Helping writers through editorial services, coaching, and-- coming soon!-- developing original content for books, film, & TV.

Pitch, report, research, write, and edit original articles ranging from quick-turn breaking news pieces to months-long investigative journalism and features stories, for outlets including the Washington Post, The Guardian, VICE News, POLITICO Magazine, Trails Magazine, Teen Vogue, Poynter, American Libraries, Youth Today and more.

Teach introduction to journalism and new media to undergraduate students, plan lessons and curriculum, grade all assignments and papers and mentor students interested in careers in journalism (student reviews available upon request)

- Report, write and produce short- and long-form pieces, and breaking news coverage, in high pressure situations including wartime Ukraine, Captiol Hill, Uvalde, Texas, among others.- Reported viral story of 11-year-old Uvalde victim Miah Cerrillo which President Joe Biden cited in a nationwide address on gun control

• Produce long-form interviews to air across CNN platforms from conception to air; includes booking guests, conducting all background research, writing interview questions and anticipating responses for follow-ups, coordinating with photojournalists, editors, technical production managers and other production staff to shoot, ingest footage and edit, and overseeing full cross-platform roll-out including TV, digital, podcast, and social media. Turnaround time for each project ranges from six… Show more • Produce long-form interviews to air across CNN platforms from conception to air; includes booking guests, conducting all background research, writing interview questions and anticipating responses for follow-ups, coordinating with photojournalists, editors, technical production managers and other production staff to shoot, ingest footage and edit, and overseeing full cross-platform roll-out including TV, digital, podcast, and social media. Turnaround time for each project ranges from six hours to six months. • Interview subjects include Melinda Gates, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Delta CEO Ed Bastian, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and over 30 U.S. Senators and Representatives.• Fact-check all scripts and content for CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto, which airs from 9-11am eastern time on week days. Perform rigorous content checks using academic sources, peer-reviewed journals, public records, and original interviews and reporting. Show less

Nora produces and reports on-camera for CNN Digital, including CNN.com and CNN Go There, the network’s streaming show on Facebook Watch which routinely receives in the millions of views per episode. She was the first journalist to report from the rural community of Barrio Bucarabones, Puerto Rico after the historic earthquakes in the winter of 2020; she has also reported from 14,000 feet above sea level in the San Juan Mountains in Telluride, Colorado and from inside a maximum security prison… Show more Nora produces and reports on-camera for CNN Digital, including CNN.com and CNN Go There, the network’s streaming show on Facebook Watch which routinely receives in the millions of views per episode. She was the first journalist to report from the rural community of Barrio Bucarabones, Puerto Rico after the historic earthquakes in the winter of 2020; she has also reported from 14,000 feet above sea level in the San Juan Mountains in Telluride, Colorado and from inside a maximum security prison, the Maine State Prison. Nora's reporting on human rights violations in surgeries on intersex children was cited in witness testimony supporting S.B. 201 in the California statehouse. She also uncovered an under-the-wire campaign contribution from the top lobbying group opposing the bill to support the reelection of the chairman of the committee which killed the bill, leading to calls for his ouster. Show less

• Created a new web-series called "More Than You Wanted to Know" for CNN Digital Productions' millennial-focused Youtube channel, Beme News. • Select each topic, conduct research and write script, complete CNN fact-checking process, and on-air anchor each episode.

• Assist in producing three to four blocks per night for Anderson Cooper 360 including guest segments and reporter packages. Responsible for research, selecting all video and sound elements, creating graphics and overseeing the edit process. • Pitch and book original segments and reporter packages for AC360, including:---every interview between Anderson Cooper and Susan Bro, the mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, and writing questions for Anderson.---a Randi Kaye… Show more • Assist in producing three to four blocks per night for Anderson Cooper 360 including guest segments and reporter packages. Responsible for research, selecting all video and sound elements, creating graphics and overseeing the edit process. • Pitch and book original segments and reporter packages for AC360, including:---every interview between Anderson Cooper and Susan Bro, the mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, and writing questions for Anderson.---a Randi Kaye package about Lauren Milgram, a now-12-year-old Sandy Hook survivor protesting in the March for our Lives, in her first interview since surviving the shooting at age six. • Associate produced the Emmy-nominated Parkland Survivor Diaries documentary about the March for our Lives movement as one of two APs tasked with gathering all video and photo elements.• Associate produced Anderson Cooper's obituary of Anthony Bourdain, completing all research, pulling of archival footage and coordination of the edit in just a few hours before airtime.• Pitch, report, write print pieces and edit accompanying video for CNN.com and CNN International, including a piece on a 15-year-old trapped in Eastern Ghouta, Syria taking his own videos of the airstrikes, which was the top story on CNN.com/international, sent as a push notification to all CNN iPhone and Android app users, and aired on CNN international primetime shows. • Field produced for seven days during the August 2017 White Nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Booked Susan Bro, mother of victim Heather Heyer, before any other cable network; booked two other victims, Tadrint and Micah Washington, for their only national TV news appearance; booked local elected officials, clergy members, and witnesses; field produced all interviews. Field produced exclusive AC360 coverage of the candlelight vigil based off tips from sources; CNN was the only cable network to cover it. Show less

• Write breaking news scripts for AC360 including introductions and teases for 3 to 4 blocks per night. Code banners, name fonts, digital banners, video elements and graphics into iNews rundown. Work with Production Assistants and Associate Producers to find best video and graphic elements using MediaSource and NewsApps. Conduct research and assist with copy editing for AC360 and the CNN Heroes special.• Field produced for seven days during the August 2017 White Nationalist rally in… Show more • Write breaking news scripts for AC360 including introductions and teases for 3 to 4 blocks per night. Code banners, name fonts, digital banners, video elements and graphics into iNews rundown. Work with Production Assistants and Associate Producers to find best video and graphic elements using MediaSource and NewsApps. Conduct research and assist with copy editing for AC360 and the CNN Heroes special.• Field produced for seven days during the August 2017 White Nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Booked Susan Bro, mother of victim Heather Heyer, before any other cable network; booked two other victims, Tadrint and Micah Washington, for their only national TV news appearance; booked Mayor Mike Signer and other local elected officials, clergy members, and witnesses to the rally, and field produced all interviews. Field produced exclusive AC360 coverage of the candlelight vigil at the University of Virginia based off tips from sources; CNN was the only cable network to cover it.• Worked on a team of four writers on the Peabody award-nominated hour-long special Las Vegas Lost, a remembrance of the 58 victims of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting Show less

• Awarded two 2017 Virginias Associated Press meritorious awards: Best Investigative Reporting for breaking the story of overcrowding at the Albemarle County regional jail, and the Douglas Southall Freeman Award for Public Service in Journalism for investigating and reporting on the opioid abuse crisis in Central Virginia, as a result of which the Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney created a new task force on the issue. • Responsible for 2 to 3 stories per day, from conception to… Show more • Awarded two 2017 Virginias Associated Press meritorious awards: Best Investigative Reporting for breaking the story of overcrowding at the Albemarle County regional jail, and the Douglas Southall Freeman Award for Public Service in Journalism for investigating and reporting on the opioid abuse crisis in Central Virginia, as a result of which the Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney created a new task force on the issue. • Responsible for 2 to 3 stories per day, from conception to completion. Pitched ideas, conducted interviews, shot b-roll, wrote scripts, and edited video packages using non-linear editing system Adobe Premiere. Conducted 3 to 4 live reports from the field per night using a LiveU, often responsible for securing transmission on my own. Fill-in anchored the 6, 10 and 11pm evening news broadcasts approximately 25 times.• Researched investigative stories: filed FOIA requests; used PACER and other court record databases; tracked down hard-to-reach sources through social media, public records, cold calling, and door-knocking. Conducted data analysis on datasets obtained through open records requests. Cultivated sources leading to exclusive publication of dozens of official documents. Show less

• Responsible for 3-4 stories per day, from conception to completion. Pitch ideas, conduct interviews, write scripts, and conduct 2-3 live reports from the field per day. Fill-in anchor for weekend evening broadcasts as needed.

• Assisted producers, associate producers and production assistants with preparing a 60 to 120 minute broadcast by logging, webrolling, conducting research and running the TelePrompTer during live shows• Conceived, filmed and produced behind the scenes video for the AC360o website and blog• Conducted research daily for Anderson Cooper and investigative correspondent Randi Kaye, including stories on the disappearance and death of the Taliban leader Mullah Omar, the live broadcast… Show more • Assisted producers, associate producers and production assistants with preparing a 60 to 120 minute broadcast by logging, webrolling, conducting research and running the TelePrompTer during live shows• Conceived, filmed and produced behind the scenes video for the AC360o website and blog• Conducted research daily for Anderson Cooper and investigative correspondent Randi Kaye, including stories on the disappearance and death of the Taliban leader Mullah Omar, the live broadcast killings of WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, and the American healthcare system. Compiled briefing books on the 2016 presidential candidates. Published work:http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/04/16/ac-nora-neus-on-gyrocopter.cnnhttp://www.cnn.com/2015/08/28/us/mississippi-school-katrina/http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/08/28/presidential-debates-nailed-it-failed-it-pkg-ac.cnn Show less

• Researched and wrote health care policy memos and legislative proposals on low-income and rural communities’ access to health care, specifically focusing on “special populations” under Medicaid.• Prepared memoranda for HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell about new “dynamic scoring” method used by the Congressional Budget Office and how it can obfuscate the actual cost of a new policy under the guise of macroeconomic growth.

• Assist the city manager’s office with the three-year Strategic Planning Initiative kick off, including rewriting the City’s mission statement, values, and vision• Write narrative sections of the FY2015 budget, including redesign of the supplemental statistical section• Calculate and cross-reference each department budget with the overall FY15 budget• Attend and assist city manager staff at bimonthly city council meetings

• Researched Medicare and Medicaid reform and the Affordable Care Act; prepared memoranda and testimony for policy and press staff on health care policy and international relations

• Created and implemented social media campaign including Facebook, Twitter, and WordPress for nonprofit focused on improving health care in Haiti.• Conceived, wrote, designed, and distributed first quarterly newsletter to donors.• Attended multiple grant-writing/nonprofit development workshops at The Foundation Center in NY, NY.