Milana Vinn

milanavinn@gmail.com (347) 463-7957 LinkedIn milana-vinn.com

EDUCATION

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism New York, NY

MA, Journalism, Expected in December 2017
Business and Economics Concentration
Digital and Multimedia Reporting workshop, July-August 2014

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg, Russia

BA, Journalism, June 2015

Danish School of Media and Journalism - rhus, Denmark

International TV semester, fall 2014
Won a Nordic grant for producing a documentary about a homeless man who was running for a parliament seat
during elections in Nuuk, Greenland in November, 2014.

EXPERIENCE

ABC News Specialized Units Intern, New York June 2017-August 2017
ABC Specialized Units include Medical, Business, Law & Justice, the Investigative, Division-Wide Booking and Breaking News
units.
Co-produced the story In Chechnya, these men say they fear for their lives because theyre gay, translated interviews
from Russian.
Tracked and booked Peter Welch, best friend of wounded congressman Steve Scalise, for a live interview on ABCs
Good Morning America, as a story about the shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, was breaking.
Translated and recorded a voice over for the story about the meeting of Donald Trump Jr. with the Russian lawyer.

RTVi Russian TV International Intern, New York, NY October 2015-December 2015

RTVi is an independent television network broadcasting for Russian-speaking communities of nearly 50 million people around
the world, primarily in the U.S., Israel, Germany and Latvia.
Reported on-air about New Yorks MTA Capital Plan. (RTVis version)
Researched and gathered local news, scanned social media for developing trends and newsworthy events, wrote
scripts, scheduled interviews with top level representatives, reported in Russian and English.

Hermes-Sojitz International Investment Foundation Business writer, St. Petersburg, Russia February 2015-July2015

Wrote business and financial articles about Chinese and Russian investments in African countries with growing
economies. Wrote real estate articles about construction of first skyscrapers and malls in West African region.

Kommersant Online one of the major business network Intern, Moscow, Russia July 2014-August 2014
Wrote over 30 breaking news stories daily on tight deadlines for the publications website, monitored news databases
and international media.
Published a breaking news story about controversial speech of Turkish Vice President Bulent Arinc

Sobaka.ru the major lifestyle magazine in the city Writer, St. Petersburg, Russia September 2013- August 2015
Pitched articles on arts and culture and interviews with chefs, designers, start-up creators, developers in the
magazines print version.

LANGUAGES
Fluent in English and Russian. Experienced translator from Russian to English and English to Russian.

SKILLS
Video and editing: Canon C100 camera, Canon D70 (story shot on D70), Final Cut X, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier,
Avid Pro Tools
Data visualization and coding: CARTO, Highcharts, Datawrapper
Web platforms: WordPress, Tumblr, Cowbird, ScribbleLive, Vimeo
Research: LexisNexis, Factiva, Spokeo
Permanent Resident of United States.