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New York, New York, United States

Developing plans for safety trainings for student, freelance and local journalists, with the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics & Security.

New York, New York, United States

- Founding member of the Managing Editor’s Office, created in 2017 to support our journalism by handling the business of the 1,350-person newsroom so editors, department heads and bureau chiefs could focus on news.- My portfolio included: facilities, technology, security, contingency planning, onboarding, relocations, performance management. I worked with.

- Project manager of WSJ2020 project, a strategic plan to modernize and digitize our work, coordinating top editors, five work streams, a dozen task forces and a consultant. - Worked with deputy editor in chief (the project lead) and consultant to develop a project plan, identify workstreams, and track progress through the one-year project.- Developed and.

- Planned space needs for the daily print edition, responding to news needs and coordinating with colleagues in Prepress Operations, Ad Client Services and Marketing. Innovated within a shrinking news space budget- Edited and distributed each day’s digital article publication plan, worked with coverage editors and desks to develop best practices, and.

- Second-in-command for a department of approximately 50 graphics designers, cartographers and interactive developers and producers, for both print and digital. - Edited and supervised production of daily graphics content, including A1 graphics and digital add-ons.

- Led a group ranging from three to eight producers who worked with designers and developers to build and edit all interactive graphics and photo galleries for the website, including projects tied to articles, online-only graphics, and election-related data packages.

- Researched, produced and edited early interactive graphics for the site, working with developers

- Covered developing stories, producing reported copy and roundups. Edited coverage written by others in the team.

- Built the website of The Wall Street Journal nightly using content produced for print; wrote headlines, summaries, and photo captions, inserted images; traditional copy editing.

- Copy edited content for the Asian and European print editions of The Wall Street Journal.- Included two-week residency with Dr. Edward Trayes of Temple University.

New York City

Reviewed submissions and pitches for this online magazine. Edited accepted articles and essays for structure, theme, flow, accuracy, style, grammar and punctuation. Coordinated image selection and negotiated rates with writers.

Bsj, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Chief copy editor of The Post sophomore and junior years, overseeing a staff of eight. Senior year, I served as.

Certificate, Finance & Accounting For The Nonfinancial Professional

Certificate, Project Management

Continuing Education, Spanish