Maya Sweedler Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Greater New York City Area

• Oversaw the site’s 2022 election night coverage, coordinating two dozen staff and freelancer contributors for live coverage on Election Day through the conclusion of the midterm elections• Responsible for two politics reporters, refining their pitches, assigning stories and top-editing copy

Greater New York City Area

• Copy edit and fact-check stories• Edit and evaluate methodologies, statistical analyses and empirical claims to ensure that articles, charts, videos and interactive graphics meet the site’s standards for methodological rigor, clear presentation and sound argument

• Covered House races in California during the midterm elections, with a focus on the state’s 50th Congressional District• Wrote breaking stories off of public records, such as campaign finance disclosures, and candidates’ behavior• Over 30 bylines in print and online for breaking news and political coverage, including two A1 and five section-front pieces• Helped break news of an incumbent congressman’s featured supporter’s racist online presence; spearheaded subsequent coverage of the fallout

Greater New York City Area

• Covered local and national news for the Greater New York and U.S. News teams• Pitched and wrote features, including a story on the economic impact of Florida’s red tide that was displayed for hours as the top story on The Journal’s homepage• Over 20 bylines in print and online for breaking news and enterprise coverage, including an A1 feature on a Manhattan art installation

• Aided in reporting, researching and fact-checking for the book "Charged" (April 2019) focusing on the American criminal justice system

• Responsible for leading the News — a staff of about 200 editors, reporters, photographers, designers and illustrators — and running the nightly print and digital production cycle• Manage and edit all content, spending spent 40+ hours per week working on the oldest college daily; includes pitching stories across all desks and coordinating between content and production desks• Stories during my tenure included renaming of Calhoun College, the 2016 election and the opening of two new residential colleges• Organized and oversaw a technology upgrade, including redesigning the building’s server system, migrating processes to the cloud and installing new computers• Maintained CMS; engineered front-page redesign and pushed for a digital-first paper by revamping online presence

• Spent three months reporting two single-byline investigations • Filed public records requests; analyzed data with Microsoft Excel and Access• Covered breaking news, including a rally against police brutality and an anti-Muslim protest and counter-protest• Published three A1 stories, two of which led the paper

• One of 10 recipients of Yale’s Paul Block Fellowship• Over 24 bylines in print and online for sports, business, features and editorial desks• Covered events ranging from the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Stanley Cup victory to the U.S. Open at Oakmont; contributed to the award-winning “Pittsburgh Penguins at 50” magazine

• Primarily a sports reporter; wrote between three and six articles a week, including features, investigations, series and recaps • Investigated and broke news that a team captain was expelled for sexual assault in the middle of the season, a story that drew attention from national publications, and that Yale was under federal investigation for Title IX violations• Conducted surveys and interpreted data in order to construct profiles of the Yale class of 2020 and the student-athlete population• Also a member of the Production & Design team; extensive graphic design experience

• Oversaw the Yale student government’s brand, press relations, public image, promotion partnerships, data collection, media production, web applications, Wordpress website, newsletter, all-college emails as well as Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube presences• Restructured the Communications team and oversaw a team of 20 students who promoted events, created content and advocated on behalf of the student body• Designed a new website for the organization and enhanced the organization's archives by uncovering old reports and former members