Lily Altavena Email & Phone Number

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Building a statewide beat around disparities in education across Michigan, uncovering problems that disproportionately affect marginalized students and exploring the solutions to those problems.Published an investigative series about restraint and seclusion practices in schools that led Michigan’s governor to call for reform. Awarded USC Center for Health Journalism grant to do this reporting.Worked with a group of newsroom leaders to grow subscribers in a Knight-Lenfest newsroom “Table Stakes” initiative, examining a specific cohort of readers to better retain subscribers.

Online

Teach classes in Cronkite's digital audiences program.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Reported on K-12 education. Coverage area included Arizona’s more than 200 school districts, 500 charter schools and 1.1 million students.Recipient of multiple Arizona Press Club awards, including second place award for Journalist of the Year in 2019.Covered Mesa, the 36th biggest city in the United States, examining everything from the budget to the largest school district in the state.As an environmental reporting fellow, spearheaded a project on a record year for heat-related deaths in Arizona.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Senior producer and a lead reporter on “HookedRx: From Prescription to Addiction,” a 30-minute documentary on prescription opioid abuse in Arizona which aired on all local television stations on January 10, 2017.Wrote the principal story on election night 2016, interviewing former AZ governors Janet Napolitano and Jan Brewer, Rep. Ruben Gallego and more.

Downtown Phoenix

Graduate assistant working at the National Center on Disability and Journalism, assisting two freshman classes and assisting career services.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Write and produce in Phoenix. Cover restaurant inspection and health issues for the Phoenix New Times

United States

(Fellow from 1/2016-8/2016, Teaching assistant from 1/2017-5/2017) Worked on a months-long project on voting rights involving multimedia elements, data and investigative reporting. Through over 100 records requests, using census data, found that more than 5.6 million people live in places where states have taken over school districts.Attended the Democratic National Convention along with Cronkite News to interview lawmakers and delegates for the "Voting Wars" project. During the convention, published a blog post on Puerto Rican voting rights.Returned as teaching assistant during the 2017 seminar.

New York, New York

Contribute stories twice a week as a paid freelancer.Producer of some of the most highly read posts on the site, explaining issues like the crisis in Cyprus or the Papal conclave.Live-tweet events like the State of the Union and the Academy Awards.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

-Line produce a nationally syndicated morning news show (airing in Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami, D.C., and Portland) -Constantly pitching stories for the show -Work overnight with talent, directors, and producers to successfully air show each morning -Stack the morning rundown: organizing and writing two-hour long show-Maintains order, cues anchors, and keeps the show on time in the control room, frequently making on the fly decisions -Changes the rundown as news breaks-Promoted after producing the local cut-ins for the Dallas market.

Greater New York City Area

- Assist production team in the technical output of over 20 hours of MSNBC Longform programming each weekend- Worked with senior and associate producers on shows and documentaries: researching, finding archival footage, preparing for shoots, and promoting- Worked on six MSNBC social media pages-- tweeting, developing Facebook strategy, and creating graphics-Spearheaded several social media events that correlated with heightened ratings

Greater New York City Area

-Researched stories, contacted and found potential sources, some of whom were taped for segments-Provided assistance to associate and senior producers during tight deadlines-Logged and transcribed tapes-Assisted on the “Terror in Boston” Rock Center show, 4/19-Assisted during live Rock Center shows, delivering rundowns and scripts in the control room

New York, New York

-Handle daily and long-term operations for the charity, including the first ever She's the First leadership summit and the second annual Tie-Dye Cupcake Bake-Off

Greater New York City Area

-Wrote, reported, and researched blog posts; conducted broader research-Producer of multiple high profile byline stories, including a take on the Amanda Knox trial, filed while in Italy-Several posts garnered as many as fifty comments and were featured on the homepage-First intern to be asked back for a second semester

Greater New York City Area

-Responsible for daily production of news stories. -Covered major breaking news stories. During Hurricane Sandy, worked on coverage and lead the news team to produce almost 30 stories. -Came up with article ideas, pitched them to writers, edited, produced, and wrote stories, accumulating over 50 bylines.

Greater New York City Area

-Conducted research and interviews for blogs published daily, and included two major cover stories.-Wrote blog on New York politics, published on the “Runnin’ Scared” blog.

Scottsdale, Az

Grosse Pointe Park, Mi

Worked every summer answering phones, filing, and running small payrolls.

Master’S Degree, Journalism

Awarded with "Outstanding Graduate Student"

B.A., Journalism, Metropolitan Studies

Activities and Societies: Washington Square News- City/State Editor Spring 2011, Deputy Enterprise Editor Fall 2010

Education record