Alexandra Applegate Email & Phone Number

Santa Monica, California, United States

• Set the editorial agenda for newscasts during Morning Edition, steer coverage for All Things Considered in the afternoons• Book guests, conduct interview preparation, write and edit scripts and edit audio for Q&As with the Morning Edition host• Report, write, voice and edit occasional long-form audio features. Report from the field when required

Santa Monica, California, United States

• Write, cut sound and record segments for the KCRW local morning newscast and occasionally for NPR's national feed• Edit segments from the previous day to ensure they're accurate and updated• Produce breaking news reports and update as necessary• Write accompanying digital content for on-air segments and features• Stack newscasts and sound to ensure stories are ready for the Morning Edition host• Communicate with the studio crew and host while on-air

Santa Monica, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Write and record segments for daily shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Greater LA• Help produce KCRW's most popular show, Left, Right & Center, by fact-checking, brainstorming segments, booking guests as well as writing scripts and digital copy• Act as per diem producer for daily newscasts Morning Edition and All Things Considered• Develop digital content to accompany audio shows such as The Treatment on the KCRW website• Help produce an narrative, limited series podcast -- City of Tents -- by fact-checking, pulling and logging tape, writing digital copy and editing

• Written for BuzzFeed News, Next City, Nexus Media News, Yes! Magazine, Currently, National Catholic Reporter, Laguna Beach Living and more• Currently focused on writing about climate change, health, environmental issues, art and culture, policy and inequity

Orange County, California Area

Tripepi Smith is a marketing and public affairs firm that serves local government and companies in the local government vertical. With a focus on digital platforms, social media and storytelling, Tripepi Smith helps organizations innovate their outreach efforts to engage and educate. • Wrote content for clients including website articles, press releases, blogs, news stories, business profiles and features• Project management, managed client calls and communication• Placed and bought digital advertisements on Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube as well as traditional advertisements on radio stations, magazines, bus stops and more.• Managed social media accounts, including drafting and scheduling out content, planning, analytics, strategy and graphic design• Created, managed and analyzed digital advertising campaigns via Google, Facebook/Instagram, Twitter or email• Photographed or filmed client events• Conducted primary research on various topics

California, United States

PublicCEO is California's leading digital publication for local government leaders and other public officials and agency staff in California and beyond. • Produced, wrote, edited and published the daily newsletter with more than 14,000 subscribers• Produced 21 episodes of the PublicCEO Report podcast, which included guest outreach, schedule management, pre-interviews, drafting scripts, social media marketing and media distribution • Managed and updated PublicCEO.com• Wrote and edited original content• Social media management, strategy and analytics• Advertiser and contributor outreach and sales

Remote

• Worked with my assigned reporter on the Climate/Science desk to develop story ideas, research, track or find sources and write climate-related stories for BuzzFeed News, which garnered thousands of views.• Live tweeted a climate protest in downtown Los Angeles, retweeted by BuzzFeed News.• Wrote a story that made it to the front page of BuzzFeed News' Health section.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Helped form and approve pitches from undergraduate and graduate students• Worked with students on interviewing sources, researching and writing news stories• Regularly contributed with digital, radio and broadcast stories• Helped start the platform's first Sustainability Desk as an editor and contributor• Edited and published stories for USC Annenberg Media• Collaborated with Annenberg TV News and Annenberg Radio News to ensure all coverage is seamless and complementary

Greater Los Angeles Area

• General assignment reporter• Wrote the real estate transactions column, business transactions column, community calendar and the 'On the Move' column for the Daily Journal and three of its small publications: The Daily Transcript (San Diego), The Daily Commerce (Los Angeles) and The Record Reporter (Arizona)• Researched and cultivated potential sources as well as kept relationships with current sources• Managed and edited the online 'On the Move' and 'Dealmakers' section• Wrote profiles for special supplements such as 'Top Women Lawyers' or 'Top Plaintiff Lawyers'

Lake Forest, Ca

• Drafted social media posts for the city's Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Next Door• Analyzed reach and engagement on the city's social media and sets goals for each site• Designed graphics for newsletters, social media posts, Instagram stories and more• Wrote and edited copy for the city's monthly e-Newsletter, bimonthly leaflet and website• Helped plan and execute campaigns for large-scale initiatives within the city like the launching of the city's new mobile app, the construction of the new Civic Center and Shop & Dine Month• Assisted to create and establish a city-wide style guide• More than tripled the city's Instagram following in a few months by introducing highlights, Instagram stories and producing engagement-friendly content• Shot and edited videos for campaigns like #LakeForestProud for the city's social media

California Baptist University

• Managed and led a staff of more than 25 people to produce an award-winning publication• Wrote breaking news stories and editorials• Coordinated with the photo editor, the design editor and all section editors to create a cohesive, visually-pleasing and informative publication

California Baptist University

• Oversaw day-to-day operations of the publication. Coordinated all production aspects of the publications in an efficient manner• Read and edited all copy before publishing• Helped editor-in-chief with staffing, recruiting, training, delegating, conflict resolution, supervision and revising production

California Baptist University

Assisted the Lifestyle Editor by:•Thinking up story ideas and determining which ones will be assigned to writers•Laying out the Lifestyle section so each article fits with the corresponding picture•Writing for the section 2-3 stories for each issue

Master Of Science - Ms, Journalism, 3.94 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Managing Editor of Annenberg Media Graduated summa cum laude in May 2022.

Bachelor’S Degree, Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication, 3.9 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Member My concentration was International Public Relations.