EXPERIENCE:
FREELANCE REPORTER — November 2008-Present
Explored the hidden world of Yiddish-speaking hipsters and anarchic, puppet-filled cooking programs for publications including the New York Times, the New York Daily News and Manhattan hyperlocal DNAinfo.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR — August 2010-August 2011
THE HUFFINGTON POST MEDIA GROUP, NEW YORK, NY & SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Associate Crime Editor, The Huffington Post: Wrote, edited and aggregated breaking news and features stories, including live reporting from the Lieby Kletzky funeral. Recruited bloggers,optimized content for traffic and managed the look and flow of HuffPost’s Crime section.
Local Editor, Patch.com: Recruited and managed a team of ten, producing daily video, photo and feature stories, as well as monthly investigative series, giving voice to pregnant 14-year-olds and undocumented dreamers, gang-banging urban farmers and a KIPP charter school’s social media star for an ethnically and economically diverse community. Special Duties: Community outreach, regional story planning, bilingual editing, mentoring and management.
NEWS INTERN AND FREELANCE CORRESPONDENT — August 2009-August 2010
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK, NY
Covered crime and front-page breaking news for America’s fifth-largest daily. Executed enterprise stories, uncovering an Indian visa crisis and the explosion of Nollywood film from the nation’s most diverse county as the Queen’s bureau’s only Spanish-speaking reporter. Broke news that brought action, including a proposed state ban on high proof liquor. Forced Port Authority to rebuild decrepit toilets for cab drivers within a week. Special Duties: Events coverage, translation.
SENIOR EDITORIAL FELLOW, BEN BAGDIKIAN FELLOWSHIP — June 2009-April 2010
MOTHER JONES, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Blogged and reported features for the magazine and website. Supplemented reporting—including bi-lingual assignments—translated extensively, and ensured the accuracy of sensitive political stories, including three issues awarded the 2010 National Magazine Award for General Excellence. Special Duties: Translation, simultaneous interpreting, auxiliary reporting, transcription.
STAFF WRITER — January 2009-May 2009
THE BROOKLYN INK (HTTP://THEBROOKLYNINK.COM) BROOKLYN, NY
Led enterprise and investigative reports, scooped the big papers and cultivated quirky, only-in-Brooklyn stories as lead writer for the Ink’s ten-member staff. Engaged Coney Island toughs,Williamsburg hipsters and Crown Heights Hasids, combining digital storytelling and dogged,community-centric reporting. Special Duties: Lead writer for breaking news.
EDUCATION:
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, New York, NY
M.S. Journalism, May 2009
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, Berkeley, CA
B.A. in History and Spanish Literature with High Honors, May 2008
LANGUAGES:
Fluent Spanish with college-level writing, conversational Russian, with reporting experience in both.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
New Media: Web production, SEO, Flash, Photoshop, HD Digital Video, audio and photo editing. Experience with real-time analytics, multiple content management systems, some HTML.
Social Media: Professional experience leveraging Twitter, Facebook and other social media services
Other Skills: Copy editing, verbatim transcription and translation.
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