CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y. Expected December 2014 Master of Arts, Arts & Culture concentration
College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C. May 2013 Bachelor of Arts in Communication, cum laude
EXPERIENCE
New York Daily News New York, NY Freelance Web Producer & Writer September 2014-Present Produce five to eight web story packages for Sunday NFL games including writing headlines, abstracts, and photo captions and using CMS to publish wire stories on deadline. Write breaking sports news stories.
New York Daily News New York, NY Sports Intern June-August 2014 Reported on Yankees and Mets, wrote sidebars and notebooks for online and print weekly. Wrote more than 100 breaking news sports stories. Produced online packages from wires using CMS. Created video packages using both a DSLR and Videolicious.
CUNY Sports Report New York, NY Managing Editor & Reporter January 2014-Present Co-produce packages for large-scale events such as the Super Bowl and the Olympics that include a variety of content, edit copy from fellow graduate students, assist in website redesign. Create original content weekly in the forms of text articles, graphics and podcasts.
Charleston Magazine Charleston, SC Editorial Intern JanuaryMay 2013 Researched local monthly events and wrote blurbs for each for a lifestyle magazine; copy edited articles and made corrections in InDesign; fact checked sources and conducted additional research for editorial team.
CisternYard Media Charleston, SC Contributing Writer August 2011May 2013 Wrote articles for the sports department of College of Charlestons student-run website and quarterly magazine; covered games courtside at all home events; conducted in-person and phone interviews and shot photographs.
The Florence Newspaper Florence, Italy Freelancer April 2012 Translated Italian prose into English for English-language Italian newspaper for residents and visitors.
SKILLS
Conversational Italian; experience in Reaper, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Final Cut 10; proficient in HTML and CSS, with Marantz PMD620 audio recorder and Canon EOS Rebel T3 DSLR camera.