Resume
EXPERIENCE:
Adjunct Faculty at Loyola University Chicago, January 2012 – present
- Teach undergraduate journalism course in writing for the web
- Course covers: HTML, Twitter and other social media for journalists, video shooting and editing, newswriting, AP Style, blogging, data visualization tools, content management systems, creating audio slideshows
Chicago-based Freelance Reporter, March 2011 – present
- Pitch and write original articles for Hoy Chicago, The Texas Observer, RedEye Chicago, Medill Alumni Magazine and Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Digital Ethics and Policy
- Awarded grant from Chicago Community Trust to report three-part Spanish-language series about Chicago Public Schools’ dual language initiative
- Report and write detailed school profiles for education website from Chicago News Cooperative (forthcoming)
- Edit and write luxury travel content for Forbes Travel Guide’s website, startle.com
The Beaumont Enterprise, August 2010 – February 2011 | General Assignment News Reporter
- Covered courts, justice system, demographic changes and minority community issues
- Nominated as Enterprise’s 2010 star reporter in Texas AP Managing Editors competition
- Nominated for 2010 Texas Gavel Award for legal reporting, including on BP oil spill
- Balanced daily deadline reporting for print and online with long-term enterprise features
All Over Albany, March 2010 – July 2010 | Contributing Writer
- Covered dining, entertainment, transportation, art and architecture for hyperlocal news site
New York State Senate , Office of Martin Dilan, September 2009 – July 2010 | Legislative Post-graduate Fellowship
- Hosted 15-minute Brooklyn cable TV program about 2010 Census in both English and Spanish
- Handled judiciary and elections committee meetings, attended legislative session, met with advocates and lobbyists to discuss new legislation, cowrote and edited internal transportation budget hearings report
Chicagoist.com, February 2009 – August 2009 | Weekend News Blogger
- Wrote four local news stories per weekend; Covered crime, protests, public transit, city council
City Limits, June 2008 – June 2010 | Freelance Reporter; Investigative Reporting Intern
- Pitched and wrote six articles for online, covering immigration, housing, welfare and food shortages
- Assisted investigations editor with three issues of magazine; Covered 30 years of NYC campaign finance reforms and resettlement of Hurricane Katrina evacuees in New York
EDUCATION:
Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism: MSJ New Media and Urban Reporting, 2009
Boston College: BA Hispanic Studies and English, summa cum laude, 2008
SKILLS AND AWARDS:
Fluent in Spanish
Awarded 2011 grant from Chicago Community Trust to report series on dual language in Chicago public schools
Awarded 2009 Association for Women Journalists-Chicago Scholarship
Proficient in: HTML, audio and video editing (Final Cut and Adobe Premiere Elements), CSS/Dreamweaver, Photoshop, MS Excel, content management systems, AP Style, social media
