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New York, Ny, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

New York, New York, United States

Serve as the primary point of contact and decision-making for the Copy Editing section, and remain available to edit breaking news content outside work hours.Lead a section of over 30 staffers by organizing editing schedules, training new and returning members, and remaining available to field questions and concerns.Create a new training curriculum and suite of style and coverage resources for all Spectator editors, writers, and reporters to use.Serve on the 148th managing board and its Staff Professional Development working group.Retain all responsibilities from the Deputy Copy Editor position, listed below.

New York, New York, United States

Lead a weekly six-hour night of news production, delegating editing assignments and coordinating with other Spectator sections.Edit articles, reviews, graphics, podcast scripts, op-eds, and more for style, clarity, grammar, and truthfulness.Collaborate with writers and editors through Trello, Google Docs, and Slack to improve pieces across several stages of editing and maintain author voice.Employ rules from the AP Stylebook as well as certain Spectator-unique conventions.Assess breaking news and other pieces for readability and potential impact, including several of Spectator’s most-read news stories of 2022 and 2023.

New York, New York, United States

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Placed in a summer editing internship with The Washington Post as part of the Dow Jones News Fund's 2024 intern classCompleted a week-long training in Austin with other interns to review AP style, headline writing, and journalism ethics; hear from guest speakers from newsrooms across the country; and complete online and print journalism projects

New York, New York, United States

Broadcast live radio shows to thousands of listeners across New York and online using analog and digital tech.Announce live Columbia basketball games, employing broadcast tech, stat packets, and personal research.Meet with a small group to design, plan, write, edit, and publish WKCR’s On-Air Guide, a monthly newsletter sent to thousands of subscribers.Communicate with programmers and department leaders through Slack about radio shows, sports announcing, and newsletter.

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Worked as the sole journalism intern for NPR member station serving Memphis and the surrounding area.Created full radio stories covering local news, including pitching stage, interviews, writing, and editing.Covered variety of topics, including the medical community, local events, and state politics.Used Adobe Audition to produce audio stories aired on radio and published online.Wrote AP-style web stories after radio airing to be published with audio and expand on story.

As a coach: taught children at several ages and experience levels tennis fundamentals and skills, worked at summer camps and junior development programs, helped create and run various activities, organized groups of 4-15+ kids. As a customer service rep: checked players into tennis centers, took payments and scheduled bookings, provide feedback and help to customers, opened and closed centers, worked in Club Automation system.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature, General

Major in English, concentration in computer science

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: President, Spanish Honor Society; Vice President, International Club; National Honor Society; Mu Alpha Theta.