Simon J. Levien Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Reporting on the 2024 presidential and state elections.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Covered major bill fights at the end of Congress' session and led big-picture 2024 electionfeatures.Appeared on Page A1 about every other week of my internship, including a Weekend Edition above-the-fold lead story my first week.Scooped Sens. J.D. Vance and Rand Paul's blocks on State Dept. confirmations, leading to Sec. Antony Blinken to demand appointees be confirmed, then covered by other major outlets.Investigated three Congressmen for failing to disclose luxury trips in apparent violation of ethics rules for the WSJ Politics Newsletter.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Co-leading metro reporting teams; coordinates Cambridge/Boston coverage; advises a team of more than a dozen reporters; and leads digital strategy initiatives.

Magazine reporter (Sept. 2019 – present)Engineering School reporter (Jan. – Dec. 2021)Boston beat reporter (Jan. – Dec. 2020)My reporting has been cited by the NYT, WaPo, UPI, CNN, VICE, Boston.com, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Lily, IRE Local Matters, Longreads, major South Korean outlets, and others.Awarded 1st Place – ACP 2021 Story of the Year in Local Climate Reporting for a feature on how Harvard will have to grapple with rising sea levels.SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards New England Chapter In-Depth Reporting Finalist x22022 Student Excellence in Writing Reporting Award — AAJA "The Crimson Klan," a yearlong magazine investigation into the historical presence of the KKK on campus, was covered by the Washington Post and became our most-well-read article that school year.

Assembled a workflow, style guide, and team to personalize and design nightly/weekly newsletters for tens of thousands of subscribers. Our newsletters see above-industry-average open and clickthrough rates.

Co-managed The Crimson's social media accounts, expanding our digital footprint to TikTok and LinkedIn with a revamped socials strategy.

Audience Engagement Team Member (Oct. 2020 – present)Multimedia Board Photographer (Jan. 2021 – present)Conference Content Coordinator (Feb. – Aug. 2021) Diversity & Inclusivity News Board Liaison, Committee Member (Mar. – Aug. 2021) Member of Diversity Speaker Series Taskforce, Crimson History Taskforce

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pitched Page A1 features and dailies on campaigns and high-priority bills as the Mass. legislative session concluded. Covered primary and general election breaking news on the governor's race.Combed through all 200 Massachusetts General Court districts to find to the most fascinating race to highlight. The frontpage feature was the day's best-read article, highlighting a local contest divided by national political fissures.Published an above-the-fold enterprise story showing state casino regulators were not thoroughly tracking the prevalence of gambling problems while the state pushed to expand the gaming industry.

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Selected as the youngest member by class year in the NYTSJI 2021 cohort. Digitally edited a story package on the personal tolls of police violence produced by NYTSJI reporters.

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Cambridge, Ma

Invited to judge entries for the New York Times Learning Network's inaugural STEM Writing Contest. Provided input on contest structure to optimize entries and broaden appeal.

Sparta, Nj

Featured in: Beginnings (local literary magazine), TeenInk, TAPintoSparta.com, NJ Herald, PacificTribune, NY Daily News, The Boston Globe, New York Times, etc.

Elizabeth, Nj

Pursued and developed general-interest stories under the guidance of professional sciencecommunicators, journalists, and science writers. Interviewed researchers and the editor-in-chief of the leading journal in the field, Epigenetics, to develop a science story on the epigenetic implications on carcinogenesis, specifically in non-small cell lung cancer.Program held at Monmouth University and Kean University then remotely.

Sparta, Nj

Leading a team of students/teachers to integrate CRISPR/Cas9 biotech in classroom settings.Approved by the Sparta Education Foundation for an annually-renewable grant to fund genome engineering education.Sparta High will likely be among the first high schools in America to perform in-house CRISPR genome engineering labs.Worked with the New Jersey Science Teachers' Association by publishing an op-ed advocating forthe inclusion of CRISPR in science curricula to promote bioethics and the understanding of CRISPR'ssocietal implications.

Boston, Ma

Wrote, edited, and collaborated on life science/nutrition pieces for the Health Connexions and related companies' media outlets.

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Cultivated writing and creative-process skills in scientific journalism through weekly feature pieceson scientific developments, bioethics, or opinions.

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Writing and coordinating science news/briefings for BioLiterary Journal, an online, student-run literary journal at the crossroads of science and art.

Hempstead, Ny

Studied under Dr. Michael Dores. Using CRISPaint and siRNA transfections, we successfullydownregulated a gene, PDCD6IP, which was believed to be associated with glioblastoma cellmetastasis/migration, receiving a statistically significant result.Handled live culture specimens and conducted tests (PCR, NGS, ELISA, BCA, eletrophoresis,transfections, Western blotting, cell freezing/splitting, etc.).

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History, Integrative Biology

Activities and Societies: Asian American Dance Troupe, Bioethics Society, Harvard Philippine Forum, Harvard Outing Club2020-21 on leave.

Salutatorian

Logical Thinking And Problem Solving

Genetics, Forensics, Neuroscience, Robotics, Java/Computer Animation