Resume

New York University, New York, NY
Double major in metropolitan studies and journalism. B.A. received May 2007. Graduated magna cum laude with a 3.76 GPA and high honors for an honors thesis in metropolitan studies.

Reporter, The Riverdale Press, Bronx, NY
February 2008 - Present
Covered the politics beat and wrote a weekly political column for a Pulitzer prize-winning, nationally-known urban weekly newspaper. Also wrote for the paper's blog and shared copy-editing, page proofing and headline writing duties.

Intern reporter, The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, NJ
May 2007 – February 2008
Covered crime, politics and breaking news as a general assignment reporter for this Newhouse-owned, urban daily tabloid, which had a 31,000 paid daily circulation in 2003. Stories were also picked up by sister paper The Newark Star-Ledger and weeklies published by The Journal.

Editorial Intern, City Limits, New York, NY
January 2007 – April 2007
Covered affordable housing, city policy and non-profits for a small but influential online-only weekly with approximately 6,700 unique monthly visitors; also handled editorial assistant duties, such as finding freelancers and managing calendar and Web site items.

Contributing Writer, Washington Square News, New York, NY
August 2004 – December 2006
Wrote investigative pieces, music features and news as a general assignment reporter for a university daily with a circulation of 10,000.

Research Assistant, Center for an Urban Future, New York, NY
Fall/Winter 2006
Conducted over 40 interviews and did other research for an economic development report published by a nationally known urban public policy think tank.

Other Skills:
Video shooting and nonlinear editing; survey design; basic HTML and CSS; ArcGIS/ArcMAP; SPSS; XML and PHP-based content management systems