Mattie Quinn

3716 Massachusetts Ave, Washington, D.C. 20016 Email: mattiekquinn@gmail.com Phone: 501-256-1658 Website: mattiequinn.com Twitter: @mattiekquinn Professional Summary Trained multimedia journalist with experience in reporting on local and national urban issues. Storytelling is my passion, whether it is in the form of a text story, an interactive piece or a tweet. Experience Data Journalism Fellow at The Center for Public Integrity 01/2014-Present Washington, DC Conducting extensive research and applying basic coding to restore the Iraq: The War Card project Contributed to the Up in Arms national security blog Health & Science Reporter at Medill News Service 09/2013-12/2013 Washington, DC Health stories picked up by NationalGeographic.com, WAMU.org and USA Today Awarded Moser Family Foundation travel grant to report on lightning safety in South Africa Editorial Intern at Inkovation, Inc. 03/2013-08/2013 Chicago, IL Writing, researching and fact-checking articles for health and agriculture trade magazines In charge of maintaining numerous social media accounts Writing and uploading biweekly newsletters Urban Affairs Reporter at Medill Reports, Chicago 01/2013-03/2013 Chicago, IL Concentration in public health Multimedia added to each story: photos, video, audio or graphics Covered topics ranging from HIV in the South Side of Chicago to mental health issues Managing Editor at The Arkansas Traveler 05/2011-05/2012 Fayetteville, AR Led a team of up to 20 section editors and designers Managed daily layout of newspaper Made all last minute edits to the paper, and sent it off to the printer each night Education Northwestern University 9/2012-12/2013 Candidate, Master of Science in JournalismUrban Affairs reporting concentration. 3.4 GPA University of Arkansas 8/2008-5/2012 B.A. in Journalism, with minors in Communications and Anthropology. Graduated with 3.6 GPA Kingston University, London Study abroad student in the journalism program for the fall of 2010 09/2010-12/2010

Skills Software: MS Office, Adobe Creative Cloud Suites (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Audition, InDesign), HTML, Cision, Content Management Systems, HootSuite, WordPress, Google Analytics Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Google+, LinkedIn