Launched website to promote the work of independent fiber artisans. Write and edit web content, manage all branding and social media and produce weekly e-newsletter. Write about radiology, health information technology and hospital management for a national monthly magazine. Cover breaking healthcare news for DOTmed.com. Cover the New York City, Hamptons, Long Island Gold Coast and Westchester County residential real estate markets for monthly magazines distributed throughout the New York Metro area. Write cover stories for Newsday’s LI Home section and report on the residential real estate market for the web. In 2004-2005 wrote lead stories for Newsday’s advice and religion sections. Wrote about international and domestic hotels for a division of Tripadvisor, which uses unedited professional photos to provide candid, unbiased reviews for travelers. Covered education, real estate and health for the city desk of daily newspaper owned by Hearst Corp. Responsible for generating daily ideas, writing long-term enterprise pieces, posting regularly to newsroom blog, taking photos and using social media. Won first place in business reporting from Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists in 2013 for story on unemployment. Wrote personal finance stories for website run by TheStreet.com while working full time as a journalist in Connecticut. As education reporter from 2007 to 2009, covered 19 public schools and a community college in the Norwalk bureau of daily newspaper. As general assignment reporter from 2003 to 2007, wrote some of the first stories on concerns about artificial turf, and wrote series prompting state to act on lack of lifeguards at busy beach before Fourth of July weekend. Wrote lead stories for Health & Fitness and Arts sections of daily newspaper. Met daily deadline covering crime, courts, school districts and events. Held over from original academic internship for highly competitive paid summer internship. Minor in Journalism Proficient in Adobe InCopy, Microsoft Office, WordPress, Internet research and social media. Working knowledge of HTML, content management systems, iMovie and Photoshop. • First Place in Business Reporting for “Portraits of Unemployment,” May 2013
Honors Program
Editor In Chief of Pioneer, weekly student newspaper
Spent fall 2001 studying in London; Interned for Ham & High, local newspaper
• Second Place in In-Depth Series for “9/11 – 10 Years Later,” May 2012
• First Place in Feature Series for “Breaking the Sound Barrier,” May 2010
• Honorable Mention in In-depth Series for “Buyers, Agents, Sellers,” May 2010
• Honorable Mention in General Reporting Series for “Down to Earth,” May 2008
• Honorable Mention in General Reporting Series for “Playback,” May 2008
• Finalist in General Reporting Series for “Sherwood Island Lifeguards,” May 2005
Resume
New York, N.Y.
Founder/Content Manager
New York, N.Y.
Freelance Writer
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Norwalk, Conn.
Freelance Writer
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Melville, N.Y.
Freelance Writer
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New York, N.Y
Freelance Hotel Review Writer
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Greenwich Time
Greenwich, Conn.
Staff Writer
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MainStreet.com
New York, N.Y.
Freelance Writer
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The Advocate
Stamford and Norwalk, Conn.
Staff Writer
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Greenwich Time
Greenwich, Conn.
Features Writer
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Melville, N.Y.
Reporting Intern
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Long Island University
C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, N.Y.
Bachelor of Arts in English, May 2002
Computer Skills
Society of Professional Journalists, Connecticut Chapter