Maya Eliahou Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

• Write headlines, decks and social copy
• Schedule posts for ProPublica’s main social accounts
• Design visual assets for Instagram and facilitate account growth
• Write and send ProPublica’s daily and weekly newsletters
• Work closely with reporters and partner publications in the Local Reporting Network
• Write and send push alerts through Firebase

Los Angeles, California

• Captioned and scheduled articles for the L.A. Times’ main social accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram several times each week
• Created Twitter threads, moments and IG stories
• Wrote original stories and pulled news wire
• Sent push notifications and email breakers
• Created and implement audience engagement plans
• Worked to improve and optimize articles for SEO

Berkeley, CA

• Wrote articles for the student life beat
• Organized a call to action on social media to get responses about SVSH
• Worked with exclusive footage to write an expose on homophobic slurs in a fraternity
• Worked with audio and video story components
• Wrote and edited my stories in AP Style

• Worked 40 hours/week with CNN’s Social Discovery team in Atlanta, GA
• Tracked compelling posts on social media to inspire original stories
• Cleared UGC during breaking news situations to share on CNN’s platforms and affiliates
• Wrote 36 trending pieces for CNN and CNN Politics
• Pitched and wrote an original story for CNN Politics that helped inspire a Congressman tobegin paying House interns
• Used Banjo, Dataminr, Crowdtangle, Tweetdeck and Chartbeat

Berkeley, California

• Oversaw a team of two Assistant Social Media Editors and two Social Media Staff members
• Monitored and edited captions/headlines for posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn
• Reinvented the newspaper's social media model, moving from 10 posts/day to 18-20/day
• Used analytics to determine what content to post at peak times throughout the day
• Implemented UGC newsgathering and follower initiatives to increase followers on multiple media platforms
• Used audience engagement techniques to help followers feel close to our organization

San Francisco Bay Area

• Supported Account Executives and Principal, Alex Tourk, in the management of client accounts by conducting research and preparing briefings
• Prepared daily media summaries with news clippings related to client accounts and local San Francisco legislation
• Assisted Directors, Account Executives, and Principal on daily assignments.
• Prepared research memos for Account Executives and Directors summarizing policies and legislation relevant to client interests
• Supported Account Executives in the management of client accounts
• Conducted research on San Francisco legislation and writing policy briefings

Berkeley, CA

• Scheduled 10+ Facebook and Twitter posts per workday
• Used analytics to determine what content to post at peak times
• Monitored and moderated all editorial content on dailycal.org
• Managed Facebook and Twitter accounts by creating engaging posts to attract readers.
• Customized Facebook and Twitter display cards
• Scraped dailycal.org regularly for image files

• Edited 3+ articles/week for UCA's blog
• Met weekly with editorial interns
• Led an editorial workshop for 25+ students
• Created content calendars, monitor posts, moderate comments
• Promoted original content across social media platforms
• Worked on UCA website using Wordpress, HTML, CSS, and Javascripthttps://growluca.wordpress.com/

Berkeley

• Collaborated with corporate entities involved with communications
• Worked with team members to to coordinate campus activities
• Networked with UC Berkeley faculty in communication fields
• Wrote two articles/month
• Copy edited other interns
• Added content to UCA's blog, The GrowlLink: https://growluca.wordpress.com/

Universal City, California

• Wrote 40+ articles for E! Online's E! News platform
• Worked 8 hours/day and 2-4 articles/day
• Covered award shows and red carpet events
• Generated original stories from press releases
• Created and edited photo galleries; updated content calendars
• Worked with sensitive and embargoed information

Berkeley

• Wrote features and daily articles for the Student Life beat, which provides in-depth and broad coverage of campus activities and student life at UC Berkeley.
• Interviewed subjects, performed research and worked with editors to craft objective articles.
• Worked with anonymous sources, at campus protests, with minority groups and with student activists.
• Broke an international news that went viral. http://www.dailycal.org/2016/04/14/uc-berkeley-student-questioned-refused-service-speaking-arabic-flight/
• Headed the student life team and encouraged reporters to work collaboratively.My tag: http://www.dailycal.org/author/meliahou/

Berkeley

• Edited copy for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and maintain the publication's unique style.
• Worked with WordPress, InDesign, and InCopy.
• Wrote headlines, jump-heads, and sub-heads.
• Fluent in AP Style.
• Participated in a collaborative work environment
• Blogged/ranted about grammar nuances on Strikeout

Berkeley

• As a general reporter, articles are assigned at random and reporters must adapt to every type of story and situation
• Conducted in-person and phone interviews
• Worked with WordPress and Google Docs
• Worked two or three days per week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Covered higher education, research and ideas, student life, crime and courts, city council, and business-related stories
• Interview subjects, perform research, and work with editors to craft well-written and objective articles

Berkeley

• Worked with a team of undergraduates, graduate students, and a professor
• Analyzed more than 500 census records and documents using Ancestry.com
• Conducted textual documentation and analysis
• Performed archival research, microfilm analysis
• Transcribed government documents and census records

Berkeley

• Managed social media for two UC Berkeley dorms using Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
• Promoted events through social media and physical posters.
• Used Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create flyers and posters
• Used an email listserv
• Collaborated as a member of Hall Association

Malibu High School

• Functioned as both the Editor in Chief of my high school newspaper and the school's journalism teacher
• Edited articles using AP Style
• Lectured on elements of style, SPJ ethics
• Wrote tests and a final exam
• As online editor from 2013-14, coded Malibu High School’s first online newspaper’s website (www.mhscurrent.com) using Wordpress and Dreamweaver

Bachelor'S Degree, Media Studies & Political Science

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Communication Association, The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley Book Club, Middle Eastern Dance

Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Malibu High School Mock Trial team, Amnesty International Co-president, Malibu Engineering and Technology.