Sharon Lurye Email & Phone Number

Data journalist on the K-12 education team at the AP, focused on investigating how the U.S. educational system is recovering from COVID-19. Series on the pandemic's missing students won a National Headliner Award for Education Writing and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Responsible for writing data-driven stories on a wide variety of topics; collecting, cleaning and analyzing data; collaborating with reporters; and creating interactive data visualizations.

Write regularly for hyperlocal news site NOLA Messenger, including creating interactive graphics for election coverage. National publications I have freelanced for include EdSurge, Realtor.com, Autostraddle, Eurasianet, and Hey Alma. Article for Autostraddle on Russian LGBTQ+ asylum seekers was shortlisted for the Amnesty International Media Award.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Education policy research center housed at Tulane University. In charge of communications and visual storytelling, using the R programming language and Adobe Illustrator. Worked with researchers to write policy briefs and visualize data in order to make complex economic research understandable to a general audience. Topics included COVID’s impact on.

Competitive post-graduate fellowship in education journalism. Capstone project for the year was a data-driven investigation of shocking levels of restraint and seclusion in private schools, published in USA Today. Worked with colleagues to send public records requests to every state in the nation, twice, to collect data on private special education.

Greater New York City Area

I wrote the weekly Future of Learning newsletter on the latest advancements in education technology and other educational innovations; contributed to the special education issue of the New York Times; and published in-depth articles on personalized learning and special education in New Orleans. The special education story also included an audio feature in.

Greater New Orleans Area

As a full-time math interventionist for middle school students in a New Orleans charter school, I worked 11 hours per day teaching, analyzing student data, organizing school improvement projects, planning community service days, and running after-school programming. Fun fact: I also founded and advised Phillis Wheatley Community School’s first student.

Cranbury, New Jersey

I helped launch this small, family business and worked as a copy-editor and assistant, using InDesign to create large catalogs for auctions of Russian books and posters. I addition, I performed copy-editing and translation services and ran the Mercer and Middlesex Facebook page.

I reported on health and business news in addition to curating stories from other media sources and writing regular "On the Market" real estate features. I reported on the historic visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia, using social media for live, on-the-ground coverage. In addition, as a freelancer prior to hiring, I wrote in-depth investigative pieces.

Willingboro, NJ

I initially covered the courts, crime, and police, before moving on to the municipal beat, where I covered seven towns and five school boards. I also frequently worked on general-assignment reporting and enterprise stories, including co-writing a series on the changing healthcare landscape. Multimedia skills were essential to my job, as I shot and edited.

Chicago, IL

• Tutored elementary- and middle-school children on the South Side of Chicago
• Worked both one-on-one with students and in small groups
• Served on the NSP Leadership Corps

Burlington County, NJ

Full-time general-assignment reporting and local municipal coverage

Chicago, IL

• Wrote sidebars for the culture section, blog posts for chicagoreader.com, and the weekly “Agenda”
• Long-term project: helped prepare the Fall Arts issue and updated the database of performing arts shows
• Transcribed interviews; fact-checked and proof-read copy; did research for feature stories

West Windsor, NJ

• Researched town profiles, spoke with constituents, did general office work
• Assisted caseworkers on issues like immigration, housing, veteran affairs, etc.

Lede Program In Data Journalism

Certificate program in computational journalism using Python, HTML/CSS, and D3. Graduated with honors.

Master'S Degree, Journalism

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Public Policy, 3.9 Out Of 4

Education record