reporter
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I am a national education reporter focused on marginalized communities and on-the-ground storytelling. I would love a role where I can deploy the skills I have developed as a national reporter in a different setting.
Education:
08.01.2014 - 08.01.2015
American University
Investigative Journalism
07.01.2019 - 08.15.2019
Middlebury Spanish School
Spanish
Work Experience:
08.01.2014 -
national education reporter
The Washington Post |
Write about the nations 50 million schoolchildren and how violence natural disasters the pandemic poverty racism and political turmoil shapes their education Focus on marginalized groups including Spanish-speaking families In spring 2020 volunteered to be in the field for Team America in Michigan covering the pandemic politics and far-right extremists Have traveled all over the country -- from Puerto Rico to the Bronx to Muskogee Okla -- to report education stories Have covered several school shootings anchoring the first-day coverage of the Parkland shooting Previously assigned to cover some of the nations largest school systems as the Virginia reporter elevating local stories about school segregation and the debate over standardized testing to the front page Broke news on transgender student issues writing two dozen stories over eight months on legislation and litigation including a lawsuit that was taken up by the Supreme Court
Total Years Experience:
14 years
Skills:
EDUCATION/SKILLS
Middlebury College Spanish Language School Summer 2019
Intensive language program working toward reading, writing and speaking fluency.
American University August 2015
M.A., Journalism and Public Affairs from the School of Communication with investigative reporting specialty. Coursework in data journalism, multimedia reporting, web publishing, video and video editing. GPA: 3.94
Poynter Digital Journalism Seminar May 2011
SPJ Reporters Institute November 2008
University of Oregon Eugene, Ore., August 2007
B.S., Journalism: News-Editorial
Universidad de Oviedo Oviedo, Spain, Summer 2006
Completed intensive language course.
Data/Graphics: Excel, SQL
Occupations:
Reporter-Business, Reporter-Crime, Reporter-Digital, Reporter-Education, Reporter-Feature Writer, Reporter-General, Reporter-Government Reporter, Reporter-Health, Reporter-Investigative, Reporter-News, Reporter-Transportation, Reporter/Technology