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Elisa Xu
1845 N Wilmot Avenue
Chicago, Illinois United States
Phone: 314-488-0702
Email: elisayjxu@gmail.com
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1845 N Wilmot Avenue
Chicago, Illinois United States
Phone: 314-488-0702
Email: elisayjxu@gmail.com
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Associate Editor, Copy Editor
Resumes ID: 9986
Resumes Views: 6
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Zip Code: 60647
Posted: 08.06.2024
Updated:
Job Type:
Job Category: Online | New Media, Magazines, Media Business Positions,
Website: https://elisaxu.wixsite.com/elisa-xu
LinkedIn Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisa-xu-098b39174/
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Hi there! My name is Elisa Xu. I’m a current health misinformation reporter at NewsGuard Technologies, a company that rates the credibility of news sites and fact-checks false claims online.While I've built up a strong background in fact-checking and health misinformation reporting, I’m looking to pivot to journalism roles focused on editing, project management, and copy editing. Before NewsGuard, I was a special projects fellow at Business Insider. There, I found I thrived doing the more behind-the-scenes work of planning editorial calendars, copy editing projects, and coordinating with editors for article series. I’d love to apply the skills I've gained in fact-checking, copy editing, and project management to a new role where I can contribute to stories beyond the reporting aspect.
My end goal is to use my skills to help shape impactful stories that highlight underrepresented identies and stories. This is what inspired me to pursue journalism when I was in college, and this mission still drives me today.
Education:
09.19.2021 - 08.30.2022
Northwestern University
Journalism (Magazine Specialization)
Journalism (Magazine Specialization)
08.28.2017 - 05.21.2021
Washington University in St. Louis
Anthropology
Anthropology
Work Experience:
06.01.2022 - 12.01.2022
Special Projects Fellow
Business Insider |
- Spearheaded the editorial decision-making process — with a co-series editor — behind the 2022 edition of Business Insider’s premium cross-newsroom list 100 People Transforming Business (https://www.businessinsider.com/100-people-transforming-business-2022). - Brainstormed with editors across Business Insider’s newsroom to vet 110 of the most notable people innovating business, and collaborated with several departments (editorial, graphics, photography, social media, events) to execute the multimedia series. - Copy edited and fact-checked business leader profiles and vertical analyses across diverse industries including healthcare, sustainability, DEI, emerging tech, entertainment, shopping, money, supply chain, transportation, and real estate. - Edited sponsored yet editorially independent packages and articles, including the series How 5G is Changing Everything (https://www.businessinsider.com/category/how-5-g-is-changing-everything). - Researched areas of largest warehouse growth over time to pinpoint compelling satellite imagery for the in-depth editorial series Warehouse Nation (https://www.businessinsider.com/warehouse-nation-boom-ecommerce-jobs-2022-10).
Business Insider |
- Spearheaded the editorial decision-making process — with a co-series editor — behind the 2022 edition of Business Insider’s premium cross-newsroom list 100 People Transforming Business (https://www.businessinsider.com/100-people-transforming-business-2022). - Brainstormed with editors across Business Insider’s newsroom to vet 110 of the most notable people innovating business, and collaborated with several departments (editorial, graphics, photography, social media, events) to execute the multimedia series. - Copy edited and fact-checked business leader profiles and vertical analyses across diverse industries including healthcare, sustainability, DEI, emerging tech, entertainment, shopping, money, supply chain, transportation, and real estate. - Edited sponsored yet editorially independent packages and articles, including the series How 5G is Changing Everything (https://www.businessinsider.com/category/how-5-g-is-changing-everything). - Researched areas of largest warehouse growth over time to pinpoint compelling satellite imagery for the in-depth editorial series Warehouse Nation (https://www.businessinsider.com/warehouse-nation-boom-ecommerce-jobs-2022-10).
02.01.2023 -
Misinformation Reporter
NewsGuard Technologies |
- Researches and curates reviews (called “Nutrition Labels”) of news sources that give readers comprehensive information about the credibility of different news sources. Reviewed news formats include but are not limited to websites, broadcast TV, and podcasts. - Debunks prominent false claims about health and vaccines as part of NewsGuard’s Health team through writing fact-checks (which NewsGuard calls “False Narratives”) that refute false claims and monitor how specific false claims emerge and spread online. - Researched and contributed to NewsGuard’s special reports breaking news about misinformation, including about big brands inadvertently funding websites that spread misinformation (https://www.newsguardtech.com/misinformation-monitor/june-2023/), and a pro-Beijing disinformation campaign about the Maui wildfires in the U.S. (https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/pro-china-influence-operation-claims-us-military-started-maui-fires/)
NewsGuard Technologies |
- Researches and curates reviews (called “Nutrition Labels”) of news sources that give readers comprehensive information about the credibility of different news sources. Reviewed news formats include but are not limited to websites, broadcast TV, and podcasts. - Debunks prominent false claims about health and vaccines as part of NewsGuard’s Health team through writing fact-checks (which NewsGuard calls “False Narratives”) that refute false claims and monitor how specific false claims emerge and spread online. - Researched and contributed to NewsGuard’s special reports breaking news about misinformation, including about big brands inadvertently funding websites that spread misinformation (https://www.newsguardtech.com/misinformation-monitor/june-2023/), and a pro-Beijing disinformation campaign about the Maui wildfires in the U.S. (https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/pro-china-influence-operation-claims-us-military-started-maui-fires/)
09.17.2024 - 06.01.2024
Reporter
Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism |
- Pitched and created text and multimedia news stories about local Chicago BIPOC business owners for Medill Reports, the digital news site publishing the work of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism’s graduate journalists - Pitched, reported, and published stories based on a week-long reporting trip to coastal Louisiana and reporting for a Multimedia News Reporting class at Medill. The published stories include a Native News Online piece (https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/after-hurricane-ida-indigenous-tribal-members-face-the-decision-to-rebuild-or-relocate) and a story with South Side Weekly (https://southsideweekly.com/in-the-pandemic-chinatown-restaurants-have-struggled-and-adapted/).
Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism |
- Pitched and created text and multimedia news stories about local Chicago BIPOC business owners for Medill Reports, the digital news site publishing the work of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism’s graduate journalists - Pitched, reported, and published stories based on a week-long reporting trip to coastal Louisiana and reporting for a Multimedia News Reporting class at Medill. The published stories include a Native News Online piece (https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/after-hurricane-ida-indigenous-tribal-members-face-the-decision-to-rebuild-or-relocate) and a story with South Side Weekly (https://southsideweekly.com/in-the-pandemic-chinatown-restaurants-have-struggled-and-adapted/).
02.01.2024 -
Membership Director (volunteer role)
Asian American Journalists Association, Chicago |
- Spearheads membership programs, such as the inaugural mentorship program “Coffee with a Journalist” that connects AAJA Chicago members with experienced journalists for coffee chats and mentorship opportunities - Recruits new members to join the Chicago chapter of Asian American Journalists Association, and informs them about the organizations professional and community initiatives, including two paid internships with local Chicago newsrooms, resume reviews, and other professional workshop opportunities - Supports the process of planning, fundraising, and marketing the chapter’s annual Trivia Bowl fundraiser, where the board raises money to provide paid internships for early career AAPI journalists
Asian American Journalists Association, Chicago |
- Spearheads membership programs, such as the inaugural mentorship program “Coffee with a Journalist” that connects AAJA Chicago members with experienced journalists for coffee chats and mentorship opportunities - Recruits new members to join the Chicago chapter of Asian American Journalists Association, and informs them about the organizations professional and community initiatives, including two paid internships with local Chicago newsrooms, resume reviews, and other professional workshop opportunities - Supports the process of planning, fundraising, and marketing the chapter’s annual Trivia Bowl fundraiser, where the board raises money to provide paid internships for early career AAPI journalists
Total Years Experience:
3 yearsSkills:
- CMS softwares: WordPress, Viking
Adobe Creative Suite: Premiere Pro, Photoshop and Lightroom
- Fact-checking
- Copy editing
- Writing and editing using AP Style
- Photography; recipient of the 2017 Steve McCurry Award for Creating Images That Take Your Breath Away
Languages: English, Mandarin Chinese (fluent in speaking; proficient in reading and writing)
Desired Salary:
$63,000.00Occupations:
Digital Content Producer/Editor, Editor General, Editor-News, Editor-Projects Editor, Editorial Writer-
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