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New York, New York, United States

Commissioned and sourced out articles by leading attorneys, law professors and legal experts around the worldRan and shaped coverage for the securities and corporate beats, focusing on crypto, ESG and SEC rulemakingWorked closely with publicists and authors to flesh out article ideas into 1000-2000-word analytical featuresDeveloped “ESG Around The World,” a series written by lawyers worldwide about their country’s ESG policiesEdited four stories a day on a wide variety of topics, reshaped headlines and served as the final fact-checkManaged the publishing calendar for my beats, and developed an eye for potential stories on newsworthy topics

New York City Metropolitan Area

Edited 6-8 news articles per day on litigation, mergers, COVID-related lawsuits, and other legal topicsChecked copy for accuracy, consistency, grammar, and style, improving headlines as neededDeveloped an understanding of the law and legal industry using internal and external educational resources

Greater New York City Area

Headed up coverage for the 2019 Grammy nominations, wrote profiles on Charles Bradley, The Antlers, FoalsWrote multi-interview features about upcoming releases, lists exploring an artist's back catalogue, and ten year retrospectives about specific moments in pop cultureContributed full length feature interviews for Paste Magazine’s Best of What’s Next column

Greater New York City Area

Ran the album reviews section in Paste's music vertical, writing and editing a minimum of 25 reviews per monthWrote 10+ features, lists, and news posts per month, routinely working on extremely tight deadlines, sometimes publishing within 48 hours of an artist interviewBrainstormed big idea coverage and edited a big percentage of the other features that run in the music sectionInterviewed bands live on camera during sessions in the Paste studioBecame skilled at using CMS to publish articles and format the backend of the site

Greater New York City Area

Contributed full length feature about how Brooklyn Youth Chorus became pop music's go to collaboratorInterviewed BYC choir director, three chorus members, David Byrne, Bryce Dessner, Caroline Shaw, and DJ Spooky to tell the full story of how the teenage choir has worked with music's biggest starsWorked closely with editors on several rounds of edits and the piece was published in the 7/21 edition of the Sunday Times

Greater New York City Area

Interviewed rising Southeast Asian indie pop star Phum Viphurit for his first stateside profileCharted how the dominant American indie rock sound had made it to Thailand and how Phum Viphurit applied his own personal touch to become his country's first-ever international star of the genre

Greater New York City Area

Wrote a 2200 word feature on a fantasy baseball league made up of members of Pavement, Yo La Tengo, REMCombined knowledge of advanced baseball statistics and indie rock in interviews with the league’s participants

Greater New York City Area

Profiled boygenius, a supergroup made up of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus, showcasing their EP and the story behind how the band originally got togetherInterviewed Weyes Blood ahead of her newest album, Titanic Rising, to make the case for it being an early contender for album of the year

Greater New York City Area

Eulogized Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit with a rapid-fire article about his legacy and his ten best songsContributed a funny article about the highs and lows of the last decade of Liam and Noel Gallagher, formerly of Oasis

Greater New York City Area

Interviewed Tim Heidecker, Whitney, and four other artists for a lengthy feature on Jonathan Rado’s production Contributed long-form article on the founding of Captured Tracks and Mexican Summer for 10 year anniversariesWrote an in depth piece on sports music licensing during NCAA tourney, spoke with head of Turner Sports Music

Greater New York City Area

Scheduled and wrote long-form features about high profile bands such as Frightened Rabbit, The Voidz, and Glass AnimalsInterviewed actors and directors from the film and musical Once for a 6700-word piece about its 10th anniversaryLed the site’s 2017 Glastonbury coverage and composed a viral op-ed about Childish Gambino just after the release of "This is America"

Greater New York City Area

Authored features about significant new albums, including releases from Cameron Avery and Alexandra SaviorWorked as a link between editors and Merge to coordinate a record announcement piece about Shout Out Louds

Headed up a self-released EP campaign, including Spotify playlist pitching, leading to 960k streams Booked a European tour and CA dates, and helped secure coverage at Stereogum, Paste, KQED, Line of Best FitNegotiated two record deals, wrote multiple bios, and arranged for each aspect of the recording of her debut LP

Greater New York City Area

Wrote a lengthy feature on the 10th anniversary of Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit on tight deadlineEulogized Scott Hutchison with a heartfelt tribute within hours of his death and profiled local rising band Bodega

Greater New York City Area

Wrote about the fascinating 2017 Liam Gallagher press cycle and why he's still one of the most written about musicians on the planet

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science

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