Elizabeth Davies

elizabeth.davies@me.com • http://elizabethdavies.net

Experience
ITN Channel 4 News
Assistant news editor ( eelance) • London, United Kingdom • October 2009–August 2010
✦ responsible for arranging live broadcasts, interviews and tape feeds from around the world and UK to ensure
successful airing of evening news bulletin
✦ kept across breaking news and video wires, and logged tape/conducted research for producers and correspondents
✦ booked travel and dealt with international accreditation and visa requests
Intern • Washington, DC • June–September 2008
✦ guest-booked, conducted research and pitched story ideas
✦ taken along as part of the team live-anchoring from Democrat and Republican conventions to assist producer

Sky News
Overnight foreign news editor ( eelance) • London, United Kingdom • April–August 2010
✦ solely responsible for all international intake from 6.30PM to 6.30AM and planning ahead for morning programs
✦ dealt with news agencies and international partners to bring in relevant picture and suggested stories for air
✦ liaised with foreign bureaus to co-ordinate tape feeds and live hits

Education
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY
M.S. in Journalism • broadcast concentration • expected May 2011 • Hugh Fulton Byas Memorial Fellow
Coursework in beat reporting for nycinfocus.org, focusing on public housing projects. Training in print, radio, television
and photojournalism.

Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

BA (Hons) in Social and Political Sciences • politics concentration • 2006–2009
Courses ranging from utilitarian political philosophy to truth and reconciliation commissions in post-conflict situations.
Final-year dissertation on Hillary Clinton's presidential primary campaign. Additional coursework in sociology,
psychology and social anthropology.
Hooper Senior Scholarship and Zainab Aziz Prize for exam results.

Skills and Interests

Proficient in soware for multimedia editing (Final Cut Pro, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and web
editing (WordPress, HTML). Experienced in newsroom systems (iNews, Avid Assist). Large social media
footprint and understanding (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Posterous). Proficient in French. Basic Spanish.

Referees
Tim Lambon, assistant foreign editor, ITN Channel 4 News tim.lambon@itn.co.uk • +44 207 430 4606
Adrian Wells, foreign editor, Sky News adrian.wells@bskyb.com • +44 207 585 4400
June Cross, journalism professor, Columbia University jc1339@columbia.edu • 212.854.7221