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Evanston, Illinois, United States

Evanston, Illinois, United States

• Oversee group of students interested in sport business in biweekly discussions and activities related to the industry• Develop recruitment strategies that successfully increased club membership to over 50 students in its inaugural year• Establish relationships with Chicago-area contacts to arrange professional opportunities and networking for students

Evanston, Illinois, United States

• Conducted data analysis in R to evaluate social media engagement metrics, helping media advocacy groupHonestReporting optimize content strategy to enhance audience interaction and social media follower growth• Designed compelling graphics to present key trends and insights, helping decision-making on content effectiveness

Evanston, Illinois, United States

• Coordinate partnerships with Chicago-based charities, directing weekly bake proceeds towards impactful causes• Increase event attendance and charitable engagement by coordinating collaborations with fellow campus groups

Evanston, Illinois, United States

• Publish 1-2 weekly articles providing detailed previews, recaps, and analysis for Northwestern sports, includingbaseball, basketball, and football, that attract thousands of views on SBNation’s Northwestern affiliate website• Collaborate with fellow writers in biweekly meetings to discuss short and long-term content strategy for the website• Composed three highly detailed Rapid Recaps for men’s basketball and football, taking advantage of press boxaccess and post-game interviews to produce timely, engaging coverage that has attracted up to 40 comments

Evanston, Illinois, United States

• Edit weekly 90-second highlight videos of Northwestern athletic events in Adobe Premiere Pro and produce readersand shot-sheets that are aired in the weekly Sportsnight episode and reach campus-wide audiences every Thursday• Anchor 1 Sportsnight episode each quarter, scripting a 30-minute show consisting of expert storytelling and analysis• Provide live, on-court pregame, halftime, and postgame insights for baseball, football, and basketball games,improving real-time coverage and viewership of Sportsnight while also reaching wider audiences on social media

Beachwood, Ohio, United States

• Wrote 1-2 weekly articles ranging from 500-800 words and about 15 weekly briefs and rewrites for Cleveland,Columbus, and Akron Jewish News on events relevant to local Jewish community and features for special sections• Took photos of events, people, and buildings around Cleveland and Akron to be included with stories in the papers• Conducted interviews with sources, improving conversational skills and ability to ask thoughtful, relevant questions

Evanston, Illinois, United States

• Planned, organized, and hosted engaging events for other Jewish freshmen to encourage student involvement• Advertised and set up for MegaShabbat, an annual 500+ person Shabbat dinner hosted by NU Hillel and Chabad

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Starting in 2021, I began offering a one-on-one tutoring service for middle schoolers and rising high schoolers. I assisted the students primarily with algebra, geometry, and basic trigonometry.I tailored the material to each student's personal needs, and I catered to his/her individual learning style. I helped students develop an understanding of a concept they were struggling with, augmented their adeptness in a unit, and/or even began working with them on more advanced topics to move them ahead of their peers.My services were effective and had a proven track record of helping students achieve their individual goals. For instance, I worked with one student over the course of a summer to master advanced geometric concepts. At the end of the summer, the student scored high enough on their school's math placement test to place out of a regular geometry class and into an honors course.Though I mostly served as a math tutor, I taught other subjects too, such as Spanish, English, and middle-school level science.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

During the summer of 2022, I worked as a News Intern with Ideastream Public Media, Cleveland's NPR member station. During this seven-week internship, I gained experience in various aspects of investigative journalism.During my time at Ideastream, I wrote seven stories that were featured on Ideastream's webpage. I crafted some stories primarily using my own research, whether that be searching the internet for Juneteenth celebrations for my piece on how the holiday was being celebrated in Northeast Ohio or gaining access to police reports to write about a series of mail thefts occurring in the Cleveland area. Other pieces, however, required me to interview people to gain information for my stories. I learned valuable skills in formulating relevant and insightful questions, as well as simply holding a conversation with someone I'm unfamiliar with. I interviewed several people around Cleveland, including the Executive Director of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo as part of a story about a new baby rhino being introduced to the zoo.Additionally, I learned how to use the software Grove CMS to upload the stories I composed onto Ideastream's webpage. I gained experience in formatting the articles to be visually appealing to a reader.I also wrote Cut and Copy scripts for Ideastream's afternoon radio show. I combined my own reporting with a brief audio clip, either from an interview I conducted or from one of the various press conferences I attended (including ones with the NOAA and Sen. Rob Portman) to provide the radio host with a 30-40 second script to read. To properly edit the audio, I learned to use Adobe Audition.Thanks to my time at Ideastream, I can more deftly compose pieces of journalistic writing, I can hold more meaningful interviews, and I can more efficiently conduct research.Here is a link to the seven web stories I wrote as a News Intern: https://www.ideastream.org/news/people/braedon-olsen

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Data Science, Journalism, Sophomore

Activities and Societies: Sport Management Club, Northwestern TAMID Group, Northwestern Sports Analytics Group, InsideNU, Challah.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Cum Laude Society, National Merit Finalist, Spanish Honors Society (2023 Premio de Honor Recipient), University.