Georgia Kral

509 Hicks St. apt. 1 Brooklyn, NY 11231 203.988.2717 georgia.kral@gmail.com

Work Experience

City University of New York, Graduate School of Journalism New York, NY Adjunct Faculty, Fundamentals of Multimedia Storytelling, August 2011 Present Course topics include: multimedia storytelling, blogging, social media, crowd-sourcing, photography and online video WNET New York Public Media, MetroFocus Multimedia Web Editor, December 2011 - Present Report for Thirteens online local news website New York, NY

Coverage areas: life in NYC, government, real estate and development, transportation, arts and culture, technology, food and sustainability, education Edit articles submitted by authors and community contributors Produce local video content and multimedia packages Edit photographs AOL, Carroll Gardens Patch Local Editor, October 2010 - December 2011 Launched, edited and reported a local news website Brooklyn, NY

Coverage areas: local events, politics and government, food, education, arts and culture, real estate and development, the environment Shot and edited video and photographs Managed an annual budget of approximately $22,000 Assigned and edited freelance articles from a dozen reporters Recruited community-based bloggers and contributors Blogged and curated aggregated content from other media outlets Managed multiple social media accounts including Twitter and Facebook New York, NY

Freelance Reporter, Producer, Blogger September 2007 October 2010

Contributed articles to The Village Voice, The New York Times, The NY Daily News, Truthout.org, New York Press, On The Issues Magazine, AOL Music, Brooklyn Vegan and Brooklyn Based, among others. Produced on-air segments for WNYC Radio as well as audio segments for the culture website at WNYC. Microphone Memory Emotion Brooklyn, NY Founder, Editor, Blogger, March 2009 October 2010 Founder of a music and culture blog with wide relevance. Blog regularly received 500 unique page views a day and associated Twitter account has 1,700 followers. Edited stories from four contributors, wrote news posts and reviews and took photographs Curated live music events. On The Issues Magazine New York, NY Social Media Editor and Editorial Assistant, May 2009 September 2010 Managed social media and digital marketing strategies for an online womens magazine.

Education

Hampshire College Amherst, MA Bachelor Degree, Individualized Study focusing on American Popular Culture and Mass Communications, May 2004. CUNY, Graduate School of Journalism New York, NY Masters Degree in Journalism, December 2007 Photoshop, HTML, Multi-Media Storytelling, Wordpress and other Content Management Systems, Social Media, Various Audio and Video Editing Programs, Budgeting, Research, SEO, Management

Skills