Journalism Experience: |
Markets Reporter, Forbes.com
May 2007-Present, New York, NY
Writes and reports about the stock market and the comings and goings on Wall Street.
Reporting Intern/Stringer/Freelancer, The New York Times
September 2006-May 2007, Long Island, NY
Reporter in the Garden City, Long Island bureau covering everything from the recent senate race, to County Executive Tom Suozzi's battle with police unions, to erosion on the North Shore.
Reporting Intern, The Hartford Courant
Summer 2006, Hartford, CT
Staff writer in the Manchester bureau covering the town of Hebron.
Wrote two A1 stories - one about the trend of recruiting younger priests and one about the struggle to build a new school in the smallest town in Connecticut.
Wrote breaking news for the web. Also wrote longer feature pieces on everything from the preservation of a historic house to a village green project to a new intern program for college students as well as covering budget stories and community meetings on deadline.
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Freelance Writer: |
Forbes.com, The Nation, Christian Science Monitor, Salon.com, The New York Times, The Hartford Courant, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Amsterdam News, Women's E-News, Washington Square News, Bay State Banner
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Other Relevant Experience: |
Journalism Fellowship, Rostov State University, Russia
July-August, 2006, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
New York University teaching and reporting fellowship.
Taught basic journalism classes to Russian undergraduates in the summer program. Reported on my own stories about the Russian modeling industry.
Graduate Assistant Scholarship Recipient, New York University
September 2005-December 2006
Received full scholarship to attend NYU's Master's Program in Journalism.
Freelance assignment in Argentina for the San Francisco Chronicle
July 2005-August 2006
Traveled to Buenos Aires to write about the disappearance of Afro-Argentines.
Writer, Photographer, Project Manager, Chembe AIDS Project
September 2003-September 2004, Cape Maclear, Malawi
Chronicled the women of Cape Maclear through a portraiture project.
Initiated arts-based small businesses to economically empower women with HIV.
Traveled extensively throughout Southern and East Africa.
GEOS Language Academy, Boston, MA
April-August 2003
Taught English as a Second Language to Japanese students and businessmen.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Grant Recipient, Boston, MA
January-March 2003, Johannesburg, South Africa
Artist Residency with printmaking studio in South Africa.
Conducted workshops in the rural areas and townships with women artists.
Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, Boston Medical Center
November 2001-November 2002, Boston, MA
Taught English as a Second Language to refugees from war-torn countries including Kurdistan, Somalia, Congo, Iraq, and Haiti.
Documented the lives of my students through a photographic project.
El Centro Night School Program, Catholic Charities
September 2000-September 2001, Boston, MA
Case manager for 100 students in a night school program in inner city Boston.
AmeriCorps, Suffolk Downs Racetrack
September 1999-September 2000, East Boston, MA
Taught English as a Second Language to illegal immigrants working in the backstretch taking care of the horses.
Documented the lives of my students though a photographic project.
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Education: |
New York University
M.A. in Journalism (newspaper concentration), December 2006
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Fall 2001-Spring 2003
Studied photography in their certificate program
Boston University
B.A. in Psychology, May 1999, Magna Cum Laude
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References: |
Phil Coffin , Editor, New York Times Regional Weeklies: 212-556-1566
Bruce Lambert ,
Garden City Bureau Cheif, New York Times : 516-746-2189
Lynne Delucia,
State Editor, Hartford Courant: 860-524-4242
Sandra James, Manchester Bureau Chief, Hartford Courant: 860-647-5337 |
