Media Experience

Campus Publications
What the Health magazine | Assistant Features Editor, writer, copy editor
Syracuse, NY | September 2009-Present
• Wrote weekly 300- to 500-word blogs on healthy living for two semesters
• Write one to two 400- to 700-word pieces each semester for the print magazine
• Assist Senior Editor by completing first edits of writers’ articles and providing collective feedback
to writers with Senior Editor at weekly meetings
• Copy edit the current issue for appropriate style and voice before printing
The Student Voice | Blogger
Syracuse, NY | October 2010-Present
• Write weekly 500- to 700-word blogs about national health news
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Internships
Pilates Style magazine | Editorial Intern
Remote | November 2010-Present
• Write 200- to 500-word pieces for the Front of Book section about wellness tips (i.e. how to
sleep better) and product reviews (i.e. new, natural dental products)

Broadway Magazine | Editorial Intern

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Remote | August 2010-Present

• Write 100- to 150-word show summaries to advertise for upcoming Broadway performances
• Write 200- to 400-word show biographies describing plots, characters, actors, crew members, and
technical aspects of new Broadway shows
Teen Voices magazine | Editorial Mentor
Boston, MA | July 2010-August 2010
• Mentored two teen girls as part of an intensive journalism summer program
• Guided teens through writing and editing processes to complete a 2000-word feature
Fitsmi.com | Editorial Intern
Remote | June 2010-August
• Wrote weekly 300- to 400-word blogs on healthy living and weight loss tips
• Managed social media accounts by Tweeting daily through HootSuite and updating Facebook
• Interacted with and provided advice to teen girls about losing weight and living healthily

Editorial Positions
Her Campus Media | Branch Manager, Contributing writer
Remote | September 2010-Present
• Write at least one 500- to 700-word article per month about college living for women
• Manage five campus branches by communicating with Campus Correspondants from each
branch, acting as a liason between them and the senior administrators of Her Campus
• Compile and record weekly traffic statistics for each of the five branches using Google Analytics

Academic Activities
Tutoring and Study Center | Undergraduate Tutor
Syracuse, NY | September 2010-Present
• Tutor five students in basic-level Italian for an average of four hours per week

Education
Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications • College of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Arts, May 2013 | Majors: Magazine Journalism • English & Textual Studies | G.P.A.: 3.7

Skills
• Adobe InDesign • Adobe Illustrator • Adobe Photoshop • basic digital SLR camera use • Associated Press
style • QuarkXPress • LexisNexis • ProQuest Central • social media (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc.)