Resume
Experience | Multimedia Projects | Blogging | Skills | Activities and Honors | Education | Merit Scholarships
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The Miami Hurricane, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
- Editor at Large for Online and Multimedia (Fall 2008-present) – advise online and multimedia production for TheMiamiHurricane.com; conduct video shooting and editing training sessions; use Twitter to cover football games, a Barack Obama rally and other on-campus events by posting updates and photos with a cell phone
- Editor in Chief (Fall 2007-Spring 2008) – managed print and online news operations for twice-weekly newspaper; oversaw an editorial staff of more than 100; implemented video reporting; emphasized breaking news online; planned and oversaw creation of a new Web site using WordPress, which launched in August 2008
- Other roles: news editor, assistant news editor, page designer, copy editor, videographer, video editor, news reporter, arts and entertainment writer, theater critic and photographer; art director for First Impression summer special edition 2008
The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla.
- Metro Intern (May-Aug. 2008) – wrote news and feature stories for daily Broward Metro section, including an enterprise piece about Alzheimer’s patients who wander from their caregivers and a story about a police K-9 memorial service; wrote breaking news for online; shot and edited nine videos and six photos; contributed ideas and feedback to video task force
- Freelance writer (June-Aug. 2005) – wrote feature stories for weekly Broward Neighbors section
St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
- Freelance correspondent (Aug. 2007-Sept. 2007) – interviewed and compiled information from student sources for a story on student loans
South Florida Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- Metro intern (June-August 2007) – worked as a beat reporter covering four municipalities; wrote news and feature stories for daily Local (metro) section, including coverage of a park no one could afford to run; contributed to summer intern blog
Ibis yearbook, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
- Staff writer (Spring 2006-Spring 2007) – wrote news and feature stories, including a story about former President Bill Clinton’s visit and a speech by Firefox co-creator Blake Ross
Jewish Journal and Shalom Today, Forum Publishing Group, Deerfield Beach, Fla.
- Reporting Intern (July-August 2006) – wrote news and feature stories for weekly publication aimed at Jewish communities in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, including a feature about a Klezmer fusion band and a profile of a rabbi
- My Role Model – social networking team leader (created Ning group), design team member, videographer and video editor for a project highlighting stories about the being a role model to high school students (October 2008-present)
- Special Olympics – videographer and video editor for athlete profile project (September 2008-November 2008)
- West Grove 2008 – led a video team to document the stories of local residents on Election Day; videographer and video editor (November 2008)
- Fish At Bay – writer, videographer, video editor, photographer and copy editor for site about Biscayne Bay (January-May 2008)
- National Park Service – writer, audio reporter, audio editor and photographer (November-May 2008)
- The Linchpen - started a personal blog about online journalism and journalism education (November 2007-present)
- Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists - co-administrator and contributor to international blogging ring of young journalists (August 2008-present)
- My First Job - contributed to Sun Sentinel intern blog (June-August 2007)
- China travel blog (May-June 2007) - contributed to class travel blog during six-week feature writing study abroad trip
- Language: Spanish – nearly fluent, lived in Spain for six weeks during summer abroad program
- Online: HTML/CSS (hand-coded), basic JavaScript; content management and online community management
- Software (Windows and Mac): Apple Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Soundtrack Pro; Audacity, Soundslides and SlideShowPro Director; Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver; Microsoft Office; learning Adobe Flash
UWIRE 100, named one of the top 100 student journalists in the U.S. (2007-2008)
Society of Professional Journalists, University of Miami chapter
- First Place, National Mark of Excellence, online news reporting, GOP Spanish-language debate, Greg Linch and The Miami Hurricane staff (2007-2008)
- First Place, Region 3 Mark of Excellence for general news reporting, faculty housing series (2005-2006)
- President (2008-present), vice president (2006-2007) and member (2005-present)
Florida College Press Association
- Honorable Mention, Better Newspaper Contest, Feature Writing, The team that Mo’ built (2007)
- Student Board Member (Fall 2007-present) – first student member elected to board
- Community manager (November 2008-present)
- One of core team members working to create a community of online editors at student newspapers (August 2008-present)
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla., May 2009 (expected)
- Pursing a double major in journalism and political science; completed a minor in Spanish
- 3.92 G.P.A. – President’s Honor Roll, Provost’s Honor Roll, Dean’s List
Faculty-led study abroad courses
- Newspaper and Magazine Design and Photography in Spain (May-June 2006) – shot/edited photos (the first 17 in the slideshow are mine), designed print newspaper and magazine pages and wrote two feature stories
- Feature Writing in China (May-June 2007) – wrote feature stories for class Web site and kept a travel blog
