Catherine Devine Email & Phone Number

• Sourced, wrote, edited and analysed multimedia content to highlight Trócaire’s programmes across our communications work (including fundraising, digital communications, campaigning) and media (website, social media, print/online media).

• Wrote compelling stories that engaged the wider public on Trócaire’s work in areas such as women's empowerment, climate justice, vaccine equality and GBV • Planned and implemented communications campaigns, delivering high quality national and regional media coverage • Monitored and analysed media coverage to steer context and maximise impact • Rolled out and monitored social media campaigns • Maximised all SEO opportunities through social media and content repurposing • Developed and maintained strong links with a wide range of journalists, politicians and advocates

Geneva, Switzerland

• Carried out analytical and capacity-building activities aimed to support member countries to assess the effects of trade policies on men and women• Edited and summarised reports for publication• Created engaging communication strategies to launch reports through social media• Prepared brochures, briefing notes, inputs to speeches, PowerPoint presentations, flyers and other communication material on trade, gender and development

Talbot Street, Dublin

Independent News and Media (Circulation 512,100 readers daily) • Conducted interviews on a range of subjects from breaking news to politics/social affairs• Secured over $15,000 in funding to report on issues in Africa and the US • Networked with government officials and leaders in public and private spaces• Compiled news lists and liaised with editors across print and digital teams• Edited content across print and digital platforms• Created infographics and videos to accompany news articles• Captured online audience through digital smart headlines, images and social media strategies• Worked under pressure to meet tight deadlines

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Secured a $10,000 scholarship from the Carnegie-Knight school of Journalism to investigate hate crimes in the US• The programme was led by Leonard Downie Jr, former Executive Editor of The Washington Post• Analysed quantitative and qualitative data on hate crimes in the US• Travelled across the US to interview Americans on perceptions of hate• Used SPSS and Excel to complete data analysis on large datasets such as the National Crime Victimization Survey• Wrote a data-led story which was on the front page of many US national publications such as USA Today and The Philadelphia Inquirer(https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2018/10/30/news-21-report-hate-crime-victims/1385139002/)

Dublin City University

Masters In Development Practice, International/Global Studies, 1.1

Journalism, Journalism, 1:1