What I’ve done
WORK EXPERIENCE
The U.S. News and World Report
Staff Writer
May 2012 – present
• Lead writer for the Washington Whispers blog, a look inside Washington
• Report on social issues and foreign news
The Washington Post
Foreign and breaking news blogger
Jan. 2011 – April 2012
• Blogged on foreign and breaking news, including coverage of the Syrian uprising, Arab Spring protests, Libyan civil war, Japan triple disaster and death of Osama bin Laden
• Coordinated the Post’s efforts to get foreign correspondents live blogging and on social media
• Embedded for two weeks with the Occupy Wall Street protesters marching from N.Y. to D.C.
• One of the reporters who broke the story of “A Gay Girl in Damascus”
• Wrote a series for the paper on emerging D.C. neighborhoods
National Web producer
Sept. 2010 – Dec. 2010
• Produced health and science content online, including video, graphics, galleries, and special reports
Naperville Television
On-air reporter
May – Aug. 2010
• Reported on local education, business and stimulus spending
• Wrote TV scripts; shot, edited, and produced video
Forbes India Magazine
Features Writer
Oct. 2008 – March 2010
• Helped launched Forbes India Magazine, the first foreign news product in India
• Reported investigative stories, including on the Gates Foundation’s HIV/AIDS program’s troubles in India, and on the Ponzi scheme run by the world’s largest art fund
• Reported on the Mumbai attacks and recovery
AWARDS
• Nominated for both the Ramnath Goenka Award and the Lorenzo Natali Journalism Prize for investigative reporting on HIV/AIDS in India
EDUCATION
Boston College Boston, MA
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, in English and Film Studies June 2008
Dean’s List; English Honors Thesis; Cardinal Cushing Award for Creative Fiction in a Publication
Charles University, Film and TV Academy (FAMU) Prague, Czech Republic
Certificate in Film Studies 2007
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Proficient in photo and video production; Final Cut Pro and Avid video editing systems; Audacity, ProTools, and other sound editing/mixing software; HTML and XML coding and Java Script; Flash; Google Analytics, Chartbeat and Omniture