Experience
Reporter • Community Impact Newspaper
Houston, TX • January 2020–present
Curate print and digital content for the Bay Area and Pearland/Friendswood editions • Report on relevant issues and trends in southeast Houston development, business, higher education and public education, including coverage of a 42,000-student independent school district • Produce a minimum of 20-25 web stories per month • Assist in regional breaking news coverage as necessary • Create original, in-depth graphic ideas for print stories • Manage a combination of daily, weekly and monthly deadlines • Co-chair employee resource group of approximately 30 members companywide, dedicated to amplifying LGBTQ+ issues, raising internal awareness, celebrating company diversity and fostering relevant discussions
Editorial Intern • Community Impact Newspaper
Houston, TX • June 2019–August 2019
Produced print and digital content for the Cy-Fair and Lake Houston | Humble | Kingwood editions in the North Houston area • Reported on relevant issues and trends in real estate, local and state government, business and public education • Assisted in regional breaking news coverage • Compiled weekly lists of Houston-area events for digital promotion • Created original graphic ideas for stories
Commuter Reporting Intern • The Journal News
Westchester, NY • June 2018–August 2018
Created a beat on the commute from the Lower Hudson Valley to Manhattan • Performed person-on-the-street reporting to collect reactions to relevant transit issues • Produced multimedia content • Assisted in breaking news coverage when trains were delayed or canceled • Compiled weekly commuter briefs with relevant transit information for consumers
Feature Editor • The Daily Orange
Syracuse, NY • December 2017–May 2018
Managed a team of two assistants, two copy editors and one digital editor • Produced print content four days a week • Created 55 timely A1 story ideas • Created specialty guides to service readers and maximize ad revenue • Edited 25 feature stories a week for style, content and narrative • Collaborated with digital team to produce content for weekly Snapchat publisher story
Education
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
Fall 2017–Fall 2019 • cum laude, with Renée Crown University Honors
• B.A., Newspaper and Online Journalism and Spanish Language, Literature & Culture
• Honors: recipient of Syracuse Press Club's DeVesty-Williams Scholarship, spring 2018 • Scholarship is awarded by a committee of five professional journalists to one full-time undergraduate student per year that lives in, and studies journalism in, the 21-county Syracuse Press Club service area
Purchase College, State University of New York
Pursued B.A. Fall 2015–Spring 2017
• Fields of study: Journalism, Spanish Language & Culture
• Honors: Co-captain of men's and women's swim teams, Aug. 2016-May 2017
• Honors: recipient of SUNY Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete Award as women's swim team member, spring 2016 • Award is given to the scholar-athlete in the 64-campus State University of New York system with a GPA of 3.7 or higher who has earned First Team All-Conference honors in their respective sport
Skills
Adobe InDesign, Lightroom, Premiere Pro • Breaking news • Content management systems i.e. WordPress • Copy editing • Fact-checking • Facebook • Flourish • Google Drive • HTML (basic) • HubSpot • Instagram • Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word (and Google equivalents) • Photography • Research • Slack • Snapchat • Trello • Twitter reporting• Videography and video editing