NIC F. ANDERSON

JOURNALIST, FILMMAKER & ARTIST

About Me

ABOUT NIC F. ANDERSON

Nic F. Anderson (they/them) is a queer multimedia storyteller. Anderson's work has appeared in CNN, various Journal & Topics News Group newspapers, among indie magazines, anthologies and literary journals

Several of their films and artwork have been shown film festivals and galleries across the Midwest and New York City.

Anderson is a graduate student at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, where they are majoring in urban reporting and documentary film. They are an alum of Northeastern Illinois University and Wilbur Wright College

Anderson has been a panel guest for the "It's Generational" podcast, mentioned in Noteworthy at Northeastern, ChicagoVoyage's Trailblazer series and was invited to interview author Becky Sarwate live at the Chuck Kane fundraising event in 2019.

Work Experience

Present

CNN NY Bureau Newsgathering Intern

CNN; 06/2023 - PRESENT

Wrote and chased stories and news alerts, conducted reach outs, built relationships with sources, researched, obtained court documents, covered pressers/court proceedings, assisted with newsgathering to aid in TV package production.

FOUNDER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

QUEER ON THE STREET; 06/2021 - PRESENT

Runs Queer on the Street, a news and culture site for New York Citys LGBTQ+ community. Covers hyper-local and national stories, conducts interviews, fact checks, hires freelancers, edits articles/photography.

FREELANCE WRITER

VARIES; 01/2016 – PRESENT.

FREELANCE EDITOR

VARIES; 01/2016 – PRESENT

Past

CONTENT PROJECT MANAGER

THINKCERCA; 06/2021-05/2022

Manages projects within the content department such as handling permissions, contracting voiceover artists, assisting with uploading weekly lessons, amongst other duties.

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER

JOURNAL & TOPICS NEWSPAPER; 07/2019-08/2020

Writes stories as assigned by editor for various northwestern Illinois suburbs such as Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, Des Plaines, Arlington Heights, Glenview and Park Ridge.

FOUNDER AND WRITER

YUNGMIGA.COM; 06/2015 - 05/2021

Finding and writing stories; finalizing photos using Photoshop; interviewing; fact-checking; headline writing; etc.

CO-MANAGING EDITOR

INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER; 03/2018 - 05/2019

Maintain relationships between editors and other staff; supervising and coaching editors and staff; collaborating with the EIC; hire new staff members; and enforce deadlines.

NEWS EDITOR

INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER; 06/2018 - 05/2019

Finding and assigning stories; teaching AP style to staff; editing articles; writing news stories*; fact-checking; headline writing; and collaborating with photographers and other editors. *has written more than 50 news articles at the Independent.

PRODUCTION MANAGER

INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER; 01/2019 – 05/2019

Planning newspaper layout; finalizing photos using Photoshop; laying out the newspaper on InDesign; editing; proofreading; dropping stories, photos and ads; and following up with editors and staff about stories, photos, graphics and ads.

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

CHRISTINA CROSS' SMILING SOULS; 02/2016 – 01/2019

Kept social media up-to-date with events, classes and news. Interacted with potential, new and current students via posts, comments and messages. Maintained brand awareness and online reputation. Created and managed content. Used search engine optimization (SEO) on Facebook page to draw more attention to social media page. Administered, created and published high-quality content that is relevant to Smiling Souls and/or owner Christina Cross. Kept a regular schedule for post publishing

EDITORIAL INTERN

CHICAGO NEWS MEDIA GROUP; 12/2018 –02/2019

Wrote and revised article; fact-checked; learned importance of SEO and how to use it properly.

STAFF REPORTER

INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER; 01/2018 –03/2018

Wrote assigned articles for news, arts and life and opinions and revised articles.

BOOK EDITOR

TONY MEEHLEIS' BOOK "AUTISM TRANSFORMED"; 08/2017

Edited the entirety of the book; looking for grammatical and punctuational errors.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

THE WRIGHT TIMES NEWSPAPER; 04/2016 –12/2016

Took care of the day-to-day duties; coordinated with the advertisement agencies; had final say of what was published; managed a staff of 15; hired and trained editors; and maintained the social media pages.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

THE WRIGHT SIDE MAGAZINE; 08/2015 –06/2016

Collected, compiled and read through all of the submissions; designed the magazine’s style, size and theme and managed a staff of 10.

ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR

THE WRIGHT TIMES NEWSPAPER; 11/2015 – 04/2016

Wrote assigned articles for arts and culture, assigned writers articles and revised articles.

STAFF REPORTER

THE WRIGHT SIDE NEWSPAPER; 08/2015 –11/2015

Wrote assigned articles for news, arts and life and opinions and revised articles as requested by editor.

Education

2019 / Bachelors Degree in Communications, Media and Theatre

Northeastern Illinois University