William Denselow 362 Riverside Drive, Apt. 5A9. New York, NY 10025 (646) 341-7182/ wd2215@columbia.

edu Education Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y. Master of Science, broadcast concentration. Degree expected May 2013. Covered the Palestinian community in Paterson, N.J., and Brooklyn and filed audio slide shows, videos, radio packages and articles to Newyorktorch.com. Reported on stories ranging from a coast guard rescue during Hurricane Sandy, the hate speech poster war in NYC subway stations and controversy over the Health Departments crackdown on hookah bars. For my masters project I examined the implications of surveillance on New Yorks Muslim community by the New York Police Department. Currently taking classes in conflict reporting, radio documentary and Nightly News- putting on a 30 minute show each week. University of Leeds, England. May 2012 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Middle Eastern Studies and Politics. Played 1st team cricket in the top university division. Was part of team that got to the semi final of the University Cup. American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Spring 2011 Modern standard Arabic, Levantine Arabic and Middle Eastern politics. Experience Researcher/ writer, Africa Confidential, London, UK. May-September 2011 Print and web publication covering business, economics and politics in Africa. Pitched stories and contributed research and reporting for articles including the British Aerospace scandal in Tanzania and Glencore owned mines in DRC. Published a story on corruption in Zimbabwean cricket http://bit.ly/rOyV7C. Edited copy and managed daily web content. Junior producer, Sky News Television, London, UK. March 2011 Wrote sports articles for the web and the Sky News smartphone app. Compiled stories and as chief researcher for Formula 1 during the Bahrain protests, I collaborated with reporters. Wrote anchor copy and edited soccer and rugby video for the evening sports segment. Assisted with live interviews on location. Tennis Logger, Sky Sports channels, London, UK. June-September,2010/Sept.2011 Chief tennis logger working on the major tennis tournaments including the final of the US Open. Worked with technicians and producers to coordinate content for the highlight shows. Taught interns how to operate the digital logging system. Skills and Activities International Cricket and coach: Represented Berkshire and am a playing member of the MCC. Played for a team in Cape Town, South Africa, for six months (November-April 2008/09) as their designated overseas player. Trained with Western Province. Sport: Captained my school at cricket and football. Was the youngest student to play for the senior cricket team (aged 13). Still play to a semi-professional standard. Cricket coach: Have coached children cricket in London and Cape Town for five years. Also have coached Afghan refugees. Language: Arabic (Basic level) Multimedia: Digital audio/video recording and editing (Photoshop, Bridge, Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro) social media networking (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Vimeo, Sound Cloud). References Patrick Smith, editor of Africa Confidential, 02078313511, psmith@africa-confidential.com. Ari Goldman, professor of journalism at Columbia, (212) 854-3878, alg18@columbia.edu. Rhoda Lipton, professor of journalism at Columbia, (212) 854-3360, rll15@columbia.edu.