Sarah Rappaport

Multimedia Journalist
SarahRappaport@gmail.com 847-612-5136

http://www.SarahRappaport.com

Work Experience
Global Journalist Magazine, Assistant Editor [January 2011-Present]
 Wrote weekly updates about the state of press freedom in Europe and North America.
 Edited articles and features for publication
 Interviewed sources and wrote articles about journalists working around the world.

CNBC Europe (London Office), News Production Intern [January 2010-August 2010]
 Coordinated and booked guests for evening show
 Cut and choose soundbites, b-roll and underlays for evening show
 Wrote straps, teases and reads for evening show
 Produced “Going Global”, a 30-second segment which teased the next day’s content
 Ran graphics live during the show

Newsy.com, Student Reporter/Editor [October-December 2009]

 Wrote scripts for online videos
 Edited video clips on final cut pro to produce web videos
 Pitched story ideas and researched to find opposing sources for web content

KBIA-FM, NPR affiliate, Student Reporter [June-October 2009]

 Pitched story ideas, conducted interviews, and pieced together audio for radio stories
 Voiced both dayturn stories and longer feature pieces that aired on KBIA and KBIA.org

Student Reporter, KOMU-TV 8, NBC affiliate [June 2009]

 Shot footage, conducted interviews and edited footage that aired on 10 PM news

Interests/Activities
 Diversity Peer Educator: Teaching students to combat racism, sexism and homophobia [April 2009-Present]

 Multimedia Assistant at the Reynolds Journalism Institute: Educating journalism students in new media
programs and equipment and managing lab facilities for students and faculty. [September 2010-Present]

 Participant, Collegiate Business Journalism Conference: Attended seminars and trainings about business
journalism from professionals in the industry. [October 2010}
Computer Skills
Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite as well as Adobe Avid, Audition, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, and iNews.

Education
University of Missouri [Fall 2007-Present. May 2011 Graduation Date]
 Bachelor of Journalism, Emphasis in Convergence with a specialization in International News.
 Minors: Political Science, History
 Multicultural Certificate