GRAM SLATTERY

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2011-2015

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY GPA 3.70

Cambridge, MA
-Honors degree in History, cum laude, High Honors in field, focus on domestic and Latin American
politics, secondary degree in English
-Coursework in Comparative/Domestic Politics, Economics, History, Fiction/Nonfiction Writing
-Skipper for Harvard Varsity Sailing Team 30 hr/week commitment in fall and spring.
-Cabin Manager for Harvard Mountaineering 15 hr/week commitment in winter

experience
REUTERS
Santiago, Chile
Reporter-on-Contract
Reporter in Reuters bureau in Santiago, Chile, covering financial, political, and general news
Wrote and reported on topics ranging from labor reform to astronomy, from Pinochet-era trials
to student protests
Syndicated in The New York Times, The Guardian, and other major newspapers
Summer 2015 Reuters Global Journalism Intern
One of three English-language reporters covering politics, general news, companies, and
commodities in Reuters Santiago bureau
Wrote and/or reported on Copa America, politics, lifestyle fads, among many other topics
One of only two interns selected for Latin America
Sept. 2015

Summer 2014

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

Boston, MA
National News Intern
Pitched and wrote on breaking news, politics, policy, and justice, accumulating over 60 clips
Wrote in-depth on Honduran immigration in Chelsea, Mass., a USDA immigrant program in
Maine, a pipeline in the Berkshires, and a Boston marathon bombing trial, among other topics
Covered Washington-based polling and political trends
Cited by the Congressional Research Service, BBC, The Atlantic, Washington Monthly

Summer 2013

THE SANTIAGO TIMES

Santiago, Chile
Political Reporting Intern
Reported from debates, campaign headquarters, rallies, and other political events during Chiles
presidential primary season for the nations only (and now defunct) English-language newspaper
Developed campaign contacts, landed exclusive interview with major presidential candidate
Wrote in depth stories on Santiago's public elementary education system, the independent
theater scene, and the Chilean ski industry

Summer 2012

NATIONAL JOURNAL
Washington, D.C.
Reporter Intern
Contributed thousands of words daily to 'The Hotline' and 'House Race Hotline, subscriberonly newsletters aggregating local political news and commentary from across the country
Wrote article on voter ID laws in Pennsylvania for National Journal Daily, as well as briefings
on eccentric political happenings across the country
Conducted frequent research for National Journal's 'On Call' blog

Nov. 2013Jan. 2014

2012-2013
2011-present

HARVARD POLITICAL REVIEW

Cambridge, MA
Managing Editor
Second-in-charge of content for the HPR, a dynamic 7,000+ circulation undergraduate
magazine, website, broadsheet, and radio show, overseeing a staff of 40
In charge of assigning and editing articles for 40 percent of staff, managing social media
Wrote in-depth features on campus, local and national political issues; featured on Longreads
Helped boost online readership 200 percent to 130K pageviews/month
In Fall 2014, co-hosted a biweekly HPR-affiliated political radio show on WHRB 95.3
Senior World Editor
Senior Writer

Sept. 2014present
2012-present

2012
2011

HARVARD CRIMSON
Cambridge, MA
Staff Columnist
Wrote biweekly political column on the politics of Cambridge, New England, and the Millennial
generation, titled The Peoples Republic
Staff Writer
Wrote political and cultural op-eds, as well as book reviews, on topics from the Marathon
Bombings to the memoirs of Robert Gates and Leon Panetta to Mass. governors race
HARVARD INTERNATIONAL REVIEW
Senior Books and Reviews Editor
-Organized and edited all book and film reviews for the HIR
Books and Reviews Writer

Cambridge, MA

OTHER ACTIVITIES: Perspective Magazine (monthly opinion magazine, managing editor, 2012), Harvard
Citizenship Advocacy Committee member and tutor (2011-12)
SKILLS: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Wordpress, InDesign, all social media, HTML, LexisNexis, Stata, Photoshop,
Pixlr, AP Style
LANGUAGES: Full professional proficiency in Spanish, elementary proficiency in French
GRANTS/AWARDS
2014 Harvard College Resarch Project Grant, funding for field research on environmental politics
2013 Weissman Grant, paid for travel to Chile for The Santiago Times
2012 Institute of Politics Directors Grant, funded housing while at National Journal
Frank J. Cimerol Award for Writing, half of tuition paid for as high school senior at St. Johns
Preparatory School in Danvers, MA, for winning top writing award in class of 350