SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Ambitious award-winning multimedia journalist and on-air radio programmer eager to start a career at a San Diego-based digital investigative news or communication organization telling compelling, data-driven stories of local news, civics, and culture
Avid news consumer and researcher developing and pitching stories in a collaborative newsroom environment, gathering and analyzing data using legacy productivity tools such as MS Office and Google Workspaces and new technology including ChatGPT, writing and editing using AP Style, amplifying work on various social media platforms
Experienced interviewer and presenter, preparing extensively for scheduled and ad-hoc appointments and appearances, performing on screen and in audio recordings in recorded and live settings before audiences from tens to thousands
Technology practitioner in personal, small business, and large enterprise settings, with experience in website analytics (Google), social media management (Buffer, Hootsuite), digital marketing (Canva, MailChimp), productivity (Slack, Asana, MS Office, Google Space)

EXPERIENCE

Produced and edited content and served as politics and voting beat editor for the award-winning student newspaper and website on the campus of 16,000-student San Diego City College. Produced of over 60 stories
Pitched, reported, and led the development of the City College Community Agenda, a canvasing of the San Diego City College community to determine the issues they wanted candidates to talk about for the November 2024 election. Produced templated reporting used by other newsroom reporters on candidate debates and state and local initiatives that focused on addressing issues the community prioritized in their “Agenda”
Served as lead reporter and color commentator for City College men’s basketball with home broadcasts reaching over 1,000 views over the 2023-24 season. Our coverage received San Diego Press Club and SDCC Student Symposium awards