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PROFILE
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An
enterprising journalist with breaking news, government, investigative, international,
multimedia and database reporting skills.
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PROFESSIONAL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Legislative
reporter, staff writer, freelancer, copy editor and researcher.
Strengths
include: writing tight, clear stories on deadline, developing sources,
investigating complex topics, explanatory journalism, narrative feature
writing and video production.
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Investigative
Journalism
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Consistently
probe sources and follow through on leads to produce investigative stories.
- Broke
story when a $60,000 state consulting contract for green jobs
development was awarded to elected official. Results: The day
after the article ran, the official stepped away from the contract.
- Wrote
feature story examining a bill in the Nevada legislature that would have
allowed school police officers and law enforcement to seize and read
e-mails, text messages and phone records without a warrant. Results: Three
days after the article ran, the state attorney general-who sponsored the
bill-agreed to withdraw those sections of the bill in a public hearing
at the legislature.
- Probed
closed-door meetings between Nevada legislature and business leaders
over plunging revenue and tax solutions throughout the ongoing budget
crisis. Results: Broke story when state revenue projections fell
by 30 percent, beating the competition by a day. Was the first reporter
to get the Senate Majority Leader on record saying he would not rule out
the largest tax increase in state history.
- Investigated
and wrote story on terrorist databases interviewing police chiefs in
cities around the country about access to federal data. Interviewed top
FBI officials, rode along with police to observe traffic stop checks.
Mapped an interactive chart showing the flow of terrorism data between
federal and local agencies explaining the weaknesses and failures in the
system. Results: Series nominated for Writers Guild Award.
- Successfully
staked out Christopher Hill before his historic visit to North Korea to
resume six-party nuclear negotiation talks. Results: Contributed
quotes to story giving AP a presence that other media outlets missed.
- Helped
lead far-flung investigation into more than 100 unions' benefit funds
earning a byline for the story in the Village Voice. Results:
Mayor Bloomberg acknowledged the need for oversight into the funds.
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Multimedia
Skills
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Produce,
shoot and edit video and digital photography. Digitize and transcribe tapes
for PBS Frontline/World.
- Produced
video about national trucker shortage and filmed classes at a trucking
school, interviewing a graduate in his truck about growing up in an
Oakland gang and visiting his neighborhood. Results: Current TV
contacted me to acquire the story.
- Produced
local television stories for UCTV on the rising cost of water and an
annual quest for love.
- Cut
video montages and sound bytes, wrote teases and short stories for
nightly political news program on NY1 News.
- Contributed
research, guest ideas and production assistance to NY1 News coverage of
2004 presidential conventions.
- Reported,
wrote and contributed photos on community gardens, open space and
community issues for print and web versions of a monthly newspaper for
the Independent Media Center.
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Reporting
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Use
strong interviewing skills and analysis to report breaking news and write
enterprising features on diverse topics.
- Covered
every aspect of Nevada's state budget, following ongoing questions about
how the state will benefit from federal stimulus dollars and the
legislature's disputes with the governor.
- Broke
business stories like Nevada's first steps toward congestion pricing, a
key lawmaker's plan to roll back tax abatements and a push to attract
California businesses on tax day, all of which made the AP business wire
and publications like Forbes.com.
- Covered
Harry Potter's first kiss in an article published globally.
- Wrote
feature story on Hiroshima, which was a top AP story worldwide that day.
- Wrote an exclusive
national story about the Nevada's creation of a popular electronic
suggestion box for balancing the budget.
- Wrote
business, religion and feature stories for a daily newspaper covering
the housing downturn in Solano County.
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Research
and Analysis
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Conduct
research and analyze data for story coverage, political news reports and
international marketing study.
- Researched
police and FBI databases for PBS documentary.
- Merged
Excel spreadsheets for CAR project for Associated Press.
- Coordinated
international study of brand personality, analyzing data to report on
changes in consumer behavior.
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Journalism
Experience
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2009
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Associated
Press Reporter, Carson
City, NV
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2008
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Freelance
Reporter, San
Francisco, CA
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2007
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Staff
Writer,
The Reporter, Vacaville, CA
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2007
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Associated
Press Intern,
Tokyo, Japan
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2006
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Researcher/Intern, PBS/Frontline,
Berkeley, CA
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2004
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Politics
Intern,
NY1 News, New York, NY
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2003
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Reporting
Intern,
The Village Voice, New York, NY
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2002
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Community
Reporter,
The Indypendent, New York, NY
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Supporting
Jobs
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2002-2005
1998-2001
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Paralegal,
Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY
Research
Assistant, Young & Rubicam Inc., New York, NY
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EDUCATION
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Masters
Degree in Journalism, University of California at Berkeley
B.A.,
English, Syracuse University, Minor, Policy Studies
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AWARDS
SKILLS
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Gobind
Behari Lal Award for Most Outstanding Science or Health Related Story, 2007;
Yomiuri Shimbun Fellowship, 2007; Departmental Fellowship, UC Berkeley,
2005-2007; Chancellor's Award for Public Service in Community Service
Leadership, Syracuse University, 1997
Final
Cut Pro, Microsoft Excel, Access, Lexis-Nexis
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