• Worked a weekly overnight shift covering breaking news and crime throughout New England
• Monitored fires, shootings, court cases and other developing stories using TweetDeck
07.05.2022 - 12.31.2022
Living/Arts Co-op
The Boston Globe |
• Wrote 64 articles on visual arts, theater, food, music, books, real estate and pop culture for the Living/Arts section, garnering a collective 187,326 page views
• Pitched enterprise features, profiles, Q&As and roundups at weekly editorial meetings
• Drafted social copy, including threads and multimedia content, for Twitter and Facebook
• Compiled weekly roundups of local author readings and regional bestseller lists
• Pursued solutions-oriented and service pieces like sustainable holiday shopping and using
EBT cards to access local arts institutions
06.28.2021 - 12.31.2021
Magazine, Travel & Address Co-op
The Boston Globe |
• Worked as a contributing writer for Globe Magazine, and Food, Metro, Music and Address
• Pitched enterprise perspective and feature ideas at weekly Magazine pitch meetings
• Wrote a multimedia feature on Bostonians using Twitter to report MBTA safety problems
that won an AAJA student award for Online/Digital journalism
• Fact checked and proofread magazine features, perspectives, and Address features
• Reviewed magazine submissions and corresponded with readers and freelance writers
• Managed the magazine’s payroll for freelance writers and submitted reimbursement requests
09.01.2020 - 12.31.2020
General Assignment Reporter
The Scope |
• Pitched hard news and feature story ideas at biweekly editorial meetings
• Reported on public health, food insecurity, climate change, housing, public transit, elections,
police reform and education around Boston and neighboring towns
• Composed and published daily posts on The Scope’s Instagram page
01.07.2019 - 12.31.2020
Opinion Editor & Staff Writer
The Huntington News |
• Wrote an A1 story on the changes to Northeastern’s Title IX policy that was listed as a regional finalist for the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards
• Pitched 3-5 ideas, and edited 4-6 op-eds and columns for the Opinion section each week
• Maintained a weekly column about social and political issues on campus and beyond
• Researched and reported on campus and city-wide news
11.13.2023 -
Georgia Elections Reporting Fellow
USA TODAY |
• Wrote 121 articles on Georgia’s state, local and national politics for audiences in Savannah, Athens and Augusta, as well as nationwide, garnering a collective 2,340,780 page views
• Covered Georgia’s 2024 legislative session with a focus on elections, education, civil rights and economic development, incorporating diverse sources to provide fair and accurate coverage
• Contributed breaking national politics stories to USA TODAY’s national Election Connect team
• Leveraged multimedia tools like photography, data visualization and SEO to enhance visual storytelling, increase audience engagement and maximize impact
Total Years Experience:
3 years
Skills:
- Reporting and writing enterprise news stories, features, profiles and investigative pieces
- Proofreading and copy editing in AP Style
- Fact checking magazine-length features and reported op-eds
- Data visualization with Google Sheets, R Studio, JavaScript, Tableau and Flourish
- Using Buffer and SocialFlow to draft and optimize posts on Facebook and Twitter
- Monitoring engagement analytics through Chartbeat and SocialFlow
- News photography with a Canon EOS Rebel T6i camera
- Video editing with Adobe Premiere
- Audio reporting with a Zoom H4N recorder
- Audio editing with Adobe Audition