LILIANA LAMAS

3602 Palmer Court

Arlington, Texas 76014
liliana.lamas13@gmail.com
214.335.4357|@lily_lamas
Series Contributor Fort Worth Star-Telegram January 2014- May 2014
Fort Worth, Texas
Member of an investgatve team of reporters who worked on an project analyzing the
use of civil asset forfeiture in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Work included open-records requests and FOIAs, PACER research and case retrieval,
data analysis and numerous interviews
Intern CBS News, Face the Naton August 2013-December 2013
Washington, D.C.
Conducted research on guests, show topics and maintained guest logs and ratngs
Assisted producers and coordinated movement of guests between make-up, green
room and studio
Wrote online material for show website and texted interviews and breaking news
Managing Editor TCU360.com August 2012- May 2013
Fort Worth, Texas
Assigned, reviewed, and edited stories from pitch untl the fnal published story
Guided team leaders from each beat to have the most accurate and engaging TCU-
centric coverage
Uploaded and updated website to ensure most current news was posted
Intern 94.9 FM KLTY May 2012- August 2012
Dallas, Texas
Worked with the Celebrate Freedom event team in the preparaton for the statons an-
nual concert and communicated with vendors, venues and team personnel for events
Reporter The109.org January 2012-May 2012
Fort Worth, Texas
Wrote and edited multmedia packages for hyperlocal newsite on a variety of events
for schools, businesses, churches in the local zip code area, 76109
Microsof Ofce, ENPS, Final Cut Pro, Audacity, HTML, CSS, Photoshop, InDesign
Social Media: Twiter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, Vine, Wordpress
Fluency in English and Spanish, Beginner French
Texas Christan University Fort Worth, Texas
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, 2014
Texas APME Awards- Best Online Newspaper, 3rd place Team Efort 2013
Jay and Gail Milner Distnguished Journalism Award-Editor of the Year 2013
Silver Sail Student Media Awards- Most Valuable Editor, Best Story of the Year 2013
Texas Intercollegiate Press Associaton- 1st place On-Site: Spanish TV Announcing 2013
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