Grace Tatter, Resume

Grace Tatter
Phone: 336 .287 .6447 E-Mail: gracet086@gmail.com

Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Projected graduation : May 2014 History Major/GPA :3.7 Linstitut dtudes politiques, Paris (Sciences Po) Study Abroad, Fall 2012

Leadership
Campus BluePrint, Editor-in-Chief (Chapel Hill, NC)

January 2012-present

Manage all content for our multimedia publication including the print magazine Restructured publication model and production schedule and increased online monthly readership 100 percent Selected by Generation Progress to interview Chris Hughes, editor-in-chief of the New Republic and co-founder of Facebook, at Washington, D.C. conference with audience of 900

Experience
Southern Oral History Program, Intern (Chapel Hill, NC)

Fall 2013

Conducted, transcribed, archived and analyzed interviews for the project on sexuality at UNC

Traces, UNCs Undergraduate History Journal, Editor (Chapel Hill, NC) January 2012-present

Select and edit historical articles of up to 80 pages for award-winning history research journal June 2013-August 2013

The American Lawyer, Editorial Intern (New York, New York)

Pitched and wrote features and news stories for The American Lawyer, a monthly publication targeted toward national firms with a monthy readership of 90,000; AmLawDaily.com, the daily news sister publication of the magazine, and Corporate Counsel and CorpCounsel.com. Stories ranged from business pieces on mergers and acquisitions to features about pro bono human rights work in Cambodia
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The Daily Tar Heel, K-12 Correspondent (Chapel Hill, NC)

September 2010-May 2013

Wrote news and feature stories about Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Past coverage for the Daily Tar Heel has also included local education policy and politics, the public arts, profiles on artists, and features about the University art community

GothamSchools.org, Reporting Intern (New York, New York)

May-August 2012

Pitched and reported feature, news, and long-form stories for GothamSchools.org, a non-profit news organization that provides reporting and analysis about the New York City Public Schools. Stories ranged from analysis of test scores to investigative piece on grading practices

La Pniche, Columnist (Paris, France)

Fall 2012 August 2012

While studying at Science Po, wrote columns for its student publication Blogged on the racial justice beat for this national organization. Was one of the first to write about the school-to-prison pipeline report by the U.S. Department of Justice.

CampusProgress.org, Blogger

Duke-UNC Investigative Reporting

Spring 2012

Learned to choose and manage an investigative reporting project from Sarah Cohen, 2002 Pulitzer prize winner Learned to use Google Fusion and Storify, Mined databases, social media and other electronic records for story sources, leads, and documentation Worked in a team to produce a complete multi-media package, including visual and interactive elements September 2011-May 2012

UNC Scholars Program, Media and Communications intern

Designed template for newsletter to be published each semester and distributed to more than 200 scholars, UNC faculty, and alumni donors Wrote and created content, including Scholars events, achievements, and profiles, for the newsletter and website Fall 2011

WCHL, Newsroom Intern (Chapel Hill, NC)

Interviewed sources for local CBS affiliate radio station on topics ranging from state politics to local commerce Wrote stories for the radio and web site (www.chapelboro.com)

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Honors
Earl Smith Carolina Scholar, UNC Honors Program

Receive $8,000 annually on the basis of outstanding academic achievement in high school and the promise of continued success as a Scholar and leader at the University

Office of Undergraduate Research Summer Undergraduate Research Award May 2013

Awarded $4,000 from UNCs Office of Undergraduate Research to study race and equality in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools for my honors thesis in the history department

Roosevelt Institute, 10 Ideas Journal 2011

Spring

Wrote a policy brief that was chosen as one of 10 educational policies for the Roosevelt Campus Institute Networks annual policy journal. The journal represents the best of student work of the year, with submissions from dozens of U.S. universities.

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