BRITTANY CHENG

reporter & editor

phone: (301) 795 - 8388
email: cheng.brittany@gmail.com
portfolio: brittany-cheng.com
resume: linkedin.com/in/brittanycheng
Present
2011 - 2013
2011 - 2013
2012 - 2013
2012
THE DIAMONDBACK, College Park, Md. Circ: 9.5K print; 30K per month online.
Copy Desk Chief, April 2014 Present, Copy Editor, Sept. 2013 Present
Responsible for hiring, training and overseeing 13 editors. Edits and fact-
checks 6-12 articles, 2-5 pages per issue of University of Maryland daily.
General Assignment News Reporter, July 2013 Present
Specializes in enterprise stories in business, sports and innovation.
SILVER CHIPS ONLINE, Silver Spring, Md. Circ: 3K print; 22K per month online.
Editor in Chief & Senior Staff Writer, May 2012 May 2013
Edited 10-15 articles per week for student-run online independent. Hired,
managed staff of 35. Specialized in breaking and enterprise news.
Staff Writer & Beat Writer, June 2011 April 2012
Wrote 1-3 stories per week. Coverage included local enterprise stories,
Occupy Wall Street, Affordable Care Act and foreign policy.
MONTGOMERY BLAIR MAGNET FOUNDATION INC., Silver Spring, Md.
Staff Writer, Dec. 2011 Feb. 2013
Specialized in features and covered education for nonproft newsletter.
POLICYMIC, New York, N.Y. (remote) Circ. (11/2012): 5MM per month online.
Contributor, Dec. 2011 Feb. 2013
Wrote 1-3 blogs per week on 2012 elections and political commentary.
GEORGETOWN PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE, Washington, D.C.
Research Intern, June 2012 Aug. 2012
Collected, verifed, analyzed socioeconomic variables for Stateminder.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, Md.
Philip Merrill College of Journalism
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Program: University Honors
Majors: Economics, Multiplatform Journalism (B.A.)
FINAL CUT PRO
INCOPY
INDESIGN
HTML
JAVA
PHOTOSHOP
WORDPRESS
AP STYLE
FACT CHECK
SEO
SOCIAL MEDIA
STATS ANALYSIS
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Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown
Scholastic Art & Writing Creativity & Citizenship Award
Scholastic Art & Writing Regional Gold Key
National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Finalist
Scholastic Art & Writing Regional Silver Key
Bethesda Magazine Youth Essay Finalist
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