Emma Veidt Email & Phone Number

Columbia, Missouri, United States

• Taught junior and senior magazine students about magazine industry trends, AP Style guidelines and general grammar rules
• Facilitated transition from in-person to virtual instruction during COVID-19
• Led weekly discussions for 18-22 students
• Graded homework and tests

• Scheduled the magazine's Twitter, Facebook and Instagram posts during the winter intersession period
• Edited reader-submitted calendar events for AP Style and to fit the magazine's voice
• Wrote the Monday (specialty) and Thursday (weekend) newsletters

Columbia, Missouri, United States

• Monitored audience engagement statistics and SEO for Columbia’s metropolitannewspaper during weekly shifts with Google Analytics, Parse.ly, TweetDeck and Social News Desk
• Operated newspaper’s Twitter account (40.1K followers), Facebook account (20.1Kfollowers) and Instagram account (7.5K followers)
• Livetweeted four monthly school board meetings that determined learningoperations during COVID-19 and collaborated with reporters during these meetings
• Improved search engine optimization for Missourian articles
• Coordinated communitywide Progress Awards ceremony and managed two awardcategories: sustainability and education

Columbia, Missouri, United States

• Pitched and executed breaking news stories for mid-Missouri's NPR station during Friday afternoon news shifts
• Conducted interviews in Recordator and edited audio in Adobe Audition
• Submitted recorded wraps, scripts and web stories within two hours of the pitch meeting for the evening news broadcast

Columbia, Missouri, United States

• Pitched and wrote stories about historical racial and gender inequalities during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement in summer 2020
• Wrote best-performing stories on the magazine's website, and some were featured in the monthly print magazine
• Contributed to magazine after position ended with an additional feature on the lack of racial diversity in outdoor activity for the magazine's April 2021 issue

Columbia, Missouri

• Reviewed website and social media analytics to create content that fits a target audience
• Edited the best-performing feature of March 2020, which received an average read time of 4 minutes and 40 seconds
• Continued to produce a print magazine while working remotely during COVID-19
• Won three staff awards: Best Digital Story, Best Feature and Best Department Story

Columbia, Missouri

• Provided supplemental psychology, journalism and Spanish support to MU students
• Continued to offer virtual support as students transitioned to online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic

New York, New York

• Scheduled hourly Twitter and Facebook posts for over 25,000 total followers
• Fact-checked and proofread articles for print magazine and online blog, Dispatch
• Managed mailing lists and updated magazine donor information within Salesforce
• Answered phones and transferred calls to the magazine's editorial staff

Columbia, Missouri

• Pitched, researched and produced original articles about culinary tastemakers around Columbia for the St. Louis-based magazine

Columbia, Missouri

• Improved the club's recognition on campus through the website and the Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts
• Spearheaded campaigns on the social media accounts, such as "25 Days of Running Club" in December and "Tiger Takeover Tuesdays" every week
• Increased follower count by 87% from May 2017 to May 2019
• Boosted interactivity with Instagram stories, Twitter polls and Facebook Live

Columbia, Missouri

• Broke the news and provided ongoing reports about the first Nobel Prize awardedto an MU professor for work conducted at the university
• Covered the K-12 beat on Columbia’s metropolitan newspaper and wrote six front-page articles
• Found and reported breaking news throughout Columbia for required general assignment shifts

San Diego, California

• Improved office function by assisting the copy editor, the design editor, the associate editor, the senior editor and the editor-in-chief with both the day-to-day and general operations of the publication
• Fact-checked cover stories, transcribed over a dozen interviews and researched and wrote the arts feature for the August issue
• Organized holiday guides that included restaurant, hotel and museum discounts all throughout San Diego County

Carlsbad, California

• Ensured positive guest experience by answering questions about the park while stationed at the park's information desk
• Improved guest relations by facilitating line flow for Skipper School, Pirate Reef, Driving School, Kid Power Towers, Lost Kingdom Adventure and Splash Battle
• Mastered the Reserve ‘N’ Ride operating device and represented the electronic ride reservation system
• Contributed to the Pirate Shores area as ride operator and pre-loader on Captain Cranky's Challenge

San Diego, California

• Contributed to the biannual publication by writing the print issue's "Real Weddings" section and working the issue's feature photoshoot
• Updated the publication's website with more "Real Weddings" stories

University Of Missouri, Columbia

• Refined interviewing, reporting and editing skills in an award-winning newsroom
• Covered news and culture beats for campus and surrounding community
• Wrote movie reviews during the True/False Film Fest

• Improved guest relations by answering guests' questions and facilitating line flow for Skipper School, Pirate Reef, Driving School, Kid Power Towers, Lost Kingdom Adventure and Splash Battle
• Mastered the Reserve ‘N’ Ride operating device and represented the electronic ride reservation system

• Completed Red Cross Lifeguarding, First Aid, CPR, and AED certifications
• Performed saves and monitored the safety of the guests in the lazy rivers, toddler splash areas and water slides

Bachelor Of Journalism, Journalism

Graduated summa cum laude.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Journalism

Graduate thesis written on the lack of body size diversity represented in Runner’s World magazine.