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multimedia journalist
Experience:
INTERN, Yahoo!, Santa Monica, CA
Wrote editorial stories and created image galleries about the Olympics that appeared on the front page and generated 20 million unique views each Researched trending Olympic stories to come up with story pitches and innovative ideas to generate Yahoos Olympic goal of 2 billion views worldwide Maintained Yahoos social media outlets including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Works on writing, shooting and editing the College Television Award winning television news magazine series aired on over 50 local television stations across the country Updates the website with new episodes, pictures, and newsletters utilizing Wordpress, and basic HTML and CSS Creates graphics, flyers, and promotional materials on Adobe Photoshop and InDesign and manages social media campaign utilizing Twitter, Facebook, and Constant Contact
Hosted live television which aired on LA 36 to over two million viewers on shows ranging from a cooking show to a late night talk show to a morning show about fashion Produced content for live television including shooting video segments and planning out episodes Plans pre-production for each show including: research, writing interview questions, planning recipes, guest relations, creating graphics and planning social media outreach
WRITER-AT-LARGE / Co-Founder, Niche, Orange, CA April 2009 - Present Responsible for editing and writing blogs and magazine articles published Covered major events in the music and fashion industry including, Outside Lands and LA Fashion Week, and interviewed high-profile musicians like Metric, Jamie Cullum and Mumford & Sons Created a successful viral campaign utilizing SEO that led to Niche being ranked in the top 100,000 on Alexa website rankings from 2009 to 2010
Education:
University of Southern California
Masters in Broadcast Journalism Expected May 2013, GPA: 3.5
Skills:
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Internet research, Final Cut Pro, Avid, HTML, CSS and the Adobe Creative Suite