Editorial Experience
Science Friday - March 2017 to Present
Web Producer
- Pitch, report and write stories, and adapt radio pieces for ScienceFriday.com
- Co-run social media channels and participate in engagement strategy, including branding design
- Develop long-form, immersive multimedia projects
Atlas Obscura - May 2016 to March 2017
Editorial Fellow
- Pitch, report and write original stories on rare and wondrous aspects of our world, with a particular focus on science and technology
- Participate in staff brainstorm meetings to help improve readership of a startup digital magazine
Inverse - March 2016 to April 2016
Freelance Technology Reporter
- Covered breaking technology news, including digital security, SpaceX, urban design and artificial intelligence
- Learned about and contributed to the development of a startup digital news platform
Science Friday - Sept. 2015 to Dec. 2015
Web Intern
- Pitched and wrote stories propelled by photographs, art and unique science careers
- Fact checked articles, and provided feedback and corrections to ensure accuracy
- Collaborated with editors and producers running a weekly radio show and news website
IEEE Spectrum - June 2015 to Sept. 2015
Editorial Intern
- Wrote blogs and print articles on emerging engineering and technology, including satellite Internet, supercomputers and photovoltaics
- Collaborated with editors, sat in on editorial meetings and learned the daily orchestrations of a newsroom
Scienceline - Oct. 2014 to Dec. 2015
Multimedia Editor - May 2015 to Nov. 2015
- Edited video, audio, infographics and other multimedia projects
- Filmed and edited new video series with professional science journalists on career advice
- Maintained publication schedule and facilitate pieces going through the editing process
- Built communication between executive team, editors and authors
- Wrote stories and blogs on life sciences and technology
Symposium: Student Journal of Science and Math - June 2013 to June 2014
Editor-in-Chief and Founder
- Developed the journal's aims and scope, editorial board, peer-review process, author submission guidelines, and executive sustainability
- Held meetings with faculty of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo's College of Science and Math and other campus entities
- Managed website content and updated policies
- Conducted editorial board meetings and supervised 6 executive editors and 15 review editors
Kennedy Out Loud - June 2013 to June 2014
Contributing Author
- Wrote blogs and stories for Robert E. Kennedy Library's outreach blog on topics such as open access information, digital publishing and new library resources and technology
Library Experience
EdLab, Teachers College Columbia University - Sept. 2015 to Present
Library Associate - Gottesman Library
- Assist patrons of Teachers College Gottesman Library with locating library resources, navigating databases and catalogs, and research consultation
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York University - Sept. 2014 to May 2015
Circulation and Reserves Student Assistant - Helped library patrons and maintained collections at high-traffic service desks
Student Library Advisory Council, Robert E. Kennedy Library - May 2012 to June 2014
Member - May 2012 to June 2014
- Developed questions and analyzed results of annual library survey sent out to the Cal Poly student body
- Created agendas, led weekly meetings, and worked with fellow library student ambassadors
- Launched the hashtag, #KennedyKandid, on Instagram to enhance the library's presence on social media sites
Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo May 2011 to June 2014
Library Research Assistance Technician (LibRAT)
- Provided one-on-one assistance at the Research Help Desk for students, faculty and library users
- Planned and led research instruction sessions catered for introductory English and communication courses
Research Experience
Biology Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Jan. 2013 to June 2014
Research Assistant - Investigated quorum sensing of the yeast Brettanomyces as the cause for spoilage enzyme production in wine
Skills
- Adobe Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro, Audition, After Effects
- Multimedia: Filming, setting up video productions, recording audio
- Data Curation and Analysis: Minitab, JMP Statistics, Custom Google Maps
- CMS: WordPress, Weebly, BePress, vjoon K4
- Collaboration: Google Suite, Slack, Asana, Camayak, and Basecamp
- Databases: Library Academic Databases, PubMed, Bioinformatics Genome Databases (ERGO Light, SignalIP)
- Social: Facebook Live, Instagram, Studio Twitter, TweetDeck, Boomtrain, SocialFlow, MailChimp
- Sourcing copyright information, fact-checking, copy editing, AP style, and speedy interview transcription
- Shelving books by Library of Congress, preparing casein agar plates, and illustrating comics
Education
New York University - Sept. 2014 to Dec. 2015
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo - 2010 to 2014
B.S. in Biological Sciences and Minor in English