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Washington, DC, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Pitched, report and write stories for POLITICO Magazine
• Laid out final text and wrote captions of magazine stories in CMS
• Live blog coverage of debate/election night, breaking news coverage, newsletter writing

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Produced episodes of the daily flagship podcast, “Post Reports,” covering the CrowdStrike failure, the Trump campaign post-Biden’s exit, Big Tech court rulings and the recent elections in Venezuela, for the Post’s.
• Structured interview questions, cut 1hr of dialogue/news tape into 25 min in ProTools, wrote host intro and scored episodes
• Reported in-field breaking news at the Supreme Court, turned around field tape and wrote web copy, all in less than 3 hours

Buenos Aires

• Analyzed and wrote short daily news updates in Spanish for digital site covering national inflation data, price hikes of essential services and changes in government spending under President Javier Milei’s economic.
• Tracked listener engagement and reviewed 200+ audio messages for airing during mid-day program “Juntos en Continental.”

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Embedded into production on long-form narrative podcasts about Latino politics, labor rights and on daily LA news podcast.
• Reported in-field, pre-interviewed sources & helped write host interview questions for “Imperfect Paradise” / “How to: L.A.”
• Pulled archival news coverage, protest footage and tape selects for 30 sec-one min montages/trailer for “Imperfect Paradise.”
• Researched and pitched three - four episode ideas on the land fights that formed LA for production bible presented to BBC.
• Fact-checked two episodes, shadowed tracking sessions, received sound-design/ProTools workshops for “The Barbie Tapes.”

Evanston, Illinois, United States

• Hire and manage digital editorial staff, including five managing staff and 18 section editors
• Lead newsroom four nights a week to create and edit consistent, near-daily content publication across 10 sections
• Edit and fact-check five or more stories weekly for AP style, structure and NU relevance for publication in Ghost software
• Organized internal diversity survey to track demographics and coordinated a DEI dialogue and reflection for 40+ staffers
• Finance and fundraise quarterly print magazine alongside corporate and print managing staffers

Evanston, IL

• Edited and fact-checked articles for AP style and inclusive language, and workshopped podcast episodes for audio section
• Produced 10-page DEI style guide with managing staff to promote accessibility of inclusive language, writing and pitching
• Reported +1000-word magazine article for features on the struggles/successes of NU first-gen community, SPJ region finalist

Miami, Florida, United States

• Wrote 30-45 second readers/voicers to fill gaps in coverage, reviewed daily budget and uploaded stories from sister stations to Newsboss and newscasts to Soundcloud as fill-in producer for WLRN’s “Morning Edition” and.
• Designed Canva graphics for Instagram and created hourly Facebook/Twitter blasts promoted to WLRN’s 30.3k followers
• Brainstormed potential guests for segments, wrote interview questions and cut four-minute excerpts for radio show “Sundial”
• Reported and produced 45 sec-1:15 min daily stories on Miami/Florida politics including pro-life rallies, housing initiatives, gun violence policies, pro-immigrant protests and the primary election in Miami-Dade County.
• Investigated proposal for homeless encampment, spent seven hours at commission meetings and cut/transcribed three hours of interviews with local activists for a seven-minute feature on the fallout from proposal

Evanston, Illinois, United States

*Produce 2-3 audio packages monthly on topics ranging from mental health on campus to local/national news broadcasting three times a week on 89.3 FM and streaming on Apple Music, Spotify and wnur.news*Edit and combine raw audio, nat sound and music to make 5–9 minute news stories using Audacity/Adobe Audition

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Covered immigration as a full-time journalist on a beat based in D.C. by producing both daily and enterprise stories
• Reported on changes to immigration policy/proposals from inside the Capitol while also covering protests and political activity surrounding the Hill for MNS website, and freelancing for theGrio and Latino Rebels

Evanston, Illinois, United States

*Edit and review 2-3 articles weekly for AP style corrections, inclusive language, creative content and readbility as section editor for 10+ politics writers.*Compile and pitch 10-15 story ideas weekly for the politics section based on current events and school-related political events.*Collaborate with managing section editors to publish 2-3 articles.

Evanston, Illinois, United States

* Reviewed 2-4 articles monthly for diverse representation throughout the entire North by Northwestern digital platform and checked for AP style approved identity terms*Organized and led discourse and presentation with NBN Editor-In-Chief to examine appropriate reporting terms and techniques for inclusion, conducted entirely over Zoom for +30 NBN staff and.

Evanston, Illinois, United States

*Published 1-2 digital articles per quarter spotlighting BIPOC events and voices on campus*Reported on the 2020 election events featuring Former Mayor Julian Castro and the Biden inauguration*Created and edited politics podcast on essential events of U.S. politics, targeted towards people with no knowledge of politics*Wrote script and researched for the.

Evanston, Illinois, United States

*Collaborated with NAHJ chapter coordinators and Medill faculty on scholarship information and events*Designed quarterly newsletter through Mailchimp that spotlights chapter achievements and NAHJ information *Reviewed +10 nominations for Medill’s Cecilia Vasiman award as the NAHJ student representative

Miami, Florida, United States

Researching the political mindsets of Venezuelans in Miami-Dade County who voted for Trump in the 2020 election. Specifically, I am investigating the impact of the political crisis in Venezuela and Chavez's "socialism in the 21st century" on several Venezuelan voters' perceptions of political values and paradigms in US politics, bringing to light a deeper.

Evanston, Illinois, United States

*Communicating with +20 Chicago-based organizations to create engaging site visits and educational panels for the annual Northwestern Community for Human Rights Conference*Organizing 3-4 different events for 40+ conference attendees, with each event specifically tailored to address human rights issues within the conference theme

Miami, Florida, United States

*Posted bi-weekly tweets and threads raising awareness of political prisoners’ cases in Venezuela using Instagram and Twitter*Organized toy drive and raised over 500 dollars for overseas shipment to kids in Venezuela*Launched Instagram-based blasts of youth aged victims of war as the only youth coordinator of Miami chapter *Researched and wrote +10 paper.