Ruth

Spencer
e: katheruth@gmail.com p: 917 922 0306 EDUCATION: New York University, New York, New York, 2010 2011. M.A. in Digital Journalism and Web Innovation, Studio20 University of King's College, Halifax, Canada. 2004 2008. Bachelors of Arts, Honors, English and Journalism, FOCUS: Online production, social media and online editorial strategy, multimedia storytelling. Beats: travel, culture, social enterprise and emerging media and technology. SKILLS: Project management, agile development, audio and video production, writing for the web, HTML/CSS, Basic Ruby, Java and Processing, Wordpress, Soundslides, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Social Media, basic SEO, Google Analytics and social metrics. EXPERIENCE: Studio 20 Graduate Student, New York University. New York, New York. September 2010 December 2011 2010 - 2011: Project manager, "Building a Better Explainer" project for ProPublica. 2010- 2011: Graduate Assistant to Jay Rosen & Studio 20 program. 2010 - 2011: Currently developing a data strategy for Journal Register Company under the guidance of Jim Brady. Editorial Strategist and Consultant (Digital), Postmedia Inc,, Toronto. Canada. May 2011 - September 2011 Consulted on innovative editorial concepts surrounding the relaunch of a flagship property over four months, culminating in the presentation of an engagement and social content strategy proposal. Junior Project Manager at Corus Entertainment, Toronto, Canada. May 2010 - September 2010 Assisted Marketing and Licensing teams on relaunch of Babar television series in Europe and Latin America. Liaised with Paris office on development and approval of French marketing materials. Acted as Executive Assistant to Colin Bohm, VP International, Corus Television.

Editor-In-Chief, The European Journalism Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands September 2008 - September 2010 Developed and managed high-profile, international project, TH!NK ABOUT IT (The European Parliament elections (2009), UN Copenhagen Climate Summit (2009) and the Millennium Development Goals Review Summit (2010)). Trained and managed 250 journalists from over 80 countries in social media, video production, blogging techniques. Established content partnerships including: The United Nations (MDG), Oxfam, National Geographic, Global Voices. Acquired funding partners for the project in all three rounds: European Commission (DG-Communications, DG-Environment), Dutch Ministry of Arts and Culture. Speaker: The Eurasian Media Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan and the Digital News Affairs Conference (Who Made Barack Obama President?) in Brussels. Associate Editor and Staff Writer at The European Journalism Centre September 2008 - August 2010 (2 years) Wrote, edited and produced stories for the European Journalism Centre magazine. Lead team coverage of media events in Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. Junior Producer at Stitch Media Inc May 2008 - September 2008 (5 months) Worked on both development and production teams of various interactive media projects: Survivorman Season 2 (Outdoor Life Network, Discovery), The National Parks Project (filmCAN), Ghosts Of A Chance (The Smithsonian Museum of American Art) Production Assistant Intern at CHUM Television May 2007 - August 2007 (4 months) Assisted Interactive Producer Melissa Cox in New Media management and Senior Producer Darren Weir on CP24 talk shows (Homepage, Animal Housecalls, TalkTV). Managed of "It's Your Story"-- User generated news segment broadcast to air. Editor-In-Chief at The Watch, University of Kings College, Halifax, Canada March 2006 - June 2007 (1 year 4 months) Headed a large-scale re-design initative with co-Editor Lyndsie Bourgon. Wrote and edited copy for each issue. Languages: French (bilingual proficiency) Honors and Awards: Departmental Fellowship, New York University, New York, 2010 - 2011 European Public Affairs Award (TH!NK2: Climate Change), Brussels, 2009 Clips and multimedia portfolio available upon request.