Kara Tabor Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

I co-produce Playbook Deep Dive, a narrative audio show for political insiders and news devotees alike. I also produced the 10-episode launch of POLITICO Tech, which delves into the darknet and the shadowy, international underworld of cybercrime. My other duties include guest hosting and producing Playbook Daily Briefing, guest producing POLITICO Energy.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Freelance audio work for outlets such as The Washington Post and Grist Magazine

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Produced narrative audio and other delights, mainly the Global Translations podcast

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I produced long-form, narrative podcasts.Duties included workshopping podcast pitches with reporters from newsrooms across McClatchy’s thirty markets; recording, editing and mixing audio; writing and editing scripts; assisting reporters in tracking down hard-to-find sources, public records and legal documents; selecting and laying down show soundtracks.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I obtained and wrangled public data related to campaign finance and government transparency, ultimately contributing to IRW's Accountability Project.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I helped build out a database of international charitable organizations, tracked down 990 tax documents, interviewed sources for background and on-the-record in the field, conducted research into economic stats and tax code and used social media to find sources on breaking deadline. I also backgrounded individuals and organizations, participated in group.

Emeryville, California

I obtained records, negotiated with county and state officials, did deep research and conducted data organization and analysis using programming tools for an investigative project concerning the U.S.-Mexico border and the federal government’s border wall plans.

Columbia, Missouri Area

I reported and produced for the IRE Radio podcast, along with creating and managing web content for IRE.org and the NICAR-Learn tutorial service.

Columbia, Missouri Area

I produced Business Beat, a weekly show collaboration between KBIA and Missouri Business Alert focusing on business and economics issues affecting mid-Missouri and the surrounding area. In addition, I produced Three Broke Mice, a Millennial-geared podcast examining the relationship between economics, culture and our daily lives. Responsibilities for both.

Columbia, Missouri Area

I served as a student project manager on the Access Missouri legislative data project. I helped to manage sub-projects with our partners in the Missouri School of Journalism, MU Political Science Department and MU Informatics Institute to develop political news content and analytical tools based off of Missouri legislature data.

Columbia, Missouri Area

I assisted in conducting community outreach efforts during the first semester of the Intersection community issue show's return to air. Aside from performing weekly social media and in-person outreach duties, I helped to create and implement an audience engagement strategy for the program.

Columbia, Missouri Area

I supervised and mentored 21 Peer Advisors who each taught a college-level proseminar class on subjects such as journalism, business and leadership during the fall semester. My responsibilities included preparing and delivering weekly professional training sessions, reviewing and critiquing lesson plans, providing educational resources for improving.

Columbia, Missouri

I served as the vice-president of the Mizzou chapter of the Online News Association for the 2014-2015 academic year and now serve as the membership development chair for the 2015-2016 academic year.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I worked as a production intern by reporting, producing and editing segments, conducting research and pre-interviews and booking guests, and writing scripts and web copy. I frequently pitched content ideas and represented the ATC team during budget meetings. Along with my other duties, I produced Friday Festivals, a weekly segment on some of Minnesota’s.

Columbia, Missouri Area

I worked on the community outreach desk where I focused on engaging our audience via social media and live presence in the community, evaluating web and social media analytics and strengthening our relationship with the Missourian's readership. Some of my other duties included managing From Readers submissions, compiling live social coverage for.

Columbia, Missouri Area

In the fall of 2014 I helped to launch Story Shorts, a series of videos profiling investigative journalism and the journalists behind the stories. I exclusively produced and edited the video content, along with writing social copy targeted to IRE's audience.

Columbia, Missouri Area

As a Peer Advisor, I served as a residential staff member and an instructor of a weekly college-level proseminar on journalism geared towards the needs of students in the Honors College. I was responsible for developing my own curriculum, which included lessons on topics such as deciding on an emphasis area, the coverage of underrepresented identities in.

Columbia, Missouri Area

I wrote and produced digital media covering topics such as startups, entrepreneurship and political issues affecting mid-Missouri and the greater state.

I wrote articles focused on tech, startups and entrepreneurship in mid-Missouri.

Master'S Degree, Data Journalism

Radio, data and investigative reporting

Bachelor Of Journalism, Radio Reporting And Producing

Activities and Societies: The Washington SocietyHonors College