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WORK EXPERIENCE
Code for America , San Francisco, Calif.
Fellow
(Present)
YouTube , San Bruno, Calif.
News Associate
(May-Sept. 2010)
The New York Times Company, San Francisco, Calif.
Regular Contributor
(Oct. 2009-May 2010)
MSNBC.com, Redmond, Wash.
Editorial Intern
(June-Aug. 2009)
Oakland North, Oakland, Calif.
Co-Founder; Video Editor
(Aug. 2008-May 2010)
Knight Digital Media Center, Berkeley, Calif.
Student Assistant
(Winter and spring week-long workshops, 2009-2010)
The Park Record Newspaper, Park City, Utah
Editor
(Dec. 2004 – June 2008)
The Kenyon Review, Gambier, Ohio
Student Associate
(Sept. 2003 – May 2004)
Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ, Chicago, Ill.
Intern for program “Stories on Stage”
(May – Aug. 2003)
KPCW, Park City, Utah
Host for regular three-hour music show
(Sept. 2004 – Aug. 2006)
EDUCATION
University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, Calif.
M.A. Journalism
(Aug. 2008-May 2010)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
(Aug. 2006-Jan. 2007)
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
B.A. English
(2000-2004)
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
(June-Aug. 2002)
SKILLS
Video production (shooting, editing, writing). Programs: Flash, Quark, Word, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro. Languages: html and some css, javascript and php.
AWARDS
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Dean’s Award for Public Service Journalism, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Travel Grant; Visitors Program to Germany for Graduates of U.S. Schools of Journalism.