Resume

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EXPERIENCE

KQED News

Reporter/Editor/Host, San Francisco, CA – Fall 2017 to present

Report audio news, breaking stories, and features on science, health, and education. Fill in as host, newscast anchor, science reporter, daily podcast editor, and assignment editor. Pitch, plan, edit, produce and conduct interviews. As producer for local news podcast and daily statewide newscast: produced and line edited show, invented remote workflow for pandemic, maintained quality during studio move, on-boarded new host.

KALW Public Radio

Contract Editor, San Francisco, CA – Summer 2017 to Summer 2018

Edited long-form narrative audio features, trained and mentored reporters, assigned stories, steered beat coverage, screened pitches, and coordinated production.

Timeline.com

Senior Video Editor/Producer, San Francisco, CA – Summer 2017 to Winter 2018

Produced, wrote and edited digital social videos about history for startup. Pitched, researched and fact-checked stories, scripts and cleared images for copyright. Wrote style guide and managed freelancers.

NBCBayArea.com

Digital Producer, San Jose, CA – January 2016 to May 2017

Produced online-only video and wrote stories for website and social media. Covered breaking news and enterprise stories in the East Bay. Developed geographic beat and sources.

The Associated Press

Video Journalist, Los Angeles, CA – June 2010 to December 2015

Shot, wrote, and edited video packages on deadline in the field from across Southern California and the West. Generated national enterprise features and collaborated with beat reporters to translate wire stories into compelling video and cross-format packages. Shot and transmitted live video with LiveU. Wrote for wire.

Reporter, Los Angeles, CA – May 2007 to June 2010

Covered civil justice, breaking news and enterprise features. Edited stories and monitored news on evening desk shift.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Weekend Reporter, Santa Rosa, CA – May 2006 to April 2007

Covered general assignments and breaking news. Followed clergy sexual abuse case, generated feature stories and wrote for the business desk. Summer internship continued through the Fall with weekend shifts.

KGO Radio News

Part-time Producer,  San Francisco, CA – Spring 2005 to Fall 2006

Assigned, edited and mixed stories, booked guests, prepped hosts and wrote scripts for news-talk station.

Youth Radio

Part-time Producer, Oakland, CA – Fall 2004 to Spring 2005

Edited, trained, and mentored teenage journalists. Worked closely with young producers to write and mix stories and commentaries. Produced features, weekly commentaries, and half-hour monthly show on KQED.

New Hampshire Public Radio

Reporter, Concord, NH – September 2002 to August 2004

Covered the presidential primary, religion and breaking news. Contributed to Statehouse coverage and investigative projects, supervised newscast production and participated in on-air Pledge Drive.

KQED Radio News

Contract Reporter, San Francisco, CA – May 2000 to May 2002

Covered the health beat, general assignments, features and breaking news for daily local segment and The California Report. Reported on the state’s energy crisis, environmental issues and medical research.

Freelance Reporter/Producer

May 2000 to April 2007

Radio: Filed freelance radio features for National Public Radio’s newsmagazines, On the Media, The World, Studio 360 and Marketplace. Filed time-sensitive news stories and newscast spots from the field.

TV: Filed short, non-narrated features for Current TV. Covered presidential elections in Bolivia for the documentary series Frontline/World. Produced half-hour news magazine which won a 2007 Student Emmy.

EDUCATION

University of California, Graduate School of Journalism – Berkeley, CA

M.J. in Journalism, 2007  Faith Fancher Memorial Scholarship – recipient

Barnard College of Columbia University – New York, NY

B.A. in Political Science

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS

Advanced Storytelling Workshop – National Press Photographers Association, April 2014

National Association of Hispanic Journalists – Founding president, UC Berkeley student chapter

College Television Awards, Student Emmy – best newsmagazine, 2007

Metcalf Institute – Annual Science Immersion Workshop, University of Rhode Island, 2006

Science Literacy Workshop for public radio reporters – SoundVision Productions, March 2006

Investigative Reporters and Editors – Better Watchdog Workshop, Sacramento, CA, 2005

AP Broadcast Awards, New Hampshire – Swept competition in most categories in 2003 and 2004

Casey Journalism Foundation – Regional Fellowship, Northeast, November 2002

Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources – 2002 Southern Cascadia Fellowship

Kaiser Family Foundation Media Health Reporting Internship – for minority journalists, KTVU-Ch. 2, Summer 2002

SKILLS

• Fluent in spoken Spanish, basic Portuguese.
• Detailed and nuanced application of AP Style, SEO and editorial voice.
• Expert in shooting video on Panasonic, Sony and Canon DSLR and video cameras.
• Advanced at non-linear editing on deadline with Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Grass Valley Edius, live video transmission with live-streaming apps and LiveU.
• Proficient in audio mixing (ProTools, Audition, Dalet), field recording and microphones.
• Proficient in Excel, map mashups, CMS, basic HTML.