Sam Haas Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Mit, Cambridge

Transforming research into action

• managed non-profit student-run paper's advertising, budget, and expenses• developed digital strategy including combination print + digital ad sales• ran paper at operating profit for first time in 3 years

• Managed staff of 15 editors, 20+ staff writers, 40+ reporters, 8 columnists, and 3 designers• Planned and edited stories about campus news, city news, arts, and sports with section editors• Laid out front page design + photos and wrote front-page headlines• Worked with editors to select and assign stories• Expanded breaking news, digital, and video news coverage, including a 200% growth in digital engagement• Recruited and trained staff at all levels

• Planned, researched, and wrote weekly editorial in collaboration with other editors• Solicited and edited op-ed pieces and bi-weekly columns from 2 staff columnists• Solicited, copy-edited, and published letters-to-the-editor• Edited stories in all sections of paper

• Set weekly story budget and assigned stories to reporters• Edited all stories for the City News section and various stories for other sections• Wrote and reported hard news and feature stories• Assigned photos for articles in collaboration with photo editor• Laid out pages using Adobe InDesign

• Edited and proofread print pages, manuscripts, video scripts, and digital presentations for ELL and ELT products at multiple learning levels• Adapted books of an ELL series for Peruvian language centers, working with senior editors• Created content for classroom aids such as answer keys, vocabulary lists, and teaching guides• Processed contracts for authors and vendors

• Managed team of 40 college-aged volunteer civics teachers • Provided research and teaching support as needed• Set chapter goals for short-term strength and long-term growth• Planned and moderated speaker panels on topics related to politics, education, and civic engagement• Ran meetings with 5 other executive board members

• Collaborated with editors on research, fact-checking, interview prep, and proofreading for multiplefeatures across 3 magazine issues• Authored two-page “Defend Your Research” feature for the October 2015 print issue (linked below)• Designed visual components with Creative Director for magazine redesign• Corresponded with authors and solicited contributions for multiple sections of magazine

• Taught biweekly action civics class to ninth-graders and ESL students at bilingual Margarita MuñizAcademy in Jamaica Plain• Planned lessons with co-teachers• Prepared student handouts, worksheets, and reading materials