Resume
Experience | Multimedia Projects | Blogging | Skills | Honors | Activities | Education | Merit Scholarships
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Read recommendations from my nominations to the UWIRE100 (2008, 2009).
Publish2, Leesburg, Va.
- News Innovation Manager (September 2009-present) – work with journalists and news organization to use content- and link-sharing tools; provide user support; conduct product and feature testing; work on front-end web development; manage Wired Journalists, a network for journalists
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
- Web News Intern (June-August 2009) – planned and created new JFK page using the SIMILE Exhibit framework; reported breaking and daily news stories for online and print; trained journalists to use social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to improve their reporting and improve engagement; occasionally worked as online producer; created a hub page of staff Twitter accounts; occasionally managed Twitter and Facebook accounts; sometimes substituted as a Web producer
CoPress, The Internet
- Adviser (June 2009-February 2010)
- Producer/Co-host, College Media Lab (formerly This Week in CoPress) podcast (August-November 2009) – listen to past podcasts
- Team Member and Co-founder (August 2008-November 2009) – work with team to create a community, hosting solutions and a technical support network for student news organizations; contribute to short- and long-term visions of the organizations
- Community Director (November 2008-May 2009) – managed social media presence; recruited new members and partner organizations; managed discussion forum; produced, recorded and edited podcasts
The Miami Hurricane, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
- Editor at Large for Online and Multimedia (Fall 2008-Spring 2009) – advised online and multimedia production for TheMiamiHurricane.com; conducted video shooting and editing training sessions
- 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 (Fall 2005-Summer 2008) – news editor, assistant news editor, page designer, copy editor, videographer, video editor, news reporter, arts and entertainment writer, theater critic, photographer; art director for summer 2008 special edition
The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla.
- Metro Intern (May-August 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 to video task force
- Freelance Writer (June-August 2005) – wrote news feature stories for weekly Broward Neighbors section
St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
- Freelance Correspondent (August-September 2007) – interviewed and compiled information from students for a story on unsolicited 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 stories on topics such as former President Bill Clinton’s on-campus remarks and an event with 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
- Multimedia Standards – producer/project manager for site offering expert insights and commentary on journalistic multimedia storytelling; recorded and edited audio interview; other duties included quality assurance, copyediting and building profile pages (March-May 2009)
- Special Olympics Live – “behind the scenes” webcasting team member, social media director (January-February 2009)
- My Role Model – social media director, design team member, videographer and video editor for a project highlighting stories about the being a role model to high school students (October-December 2008)
- Special Olympics South Florida – videographer and video editor for athlete profile project (September 2008-November 2008)
- Witnessing History in the West Grove – led a video team to document the stories of local residents on Election Day; videographer and video editor (November 2008)
- Fish At Bay – videographer, video editor, photographer, writer and copy editor for site about Biscayne Bay (January-May 2008)
- National Park Service – audio reporter, audio editor, photographer and writer for two profile projects (November 2007-May 2009)
- The Linchpen – maintain 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-August 2009)
- My First Job – contributed to Sun Sentinel intern blog (June-August 2007)
- China travel blog – contributed to class travel blog during six-week feature writing study abroad trip (May-June 2007)
- Language: conversational Spanish speaking skills, proficient in reading and understanding spoken language
- Online: HTML and CSS; working knowledge of JavaScript, PHP and MySQL; experienced in community management and engagement; proficient in producing and hosting podcasts; experienced in customizing and implementing SIMILE widgets and related framework
- Software (Windows and Mac): WordPress, including basic theme customization with PHP; Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro; Soundslides; Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and working knowledge of Flash/basic AS3
Society of Professional Journalists
- College Journalist of the Year (Florida), Sunshine State Awards (2009)
- 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)
- University of Miami chapter: President (2008-2009), vice president (2006-2007) and programming director (2005-2009)
- Member since 2005
Horizon Interactive Awards 2009
- Gold, College and University, Special Olympics Live
- Gold, Public Service / Non-Profit, Special Olympics Live
- Gold, College and University, Witnessing History in the West Grove
Broadcast Education Association, Student Interactive Multimedia Competition (group projects)
- First Place, Witnessing History in the West Grove – led a video team, shot and edited footage
- Third Place, Fish At Bay , CVJ 519 spring 2008 – videographer, video editor, copyeditor; writer and photographer for history section
National Press Photographer Association
- First Place, Multimedia Project, monthly multimedia contest for December, Witnessing History in the West Grove (Nov. 2008)
Florida College Press Association
- Honorable Mention, Better Newspaper Contest, Feature Writing, The team that Mo’ built (2007)
- Student Board Member (August 2007-May 2009) – first student member elected to board
Activities
- 2010 conference planning committee member and video streaming/recording chair
- ONA DC meetup volunteer
- 2009 conference planning committee member and executive producer for video streaming – oversaw all aspects of streaming and managed a team of five livestream producers and three videographers
- 10th anniversary committee member (2009)
- Student discussion group leader (spring 2009)
- Member (April 2008-present)
- Active member of and one of the community moderators for the Hacks/Hackers Help site
- Contributor to the Hacks/Hackers Survival Glossary
- Co-organized joint ONA-Hacks/Hackers meetup for May 2010, featuring NYT’s Derek Willis
- Managed team of livebloggers and curators (2010)
- Helped manage team of livebloggers, tweets and videographers (2009)
- Attend annual spring conference in Miami (2007- present)
- Streamed live video of New York meet-up (March 2009)
- Participated in Revenue 2.0 event in Washington, D.C. (March 2009)
- Member (February 2009-present)
- One of 40 student to participate in annual 12-day fellowship (May 17-29), which included workshop-style sessions and reporting
- Audio workshop assistant (Jan. 3-6) – assisted workshop teachers and students with teaching SoundtrackPro, identifying audio story ideas and editing narratives
- Online infographics participant (Jan. 7-10) – learned about planning and implementing effective online infographics, from conceptualizing ideas to editing Flash AS3 templates to present data
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla., graduated May 2009
- Graduated summa cum laude with a double major in journalism and political science, minor in Spanish
- 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 and 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
