Melanie Anzidei Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Covering soccer for The Athletic, beginning with 2023 FIFA women’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia.

Florham Campus

In this role, I advised a small group of college students who managed The Pillar, the college newspaper at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Florham Campus.

• I cover an enterprise sports beat that includes finding unique and exclusive stories throughout New Jersey that fall between the intersection of news and sports.
• This hybrid role requires that I work between the news and sports departments, often teaming up with reporters and editors from the sports desk to collaborate on complex stories, while reporting to an assignment editor.
• This hybrid role requires that I work between the news and sports departments, often teaming up with reporters and editors from the sports desk to collaborate on complex stories, while reporting to an assignment editor.
• My duties extend beyond print. For example, in June 2021, I joined our Varsity Aces high school sports show and was part of broadcast team that covered NJ's first-ever girls flag football championship at MetLife Stadium.
• In May 2022, I started writing a weekly "Women & Sport" column that highlights women's sports issues and features athletes from New Jersey. Show less

• In this role, I covered regional retail news and an enterprise sports beat.
• This position included being the newsroom expert on retail and business news, and culminated with the coverage of the long-awaited opening of the American Dream mega mall in East Rutherford. Stories ranged from.
• I was promoted to this role after 4 years in the newsroom, and joined the newsroom's Topics team.
• Although my primary responsibility was to cover… Show more
• Although my primary responsibility was to cover retail, towards the end of my time in this role, I also began covering an enterprise sports beat, where news and sports intersect. Show less

Woodland Park, New Jersey

• For more than 3 years, I was on the Local News team. I covered municipal government and issues in nearly a dozen communities, including Paramus and Hackensack in Bergen County. Stories ranged from breaking news to.
• This beat required juggling coverage of multiple towns at once, understanding how local government works, holding local officials accountable, dissecting municipal budgets, and more.
• I also had an additional beat covering… Show more
• I also had an additional beat covering community sports issues for the local team. Show less

Woodland Park, New Jersey

• My first two years at The Record involved working alongside the newsroom’s dedicated business desk, which was staffed with a small team of reporters and editors with decades of experience who helped mold by reporting.
• My main responsibilities were to write daily business stories, news briefs, breaking news items or features. I wrote hundreds of stories while in this position, with stories appearing on front page, AP news wires and.
• My main responsibilities were to write daily business stories, news briefs, breaking news items or features. I wrote hundreds of stories while in this position, with stories appearing on front page, AP news wires and.
• Other tasks included: assist Business editors with daily tasks; assist staff reporters as needed; compile items for Sunday Real Estate section; compile weekly "On The Move" column; post wire stories/photos to web.
• I was part of the reporting team honored as a 2015 Best in Business finalist by the “Society of American Business Editors and Writers” in breaking news for our coverage of Mercedes-Benz USA leaving its Montvale.
• Developed sources from various industries and municipalities, many of whom I still use today. Show less

New York, New York

Daily tasks included: fact checking articles; researching for articles; transcribing interviews; providing pitches for blog; writing as needed; assisting feature section editors and writers.

Madison, New Jersey

• Oversee work of editorial, advertising and social media staff
• Edit final version of stories and newspaper layout
• Lead weekly news meetings
• Teach section editors how to use QuarkXPress, Photoshop
• Submit written, recorded and photo coverage of events
• Work closely with Faculty Advisor

Master Of Science, Journalism

Activities and Societies: National Association of Hispanic Journalists Completed a 10-month, intensive program at Columbia University's.

Bachelor Of Arts, Communication Studies, 3.6

Activities and Societies: The Pillar, Varsity Women's Soccer Majored in Communication Studies with minors in Journalism, Italian and.

Italian Studies, 3.8

A 4-week study abroad program in Northern Italy that ran from May to June and consisted of two 3-credit courses that covered Italian.

Education record