RÉSUMÉ

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EXPERIENCE

CBS Interactive – Business (online; 2.1 million users), New York, NY
Assistant Editor & Producer, ZDNet.com Sept. 2008 – present
I serve as page editor for ZDNet Reviews, write a daily general interest tech blog, produce and edit one daily and three weekly newsletters with a cumulative circulation of 1.4 million and manage a group of four freelance bloggers.

DRUM! | TRAPS magazines (national monthly; circ. 31,000), New York, NY
Contributing Writer, April 2007 – present
Wrote 3,000-word profiles, including cover features, on R.E.M., Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, My Morning Jacket, etc.

CNET Networks (online; 2.1 million users), New York, NY
Assistant Editor, ZDNet.com March – Sept. 2008
Edited thrice weekly “Daily Downloads” and “Buyer’s Alert” newsletters, increasing readership of 500,000, and authored “The Toybox” gadget review blog, achieving record traffic, comments and user ratings.

Time Inc. | Money magazine (national monthly; circ. 1,900,000), New York, NY
Editorial Intern, Summer Program, June – Sept. 2008
Wrote front-of-book department items, found and interviewed real people for features, researched and fact-checked.

New York Daily News (regional daily; circ. 700,000), New York, NY
Writer, Business Desk, June – Aug. 2007

The Associated Press, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Midterm Elections – 2008 “Super Tuesday” Management Assistant, Nov. 2006 – Feb. 2008

Condé Nast | Men’s Vogue magazine (national monthly; circ. 325,000), New York, NY
Editorial Intern, Jan. – May 2007

VisitBritain, the British Tourist Authority, New York, NY
Public Relations Intern, May 2006 – Aug. 2007

Hearst | Popular Mechanics magazine (national monthly; circ. 1.2 million), New York, NY
Special Projects Assistant, Jan. – Sept. 2006

Washington Square News (local daily; circ. 10,000), New York, NY
News Editor – Staff Writer – Columnist, Jan. – May 2006

SKILLS, LANGUAGES & PUBLICATION

Highly proficient in Adobe Photoshop/InDesign/Dreamweaver/Flash, Audacity, Final Cut Pro and Microsoft Office.

Highly proficient in French. (Lived in Paris, France for one semester as a University of Paris VII student)

* Bylines in The Huffington Post, The New York Times College section, Editor & Publisher, New York Press, Popular Mechanics, Men’s Vogue, New York Daily News, DRUM!, TRAPS, The Irish Voice, Irish America, IvyGate, Washington Square News and wire syndicates.
* Publisher of The Editorialiste media criticism blog, featured on Poynter’s Romenesko (editorialiste.blogspot.com)

EDUCATION

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (New York, NY)
Master of Science; Journalism (new media concentration), May 2008

New York University College of Arts and Science (New York, NY)
Bachelor of Arts; Journalism, French Language and Literature (cum laude), May 2007