Emmy Martin Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

• Manage 350+ staff across the newsroom of a financially-independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a $600k annual operating budget• Lead online and print production for the only print newspaper in Orange County with an average print circulation of 9,000 and a website with 50,000+ weekly visits• Edit news articles, columns and op-eds for clarity, facts, structure, grammar and style • Launced redesigned and accessible website, thorough source diversity audit, updated print design and prioritized digital and multimedia production• Direct comprehensive coverage of the campus shooting that took place on UNC's campus on Aug. 28, ensuring accurate, timely and impactful reporting• Was selected by 11 members of the greater UNC and Chapel Hill community to be the first junior editor-in-chief since 1993.• Effectively manage a $8,100 monthly payroll budget for 37 news editors• Secured and manage a $10,000 grant from the Solutions Journalism Network for mental health-focused reporting• Push staff to break and cover news, lead daily meetings with editors to discuss coverage and oversee investigations

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

• Managed and mentored a desk of 40+ journalists and two assistant editors covering Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County news• Worked to ensure that the city & state desk represented and engaged with town and county residents.• Edited 7-10 stories for print and online production each day, spending approximately an hour working through each story with the reporter• Worked closely with senior reporters on the desk, pushing them to pitch stories and supporting them through longterm investigations• Held 2-3 monthly workshops for staff members on a range of topics from public records requests to covering elections• Hosted a podcast series leading up to 2022 midterms called “Before You Vote"• Wrote and sent a weekly newsletter of the top local news to 3,000+ subscribers

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

• Worked closely with summer editor to lead a summer newsroom staff of 40+ editors, reporters and photographers• Coordinated and worked with editors to assign coverage of UNC news and the local community• Managed online and print content, conducting final reads on all stories• Wrote the daily and weekly Daily Tar Heel newsletters, which are circulated to 9,800+ readers combined• Oversaw the design of all print newspaper page layouts and designed the front page myself for every print edition. • Wrote headlines, decks and cutlines for stories in print and proofed pages

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Assigned stories to writers, edited and fact-checked articles, managed a team of 30+ reporters, assisted City & State co-editors, attended budget meetings and covered breaking news.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Pitched story ideas and pursued investigative enterprise stories about local news/politics. Covered longer, more complicated topics.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Reported on state and local issues to serve the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community in North Carolina. Wrote weekly articles and collaborated with other writers and editors in the newsroom.

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Edited and improved more than 250 articles for accuracy, clarity, style, grammar and sentence structure at The Dallas Morning News, ensuring the quality of the paper's daily online and print production• Wrote headlines, decks and cutlines for stories in print and proofed pages• Designed the layout of news pages within the Nation & World section (Section A) of the daily print newspaper• Worked closely with a diverse team of 20+ professional multiplatform editors to meet tight publicationdeadlines and maintain high editorial standards under intense pressure.

Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States

Assisted real estate paralegals and attorneys with administrative work and communication, worked as receptionist, managed financial and postal errands, oversaw the organization of case files and implemented coronavirus prevention and mitigation procedures.

Journalism And Media

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Science/Studies

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism

High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates

Cumulative GPA: 5.063