CARRIE BATTAN

610.457.9470 | carriebattan@gmail.com | @cbattan 382A S. 3rd Street, Brooklyn NY

WORK EXPERIENCE Pitchfork Media; New York, N.Y.: Staff Writer August 2011 to Present Shape newsfeed by monitoring and selecting stories for coverage, write six to eight news posts daily Write regular features, reviews, Q&As Help guide and broaden coverage of new artists Freelance writer, researcher and fact-checker February 2011 to August 2011 Regular contributor to New Yorks Vulture and Daily Intel, The Boston Globe, The Boston Phoenix, Capital New York Researcher for Katha Pollitt; analyzed data for forthcoming book on U.S. abortion politics Regular fact-checker of feature articles for The Nation The Nation Institute; New York, N.Y.: Editorial/Publicity Assistant (contract) September 2010 to February 2011 Developed strategies for annual book and film prizes, researched nominees, solicited and screened submissions Fact-checked pieces for the Investigative Fund, updated website regularly The Nation magazine; New York, N.Y.: Web intern (paid) June 2010 to September 2010 Wrote blog posts; fact-checked, copy-edited and prepped all content across TheNation.com Managed Twitter (100K followers) and Facebook (15K fans) accounts The Boston Phoenix; Boston, Mass.: Contributing writer and web intern September 2009 to May 2010 Assembled and prepared articles, blog posts, slideshows and podcasts on music and books Wrote music and book reviews, live event recaps and listings (two to three posts weekly) Slates The Big Money; New York, N.Y.: Intern Researched and wrote material for blog; conducted interviews The Tufts Daily; Medford, Mass.: Executive Features Editor/Staff Writer Coordinated and managed a team of six editors; edited 10 to 15 writers Wrote over 100 features and arts stories January 2010 September 2006 to January 2009

SKILLS Copy-editing, online content management systems, SEO, social media strategy, some HTML and XML, Adobe Photoshop, audio editing (Audacity), Microsoft Excel/Access, STATA EDUCATION Tufts University; Medford, Mass.; B.A., Economics; minor in Media Studies, magna cum laude May 2010 Honors: Wrote centerpiece feature in Pitchforks National Magazine Award-winning ASME package May 2013 Yusem Academic Merit Scholarship September 2006 to May 2010