Emily

Giambalvo
ecgiambalvo@gmail.com • emilygiambalvo.com • @EmilyGiam

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

The Washington Post Summer 2018

Sports Reporting Intern
• Writing about D.C.-area and national sports, including World Cup soccer, MLS, NHL, MLB and golf
• Developing feature ideas while also covering events on deadline each week

The Seattle Times Summer 2017

Sports Reporting Intern
• Wrote features and enterprise stories about various teams and athletes in the Seattle area
• Covered Seattle sports on deadline, including the Mariners, WNBA and professional soccer

U.S. Olympic Committee, PyeongChang, South Korea February 2018

Student Writer, Communications & Digital Media
• Selected as one of two UGA students to cover the 2018 Winter Olympics for TeamUSA.org
• Covered various events every day through the entire Games, wrote features and recaps on deadline

The Associated Press, Rio de Janeiro September 2016

Journalist
• Supplemented coverage for the 2016 Paralympic Games, wrote features on deadline at various events
• Work published in New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times and others

The Red & Black, Athens, Ga. 2014 – 2018

Senior Staff Writer, Sports Editor (Fall 2016), Assistant Sports Editor (Spring 2016)
• Wrote in-depth sports feature stories for UGA’s independent, student-run newspaper
• Covered UGA football, writing about eight articles a week from practices, media availabilities and games
• As sports editor, managed a staff of 30 writers and guided coverage for all UGA sports

• Wrote the top three most-read sports stories in 2017 (two gymnastics breaking news, one baseball feature)

ESPN.com May 2017

Freelancer

• Wrote an enterprise story about a high school cross country team made entirely of refugees and immigrants

USA Track & Field, Indianapolis Summer 2016

Communications Intern
• Assisted in day-to-day media relations efforts, while producing content for USATF’s website
• Provided game coverage, features and infographics for the 2016 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore.


RELEVANT SKILLS

• Programming – HTML, CSS, Java, dynamic web application development, R, SQL, data management

• Multimedia – Social media, infographics, Storify, data analysis, creating interactive multimedia

EDUCATION

The University of Georgia May 2018

Management Information Systems, B.B.A., Anthropology Minor
Grady Sports Media Certificate Program
Cumulative GPA: 3.97/4.00

UGA Study Abroad in Russia, Moscow and Saint Petersburg Summer 2015

HONORS AND AWARDS

• APSE Student Portfolio Contest – First Place (2017), Third Place (2018)
• 2017 McGill Fellow – selected to be one of 12 UGA journalism students to take part in McGill symposium and program
• Georgia College Press Association, Best Sports Story (First Place) – 2015, 2016 and 2017
• Bernard Ramsey Honors Scholarship – full-tuition academic award, part of UGA’s most prestigious scholarship program

OTHER INTERESTS

Fostering puppies, telling stories, making spreadsheets, playing fantasy gymnastics and rereading Harry Potter