Rebecca Bratek Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

New York, New York

Wrote, edited and produced videos and other content for social accounts and CBSNews.com. Wrote articles for CBSNews.com based on trending news stories. Interviewed subjects for pieces on social platforms. Managed CBS News flagship social platforms, including live-tweeting events and pushing out breaking news updates. Cut live video for social dissemination. Helped curate content for off-platform channels, including Apple News and streaming services.

Greater New York City Area

Ran politics vertical for BreakingNews.com, mobile application and social accounts. Planned and led coverage of 2016 elections, resulting in one of our most heavily trafficked days on election night. Wrote political section of “Advance Notice” newsletter. Day-to-day workflow consisted of driving short-form updates, monitoring breaking news developments, and vetting user-submitted content to report on national and international news. Also help managed social media accounts, including a Twitter account with more than 9.4 million followers and Facebook page with more than 3.2 million likes.Part of award-winning team that took home ONA’s 2016 Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital Journalism; finalist in same category in 2015.Received NBCUniversal’s “Going the Extra Mile” award in 2016.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Served as a general assignment reporter for Washington bureau, covering Capitol Hill, the White House and government agencies. Wrote daily breaking news stories and longer enterprise pieces. Published in other Tribune papers, Tribune’s wire service and on latimes.com.

Greater New York City Area

Reviewed, edited and copy edited pieces submitted for publication. Laid out digital pieces, including graphics, pictures, text and video on narrative.ly.

Edited features, local news and international copy for grammar and style. Wrote headlines and web headlines. Assisted with updating buffalonews.com. Freelanced stories for features and business desks.

Managed 50 editors and staff writers for thrice-weekly paper. Wrote news, features and opinion pieces on daily deadlines. Member of board of directors. Helped teach 300-level English class to staff writers. Previously served as news editor (2011-12) and staff writer (2010-11).

Wrote event previews, features, and other stories – ranging from local politics and interest stories to concert and event previews in the Western New York area – for weekly publication. Produced and published self-generated story ideas. Wrote weekly blog posts about local events for the website.­Helped produce content for major special issues, such as Best of Buffalo, Summer Guide, and Fall School Handbook issues. Conducted research for senior editors and scheduled interviews with local officials, community members, and other local media.

Produced and published stories focused on the Buffalo community for the web. Wrote event previews and collaborated with other contributing writers.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Journalism

Studied urban reporting with a focus on print/digital mediums. Part of CUNY-J team recognized as finalist in 2016 Deadline Club awards..

Bachelor Of Arts, English

Nys Advanced Regents Diploma With Honors