Sofia Schwarzwalder Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Manage organization-wide payroll, HR, and daily operations for staff of 150+• Analyze web and social media analytics, refining The Daily's strategy to optimize online visibility and engagement across multiple mediums • Onboard and supervise a team of 20+ editors and 150+ staff members• Ensure smooth daily operations, addressing reader and staff concerns, supporting section editors and EIC to find solutions to complex challenges• Continue reporting for the news and sports section

Seattle, Washington, United States

News Editor:• Edited all content published in the news section, overseeing 5 days/week of production with 5+ articles/day, ensuring adherence to The Daily's ethics standards and reporting principles• Led and communicated with a team of 100+ writers• Organized weekly pitch meetings, advising writers on planning, interviewing, and writing processes• Addressed reader concerns and feedback; updated The Daily's reporting guidelines on key topics, including student protests and global conflict coverage• Uploaded articles and media to The Daily’s website using CMSReporting:• 100+ bylines across news and sports sections, including features and breaking news• Reported on on-campus and U-District-related breaking news, with extensive coverage of on-campus pro-Palestinian protests and counterprotests.• Co-beat reporter for UW Baseball's 2024 season

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Staff writer at The Daily, primarily contributing to the news section with additional bylines in sports and arts & culture• Gained proficiency in AP style, journalism ethics, and newsroom operations while collaborating closely with section editors and fellow reporters• UWPD beat writer, Winter and Spring 2023• Completed The Daily's development class, Fall 2022

Seattle, Washington, United States

Member of a weekly research group including professors, post-docs, and grad students focused on the philosophical and ethical issues related to neurotechnologies and neural engineering device trials. • Winter & spring 2024 recipient Mary Gates Research Scholarship for individual research project "Perspective of At-Risk Individuals on the Hypothetical Use of Deep Brain Stimulation for Dementia" • Recipient of a Next-Gen professional development grant from the Dana Foundation to attend the 2024 International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting to conduct a project on accessible science communication in Neuroethics, interviewed world leaders in the field • Contributor to OPC "Privacy Protections in and across Contexts: Why We Need More Than Contextual Integrity"

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Designed a template for a quarterly member-exclusive newsletter using ActiveCampaign• Write original content for Montlake Futures' newsletter after consulting with the leadership team including quarterly company updates, reports on recent NIL engagements, exclusive athlete Q&As, and spotlights on athlete partnerships

Emeryville, California, United States

Strategic projects intern working on company-wide projects with members across multiple divisions including marketing, sales, and supply chain• Helped redesign Stasher's wholesale portal to support more customers, improving UX through front-end and back-end development on the Shopify Prestige theme• Completed a project to increase average order value on Stasher's DTC site by proposing new "add-to-cart" items, supported by a report on margins and projected AOV impact after supplier consultations • Conducted an audit of Stasher's California Warehouse and created a plan for additional warehouse inventory management to eliminate unnecessary storage costs

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism, Philosophy, Junior

Activities and Societies: 2024 Mary Gates Research Scholar, Neuroethics Research Group, 2022-2023 & 2023-2024 Annual Dean's List.

High School Diploma

Middle School Diploma