Resume
Experience | Multimedia Projects | Blogging | Skills | Honors | Activities | Education | Merit Scholarships
View my LinkedIn page to see more details and read recommendations from my past positions.
Read recommendations from my nominations to the UWIRE100 (2008, 2009).
- Web News Intern (June 2009 to present) – report breaking and daily news stories for online and print; work on online projects; train journalists to use social media tools, such as Twitter and Facebook, to improve their reporting and build community; occasionally work as online producer; occasionally manage Twitter and Facebook accounts;
- Community Director (November 2008-May 2009) – manage social media platforms; recruit new members and partner organizations; manage discussion forum; produce, record and edit podcasts
- Core Team Member (August 2008-present) – 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 organization; one of the founding members
The Miami Hurricane, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
- Editor at Large for Online and Multimedia (Fall 2008-Spring 2009) – 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 2008 summer special edition
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
- Multimedia Standards (in development) – project manager for site offering expert insights and commentary on journalistic multimedia storytelling (March-May 2009)
- Special Olympics Live – “behind the scenes” webcasting team member, social media lead (January-February 2009)
- My Role Model (in development) – social networking director (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-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 (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 – contributed to class travel blog during six-week feature writing study abroad trip (May-June 2007)
- Language: Spanish – proficient, able to conduct interviews; lived in Spain for six weeks during summer abroad program
- Online: XHTML/CSS (hand-coded); online production and online community management; podcasting
- Software (Windows and Mac): Apple Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro; Audacity, Soundslides and SlideShowPro Director; Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and basic Flash; Microsoft Office including some experience with Access
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
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, 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
- 2009 conference planning committee member
- 10th anniversary committee member
- Student discussion group leader
- Member (since April 2008)
- Streamed live video of New York meet-up
- Participated in Revenue 2.0 event in Washington, D.C.
- Member (February 2009-present)
- One of 40 student selected to attend the 12-day fellowship (May 17-29), which included conceptual and practical journalism education
- 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., 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
