Annie Rees Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Currently oversee production of Politico’s three daily shows: Politico Tech, Politico Energy, and Playbook Daily Briefing; and manage three producers.

- April 2023, launched the new version of “Playbook Daily Briefing,” Politico’s daily news podcast that is a companion for Playbook - Launched “Politico Tech,” a daily tech news podcast in August 2023

• Have produced every podcast Politico offers at one time or another. - 2019/2020. Produced the launch and six episodes of “Global Translations,” an ambitious original podcast.
• 2019/2020. Produced Nerdcast, Politico’s then-weekly politics show.- Helped rebrand Nerdcast as Playbook Deep Dive and was instrumental in its relaunch in 2020- Guest hosted and occasionally produced episodes of.
• Worked with executive producer to create scripts and outlines.
• Edited and engineered all episodes in Adobe Audition using creative storytelling and audio techniques.

Hired for creation and completion of Season 3 of The Uncertain Hour, centered on drug epidemics. Helped shape editorial strategy for each episode and season arc in collaboration with host, producer and editor. Booked and facilitate interviews in studios and tape syncs across the country. Fact checked six ~40 min episodes.

Reported stories for web and assisted in the production, reporting, audio gathering, editing, and engineering (managed 20+ studio guests a month) of flagship programs and podcasts at Marketplace.

Covered US politics and Congress on Capitol Hill during the 2016 election, inauguration and new admin. Wrote 60+ day-to-day stories on the election and state news with a national appeal. Worked with senior reporters to research investigative pieces and tracked and input daily and weekly polls.

Researched, reported, wrote, produced, voiced and edited:45 - 1:15 newscasts and 4-min. feature stories for Mid-Missouri’s NPR affiliate.

Campus Writing Center, Columbia, MO

Columbia, MO

GTA for the “Intersection of Documentary and Journalism” course: collaborated on curriculum adaptation, graded papers and helped facilitate class discussion.

Columbia, MO

As a contributing writer for Vox, I wrote a diverse array of pieces, from deeply reported stories on changes in Columbia’s residential development downtown to the DIY house show scene to art previews, film reviews, explainers and more. Included “fact pack” with each story.

Columbia, MO

As a reporter on the education beat, balanced my time writing on-beat features and working bi-weekly general assignment shifts for a total of 27 stories. Highlights include the story behind a recovered Benton painting and a unique feature on a 109-year-old man also published in MIZZOU magazine, updated and expanded.

Minneapolis, MN

Managed the Marketing & PR assistant, interns, the department’s expense budget, contributed to creative development and execution of theatre sales campaigns including subscription & single ticket (from YouTube spoofs to educational materials) and spearheaded content creation and copywriting.

Minneapolis, MN

Selected as one of two people to represent CTC at the National Arts Marketing Conference, October 2012. Oversaw and executed promotions and events calendar. Created new partnerships with community organizations. Strategized all digital media content including web ads, Facebook and Twitter. Drafted copy for website, promotional materials, news releases.

Minneapolis, MN

Contracted with CTC to assist in coordination of celebrity visit for publicity appearances, assisted PR manager in writing press releases, managed donation requests, helped plan & execute marketing outreach events.

St. Paul, MN

Master’S Degree, Journalism

Activities and Societies: MA Final Project: “The Critic Crisis: The Contemporary Theater Critic in American Journalism” Won first prize in.

Bachelor Of Arts, Cum Laude, English Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: Study Abroad: Arts & Literature Seminar in London, England. Member, Semaphore Repertory Dance Company from.

Education record