John Jack Newsham

P.O. Box 203003, New Haven, CT 06520 2615 Louisiana Ave., St. Louis, MO 63118 jack.newsham@yale.edu (314) 971-1627

Education Yale University, New Haven, CT. Graduation: May 2014 Bachelors of Arts, Economics. GPA: 3.68 Recipient, Oldest College Daily Fellowship (2012); Yale Journalism Scholar (2013) St. Louis University High School, St. Louis, MO. Graduation: May 2010 First Honors; National Merit Finalist; GPA: 4.2 out of 4.5. Experience The New York Times, New York, NY. Freelancer. Oct. 2013-Present Contributing to New Haven coverage, including a lockdown of campus after false reports of an active shooter in November 2013. The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA. Reporting intern, May 2013-Aug. 2013 Filed approximately 40 stories, digest items, and blog posts. Worked as a general assignment reporter for features and metro/business desks. Pitched dozens of stories, nine of which were published and several of which ran as section fronts. Professor Robert Shiller, New Haven, CT. Research assistant, Dec. 2012-Present Discussing and conducting research for a forthcoming book on the economics of deception being co-written with George Akerlof. Associate Professor Jason Lyall, New Haven, CT. Research assistant, Oct. 2012-Jan. 2013 Analyzed historical documents pertaining to Royal Air Force bombing and rebel activity in British India from 1920 to 1939. The American Prospect, Washington, D.C. Editorial intern, May 2012-Aug. 2012 Exhaustively fact-checked all contributions to the magazine and conducted research. Authored The Balance Sheet, a daily finance and policy newsletter emailed to 34,000 subscribers every morning. Activities The Yale Daily News, New Haven, CT. Staff columnist, Dec. 2010-Sept. 2011; deputy opinion editor, Sept. 2011-Oct. 2012; contributing reporter, Oct. 2012-Present As a contributing reporter, advising on the conduct of surveys and writing articles on a variety of campus topics including controversies and student life. As deputy opinion editor, procured and edited from three to eight columns per day five days per week, edited letters, and helped author editorials. The Yale Record, New Haven, CT. Online editor, Feb. 2011-2013 Publisher, Feb. 2012-Feb. 2013; Chairman, Feb. 2013-Present As chairman, liaised with alumni and sought high-profile guests from comedy, writing and the arts for campus visits. As publisher, sold subscriptions, ads in our paper magazine and links on our website, and managed the magazine's finances. Skills Fluent in French, intermediate understanding of Hindi. Proficient in use of Photoshop, GIMP, InDesign, InCopy (K4), and Microsoft Office. Familiar with HTML, CSS, Cyberduck FTP client, Wordpress CMS, Tor and GPGTools.