Laura Bult

187 Gates Ave, Apt. B | Brooklyn, N.Y. 11238

@lebult | 417.827.7426 | laura.e.bult@gmail.com | laurabult.com

EXPERIENCE_________________________________________
Reporter | New York Daily News | Jun 2012-Present
General assignment reporter for the city desk, primarily covering crime and politics; Covered
Ferguson and New York City protests following the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner
Research Assistant | New York, N.Y. | Nov 2014-Present
Assisting New York Times columnist Gail Collins with research for her forthcoming book
Freelance Multimedia Journalist | New York, N.Y. | Mar 2012-Present
Work appears in City Limits, Gotham Gazette, Crains, BULLETT Magazine, JJIE and Youth
Today; Contributed to 2014 midterm election coverage for the Associated Press
Data Projects Intern| New York Daily News | Jun 2014-Sept 2014
Contributed to investigative projects with data analysis and reporting; Received the 2014 Front
Page Award for Beyond Broken, a story on the racial disparities in summons enforcement
Assistant Producer | American Realities Project | Mar 2012-Mar 2013
Produced audio for a multimedia project on American poverty and unemployment
Production Intern | StoryCorps | Aug 2010Jun 2011
Produced audio stories from oral history interviews for NPRs Morning Edition; Did community
outreach in New York and Atlanta with the goal of diversifying oral history archive
Reporter | WFHB Community Radio | Aug 2009Aug 2010
Finalist in Society of Professional Journalists 2010 Best in Indiana Journalism for education
coverage; Helped produced Spanish language public affairs program Hola Bloomington!
Digital Media Intern | WFIU Public Media | Jan 2010May 2010
Helped increase web traffic by 469% in three months; wrote and edited original online content
on local and sustainable food issues for the EarthEats.org podcast and blog;

EDUCATION__________________________________________
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism | New York, N.Y. | Dec 2014
Master of Arts; City reporting concentration; Video, photo, data and print
Indiana University | Bloomington, Ind. | May 2010
Bachelor of Arts; International Studies Major; English Literature and Spanish Minors
Universidad de Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Spring 2009
Studied Spanish language; Argentinean literature and history
Universidad Tecnlogica de Monterey | Cuernavaca, Mexico | Summer 2007
Studied Spanish language and Mexican literature

SKILLS______________________________________________
Spanish language; Adobe Creative Suite 5.5; Final Cut Pro; ProTools; WordPress; Marantz
Audio; DSLR photo and video; Data analysis and visualization; FOIA & FOIL