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WORK EXPERIENCE:
September 2009 – Present: THE WEEK Magazine
Assistant Online Editor, www.theweek.com
+Research, pitch, write, and fact-check daily news & opinion pieces
+Source and edit all photos, political cartoons, multimedia
+Manage social media efforts, including Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Stumbleupon
July 2009 – January 2010 : Wine Enthusiast Magazine
Assistant Tasting Coordinator
+Record, organize cellar wines submitted for tasting & review
+Update and fact-check monthly Buying Guide
+Occasional editorial for print and online publications
+Attend media & industry wine tasting events
May – September 2009 : REDBOOK Magazine
Beauty Intern
+Streamline flow of incoming product
+Track and record PR contacts
+Research products and beauty trends
+Research and write front-of-book health & beauty articles for print magazine, slideshows for website
+Conduct PR deskside meetings, attend industry events
Spring 2009 : Syracuse Post-Standard
Newsroom Intern
Researched and reported news and feature pieces for city’s only daily newspaper.
2008 – 2009 : S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Instructional Assistant
2007 – 2008 RIT Finance and Administration
Communications Liaison
Created a series of feature-length aritcles designed to inform readers of plans for the future of the Institute. Hired, managed, and coordinated a team of student designers and illustrators. Coordinated all elements of printing and publication. Created and edited content for the new “RIT Green” sustainability website.
2007 JetBlue Airways
“Crew Blue” Marketing Initative
Promoted the JetBlue brand on the RIT campus using traditional and guerilla marketing strategies. Depended heavily on social networks; Facebook group reached ~1000 members.
2004 – 2008 RIT Reporter Magazine
Staff Writer, Features Editor
SKILLS:
Skilled In: Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver; Google Analytics; Wordpress
Proficient In: Adobe Flash and Illustrator, Soundslides Plus, Audacity
EDUCATION:
2008 – 2009 : S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
M.A., Magazine, Newspaper, and Online Journalism
Syracuse University, N.Y.
2004 – 2008 : Rochester Institute of Technology
B.S., Professional and Technical Communications
Minor: Creative Writing
Rochester, N.Y.
archive
News & Politics
9 July 2010: San Francisco’s pet ban: First reactions
14 June 2010: Abby Sunderland: A female ‘Balloon Boy’?
11 June 2010: Suzanne Corona: Jail for adultery?
27 April 2010: A ‘mega mosque’ near Ground Zero?
15 April 2010: Should a 13-year-old be allowed to climb Everest?
24 March 2010: Obamacare is ‘like a microwaved meal,’ and 7 other inventive analogies
10 March 2010: Should seal be a meal?
16 December 2009: Banning the Taliban from 8th grade
9 December 2009: TSA’s ’spectacular’ snafu
3 December 2010: Canada: Thuggish petro-state?
30 November 2010: Should we pardon Huckabee?
19 November 2009: Walmart’s big Black Friday surprise
5 November 2009: Climate change: Time to eat Fido?
3 November 2009: The “American” marathon winner
3 November 2009: Swine flu shots for prisoners?
2 November 2009: Walmart’s discount-coffin controversy
30 October 2009: Tony Blair, president of Europe?
Fall 2008: A painful gamble
Fall 2008: For military families, trying times
Health & Wellness
30 June 2010: Dove’s ‘Real Beauty’ campaign: Hypocritical?
18 June 2010: Should the government ban peanuts on planes?
18 June 2010: Is the ‘female Viagra’ a myth?
9 June 2010: What is ’sleep sex?’
10 March 2010: Wine: The new weight-loss miracle?
7 December 2009: This Christmas give… a Pap smear?
2 December 2009: Is low sex drive a mental illness?
November 2009: REDBOOK Magazine: The yoga diet
Wine & Food
18 June 2010: Should the government ban peanuts on planes?
21 May 2010: KFC’s ‘Double Down’ phenomenon: By the numbers
29 April 2010: Obama’s pie problem: What the president eats
April 2010: Wine Enthusiast: Sweden’s Floating Sauna
31 March 2010: Junk food: More addictive than cocaine?
18 March 2010: Hipsters on food stamps
25 November 2009: The Great Eggo Waffle shortage of 2009
15 September 2009: Fitter. Happier (?)
16 June 2009: Wine 2.0
19 May 2009: Bottle lust
18 May 2009: Sweet Dilemma
TV, Film & Celebrities
16 June 2010: Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston: Together again?
9 June 2010: Deconstructing Lady Gaga’s ‘Alejandro’
8 June 2010: Miley Cyrus: growing up too fast?
26 May 2010: Lady Gaga’s ‘Glee’ moment: First reactions
18 May 2010: Miss USA: Does it matter if she’s Arab-American?
29 April 2010: Sandra Bullock’s ‘bombshell’ adoption: Strategic?
18 March 2010: Who is Michelle ‘Bombshell’ McGee?
16 March 2010: Deconstructing Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’
14 December 2009: George Stephanopoulos’ GMA debut
14 December 2009: Tiger’s sponsors: Who’s in, who’s out
9 December 2009: The ‘Harry Potter’ sex scene
30 November 2009: Who is Rachel Uchitel?
17 November 2009: Grading Palin on ‘Oprah’
9 November 2009: Is ‘Precious’ racist?
27 October 2009: The Baby Einstein Scandal
9 July 2010: Grindr: The new face of casual sex?
20 May 2010: Can Facebook predict your breakup?
10 May 2010: Texting during sex: The new sex etiquette
31 March 2010: 10 stupidest iPhone apps ever
16 December 2009: Facebook vs. Italy
13 November 2009: 9 ‘reply all’ email disasters
Other Miscellaneous
23 June 2010: “Sexing Up” Anne Frank
16 June 2010: “Extreme Poodles”: Ethical?
8 June 2010: 6 lotto winners who lost it all
18 May 2010: What is ‘vodka eyeballing?’
5 May 2010: Phillip Pullman’s ‘blasphemous’ new novel
14 April 2010: Spank a baby, raise a bully?
26 March 2010: Hire a babysitter, raise a womanizer?
19 March 2010: Repossession hell: 5 ‘extremely wrongful’ foreclosures
16 March 2010: The great shamrock shortage of 2010
14 December 2009: Are Christmas lights a crime?
25 November 2009: Cesar Millan: Kid whisperer?
29 October 2009: Mormon muffins: Too sexy?
