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Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Loa, Utah, United States

New York, New York

Working with a team of staff and volunteers to manage care for patients at the Wild Bird Fund, which receives more than 7,000 intakes each year. This includes medicating and feeding a wide range of animals, from Northern Gannets to pigeons to migratory songbirds, as well as constantly assessing patients’ condition and progress, researching and implementing best husbandry practices for individual species, and coordinating releases. As leader of the WBF’s songbird team, I introduced a number of changes to our protocols, based on research and information gathered from experienced wildlife rehabilitators elsewhere, and spearheaded the creation of our first-ever aviary by renovating a chicken coop in Brooklyn. My responsibilities also include managing anywhere from four to twelve volunteers each day; in addition, I took over our high school internship program in January 2020 and was responsible for training and supervising a group of eight interns until COVID-19 forced the program to close.

New York, New York

New York, Ny

Was central to the launch and operation of Journalism + Design, an undergraduate program and professional development hub that began in the fall of 2014. Oversaw operations and managed a $1.3 million grant from the Knight Foundation. Projects included developing, planning, and executing new classes, public events, and workshops; overseeing special projects, such as a website redesign and the production of a new open-sourced curriculum; managing our editorial operations, including a blog, newsletter, social media accounts, and a podcast; managing our budget; and producing annual reports for funders.

New York, Ny

Wrote and edited articles for the magazine’s front-of-book; contributed research, reporting, and fact-checking to large feature stories; coordinated with the art team on visual assets and design; assisted the editor-in-chief with scheduling, expenses, and day-to-day office operations; processed contracts and invoices for freelancers; managed the rights to freelancers’ work; coordinated with other departments on events planning and outreach for awards programs.

New York, Ny

Writing, editing, and copy editing for both print and web.

New York, New York

Was central to the launch and operation of Journalism + Design, an undergraduate program that began in the fall of 2014 with a grant from the Knight Foundation. Responsibilities included administrative tasks (course scheduling, new hires, and managing a budget of $250,000); planning, publicizing, and overseeing public programs and workshops; writing and editing blog posts and newsletters; and troubleshooting issues that arose with faculty, students, and administration.

New York, New York

Covered distressed debt and restructuring within the transportation and auto industries. Wrote four to five articles per week, including market-moving news on companies’ financing activities and trend stories; built a network of sources within the financial industry; and covered court hearings and conferences.

New York, New York

Covered the asset management industry and the investment activities of public pension funds across the U.S. Wrote three news stories per day; wrote longer trend, analysis, and data-driven stories for biweekly print edition; developed sources throughout the industry; and covered industry conferences.

New York, Ny

Edited articles and photo captions for style, syntax, language, brevity, and grammar.

New York, Ny

Wrote entertainment news and arts & culture features; covered live events; conducted red carpet interviews.

New York, Ny

Assisted Meier as he worked on his fourth book, to be published by Random House, about former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. Gathered information from academic papers, personal papers, and newspapers in library archives; fact-checked and corroborated information; transcribed interviews; and helped organize, file, and inventory research and reporting.

New York, Ny

Reported, wrote, and edited articles; oversaw social media networking; helped overhaul thenewspaper’s outdated format and shift focus from print to web; managed live blogs and coordinated reporters for special projects.

New York, Ny

Wrote arts & culture features, reviews, and columns for NY Press and affiliated papers, including the Chelsea Clinton News; blogged daily about arts & culture, entertainment, and local news.

Brooklyn, Ny

Reported and wrote articles; conducted research and reporting for staff reporters; took photos and wrote captions to accompany articles.

Ba, Writing: Journalism & Non-Fiction, 3.75

Activities and Societies: The New School Free Press: Associate News Editor, Opinions Editor, Reporter Dean's List; Senior Academic Award.

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