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New York, United States

New York, United States

Stony Brook, New York, United States

• Oversee and approve the hiring of 10+ news staff and lead the section’s recruitment efforts by conducting classroom presentations and community outreach. • Direct The Statesman’s news coverage by assigning writers to stories and identifying weekly topics for coverage, leading to a 150% increase in news articles published.• Edit all stories submitted by reporters and guide student journalists by teaching them how to report, write news content, interview sources, and adhere to deadlines.• Directly contribute to the news section by authoring a minimum of one news article every week.

Stony Brook, New York, United States

• Train 10 reporters by providing lessons in news writing and reporting, providing constructive feedback on all written articles, assigning stories, and ensuring they submit work within the provided deadline. • Report a minimum of one story every week while assisting with ongoing editorial projects such as breaking news stories and long form investigative reports.• Uploads all stories onto WordPress in order to assign tags and categories for articles, coordinate visual content with the multimedia team, and address concerns from the managing editors.

Stony Brook, New York, United States

• Reported and pitched stories regarding Stony Brook University and the surrounding community.• Interviewed sources for quotes, wrote and published 10+ pieces, and took photographs to support written material. • Assisted news editorial staff with additional editorial projects such as breaking news stories, and a long-form investigation piece that explored how Stony Brook University had neglected its campus in Southampton, NY.

Stony Brook, New York, United States

• Lead a team of 4 writers and multimedia staff to develop weekly news segments that cover United States politics.• Act as the segment’s main anchor and producer, appearing on weekly shows and assigning tasks for news staff to complete.• Report from the field and create news packages covering local political events, using editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro in order to edit visual content.• Import visual content and prepare material for broadcast using content management systems Ross Inception and Ross Streamline.

Stony Brook, New York, United States

• Collaborate with 14 other team members to create a weekly TV News show by approving and creating different news packages and content.• Work with modern newsroom content management systems (CMS) such as Ross Inception and Ross Streamline in order to create rundowns, load visual content, put scripts into the teleprompter system, and assign roles to team members.• Use video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro in order to create packages and visual content, writes scripts for production, and appears on air as an anchor/reporter.

Stony Brook, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

• Facilitated consumer investigative reporting by interviewing individuals regarding various consumer complaints. • Utilized Dalet Galaxy to log interviews, take notes on consumer cases, and edit video for broadcast. • Booked in-person shoots between the consumer and on-camera reporter and assisted the reporter and photojournalist with conducting in-person interviews. • Worked as a member of the assignment desk once a week, completing tasks such as gathering information for broadcast, communicating with PR representatives and viewers, and assisting reporters with their on-location assignments.

Stony Brook, New York, United States

• Write and voice different types of radio scripts daily based on stories assigned by the managing editor.• Conduct phone interviews to gather information and soundbites for stories, using Adobe Audition to edit audio material and insert soundbites into voiced scripts.• Create daily web articles covering the created audio story in text format.

Stony Brook, New York, United States

• Manage SBU-SPJ’s finances and raises money for the organization’s events by working with the president to ensure sufficient means for operation.

Stony Brook, New York, United States

• Collaborate with a team of 9 peers to develop and air weekly live hour-long news shows.• Write radio scripts for each week’s show and revised them with news department leadership.• Appear on air as a reporter in 10+ shows and act as a producer for the show on a rotating basis.

Vestal, New York, United States

• Reported and pitched stores concerning Binghamton University and the surrounding community.• Interviewed sources for pieces and produced written content on a weekly basis.• Worked with news editorial staff to further develop error-free and high-quality content.• Wrote and published a total of 11 articles during my time at the publication.

Vestal, New York, United States

• Collaborated with 11 other team members over the course of a semester to design and implement a large-scale community service project.• Successfully hosted a kids-based art fair that was attended by 30+ families from the surrounding community.• Attended a series of workshops on topics such as effective leadership and public speaking as part of the program requirements.• Presented our group's accomplishments in a closing poster symposium event attended by other groups in the Emerging Leaders Program and University officials.

Bachelor'S Degree, Double Major In Journalism And Political Science, 3.7

Activities and Societies: The Statesman, WUSB, Stony Brook Media Group, SBU-SPJ, School of Communication and Journalism Student Advisory.

Advanced Regents Diploma, Dance, 4.0