Résumé
Education
- Boston University, Bachelors of Science in Journalism, Political Science Minor; expected graduation date: May 19, 2013
Work/Internship Experience
- Correspondent for The Boston Globe, reporting for Abington & Norwood in the Globe South section - April 2013- present
- State House Reporter at The Sun Chronicle-January 2013-present
- Reporter for BU News Service at Inauguration 2013, Washington, D.C., January 19-22, 2013
- Fellow at Progressive Change Campaign Committee-June to August 2012
- Contributor for BBC TV’s Click, November 3, 2012
- Intern Journalist for the Lifestyle section of Reuters newswire-April 2012
- Intern for TrustMedia through the Thomson Reuters Foundation in London-February to April 2012
- Staff writer for The Daily Free Press
- Summer Editorial Intern for Panorama Magazine-May 2011 to August 2011
- SumoSkinny.com, humorous college news and opinion website - February 2011 to June 2011
- Columnist for The Daily Free Press, Boston University’s student-run newspaper - February 2011 to May 2011
- MassVOTE, non-profit organization focused on registering and educating voters in underrepresented communities - October to November 2010
Professional Training
“Writing and Reporting News” through TrustMedia at the Thomson Reuters Foundation in London, England-March 26-30, 2012
- Instructors: Mathieu Robbins (The Independent) & Robert Hart (retired Reuters journalist & media trainer)
- Participated in exercises exploring how to cultivate sources, obtain exclusive material, cover oil companies, work in hostile environment and report on parliamentary sessions
- Received top-rated feedback on stories written during the week, following Thomson Reuters editing process and ethicsBlogs/Social Media
Computer Skills
- Office: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint
- Creative: Adobe inDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Quark
- Web: basic HTML and CSS, Python, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Digg, Foursquare, Wordpress, Tumblr, CMS
- Database: ActionKit, Vocus, VAN
- Multimedia: Flash, iPhoto, iMovie, iChat, Skype
- General: Years of experience with both Mac and PC platforms
- Typing Speed: 60 words per minute
