CNN NY Bureau Freelance News Assistant

CNN; 12/2023 - PRESENT

Daily duties include researching, investigating and writing breaking news stories; working with various departments to book, record and monitor feeds for the United Nations, NY Governor, NYC Mayor and others, as needed; scouring the internet and social media for potential stories to elevate to a national or international level. Other duties include assisting producers and editors to aid in online and TV packages, assisting in the field as a runner/production assistant, live logging/transcribing, ingesting photos and videos into the internal system, amongst other tasks.

CNN NY Bureau Newsgathering Intern

CNN; 06/2023 - 08/2023

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

CONTENT PROJECT MANAGER

THINKCERCA; 06/2021-05/2022

Wrote and edited content, spearheaded licensing and permissions for outside content; managed a team of freelancers between 10 (or more, depending on the various projects) while working on my projects, and assisted social media and sales teams with writing copy and editing existing copy as needed.​

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER

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

Was the main reporter for the Mount Prospect Journal. Covered local government, crime beat, features, events, and other stories as assigned. Researched, investigated and reported news with accuracy under tight deadlines.

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CO-MANAGING EDITOR  

INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER; 03/2018 - 05/2019

Lead an editorial team of 10 in producing high-quality weekly content across print and digital platforms; planned editorial strategy and standards, enforced deadlines, and maintained the budget with the other co-managing editor. Mentored writers and editors to help them become best versions of themselves.

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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.