Resume
EDUCATION
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Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY
M.A. expected May 2012, concentration on arts and culture reporting with coursework in Middle Eastern culture, dissecting biases that go into reporting the news and video shooting and editing.
New York University, New York, NY (May 2008)
B.A. in journalism and Middle Eastern studies, with coursework focused on reporting gender issues and religion, as well as in Middle Eastern politics, literature and Arabic.
Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco (Aug. 2007)
Completed intensive Arabic summer program, learning standard, Egyptian and Moroccan Arabic.
EXPERIENCE
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Editor, Park Slope Patch, AOL, Brooklyn, NY (Oct. 2010- Aug. 2011)
Launched and ran a hyperlocal news website, including writing two to five stories a day, editing, photographing, and shooting video on a wide range of neighborhood topics, as well as managing a freelance staff, developing a readership base and controlling the site’s social media.
Food Columnist, The Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn, NY (Jan. 2009- Oct. 2010)
Wrote a bi-weekly food gossip column, as well as penning restaurant reviews and food features.
Reporter, Verdict Search, American Lawyer Media, New York, NY (Aug. 2009- Sep. 2010)
Wrote 12 to 13 stories a week covering New York courts in a business-to-business weekly.
Assistant Editor, The Caravan, New Delhi, India (Oct. 2008- May 2009)
Helped launch a politics and culture magazine from India’s highest circulating publishing house, as well as commissioned, edited and wrote stories as one of three staff editors.
Intern, The New York Daily News, New York, NY (Summer 2008)
Reported on everything from prostitution rings to an explosion in Queens as a metro desk reporter in the paper’s paid summer internship program. Later contributed as a freelancer.
Intern, amNew York, New York, NY (Fall 2007)
Reporter on metro stories, including an enterprise cover story on curb cuts for the disabled.
Executive Producer and Host, Feature News (WNYU 89.1), New York, NY (Aug. 2005- Aug. 2007)
Edited, hosted and produced NYU’s news magazine program on topics including psychics and abortion.
SKILLS
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Multimedia: Basic HTML, Photoshop, Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro. Proficient in use of basic video and radio equipment.
Language: Intermediate Arabic, conversational Spanish, Latin and some Hindi.
REFERENCES
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Available upon request.