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Broomfield, Co, Us

Broomfield, Co, Us

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Instruct undergraduate and graduate students in media topics in the Studies of Global Media program at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Courses include media ethics and representation, media and humanitarian crises, and disinformation and access to information. Help plan class lectures and assist with creating course content. Grade assignments, papers, and exams.

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Support program initiatives at UA Center for Border and Global Journalism. Research and develop grant proposals, including a successful grant award for a digital security training series, as well as conduct background on underrepresented communities in the U.S. who were exposed to disinformation and misinformation about COVID-19. Work closely with the center's directors and partners to organize digital security training events for students, media professionals, researchers, and the public. Assist with media development partnership between professors and students at the university and four Yemeni universities with the goal to improve media education in Yemen. Provide organizational support for additional events sponsored by the center, including a 2021 storytelling showcase raising awareness and donations for Afghan women.

Tucson, Arizona

As a dual master's student, I developed a passion for and knowledge of global journalism, human rights, and media development. In addition to building journalism knowledge and reporting skills, coursework has also focused on global issues such as media and humanitarian crises, media support in conflict zones, disinformation and programming to counter it, digital media security, freedom of expression and information rights, and applied media ethics in different contexts around the world. My master’s project reported on Central American migrants who were seeking asylum in the United States. Moreover, it examined the history and sociopolitical context of asylum in recent years while examining migrant experiences in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands as migrants await review of their cases.Intermediate Spanish writing, reading, and comprehension skills; Currently building these skills and working to be proficient in speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing. Experienced in research; story development and production; data analysis; and obtaining grant, fellowship, and scholarship funding. Collaborated and built strong relationships with professors, students, media professionals, and professional groups. Developed proficiency in Microsoft Suite, with additional experience in Adobe Photoshop, Audition, and Premiere Pro.

Collaborate with teams and departments throughout the company to plan and create content for external-facing marketing emails, blogs, newsletters, and guidebooks to elevate company representation in the ed-tech space. Conduct extensive topic research and write engaging and informative articles for consumer-facing encyclopedia website.

Manage personal side business as a freelance writer, including administrative tasks, client engagement, project management, budget, and invoicing. Specialize in creating and enhancing communications materials, developing communications strategies, and editing content for various clients. Reported journalistic stories about programs assisting refugees for The Daily Wildcat, a community fundraiser supporting a local teen for SanTan Sun News, and a personal travel article about outreach in Nicaragua for Blue Guitar Magazine.

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Reported on local government and border issues for Tucson's major daily print and digital newspaper. Worked closely with reporters, editors, civil society organizations, city officials, and community members to cover local issues in a thorough and accurate manner. Published articles included COVID-19 relief for small businesses, the impact of raised cap on local refugee communities, proposed town plans, and the border wall's impact on the region's wildlife and the environment. Additionally, co-produced an analysis of migration and drug smuggling data from 2017-2021 to identify trends, dispel inaccurate official rhetoric, and present the complexities of issues related to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Scottsdale, Arizona

Responsible for writing engaging content, deploying company events, promotions, announcements, and products through large-scaled communications campaigns. Aided in strategic planning and wrote copy for weekly and quarterly company newsletters with an active audience of over 250,000 field distributors. Additionally, managed segmented and company-wide email and text deployments as well as developed appealing content designed to educate customers and increase SEO ranking for company’s public-facing blog.

Gilbert, Az

Coordinate and strategize team communication, both internally and externally to a 14-market international field base. Develop content calendars for digital mediums and manage program social media outlets (nearly 70,000-member private Facebook group, nearly 12,000 Instagram followers). Orchestrated regular communication campaigns, co-created content, managed editorial process for company blogs and magazines, and organized various onstage segments and receptions at major company events. Attended and managed relations across all in-person North American market core brand events to develop culture and support brand ambassadorship.

Gilbert, Arizona

Responsible for pitching, obtaining, and writing content for company blog, internal magazines, and press releases. Conducted interviews with field Associates for use in articles, specifically human-interest stories, brand promotion, and product & sales programs information. Supported growing public relations team.

San Antonio, Texas

Responsible for obtaining game statistics from all local high school football games. Posted information on various social media sites, published sportscast videos and highlights to the web, and aided in the design, filming, and production of sportscast’s “Fan Cam” segments. Accompanied reporters/photographers on assignments, interviewed individuals and groups for news/sports stories. Interacted with team media staff, coaches, and athletes for various collegiate and professional sports teams in the San Antonio area. Experience in Final Cut Pro and I-News software.

San Antonio, Texas

Wrote web stories for the anchor to publish online, attended regular news meetings, presented story ideas, logged tape for packages, edited story material and accompanied reporters on assignments. Represented station at press conferences, games, and other events for local and professional sports teams.

Master'S Degree, Journalism

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