Resume

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EDUCATION
January 2009 – December 2009
Northwestern University, The Medill School of Journalism Evanston, Illinois
Master of Science in Journalism
Concentration: interactive journalism and subject reporting in health and science
GPA: 3.7
August 2005 – May 2008
The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Urbana, Illinois
Bachelor of Science in Media Studies
Minors: French, German
GPA: 3.70
EXPERIENCE
Nov. 11- Present
Assistant Editor, JointMedia News Service Boston, MA
  • Reporting on national and global issues important to the American Jewish community; covering politics, Jewish life, Israel and the Palestinian conflict, and more.
  • Managing the redesign process of JNS.org, and introducing multimedia elements to the news website; managing social networking pages for the organization; establishing contacts with Jewish newspapers across the country to increase the number of JNS subscribers.
July 2011 – Present
Press Representative, German Consulate General Boston, MA
  • Analyzing American news media and maintaining a daily newsletter on topics relevant to German-U.S. relations.
  • Writing and editing for the English website of the consulate; Managing the consulate’s Facebook page; promoting news from Germany and the European Union via the social network on topics ranging from culture to science, environment and climate research.
August 2010 – April 2011
Web/Print Editor, Collegenews.com & College News Magazine, Boston Hannah International Chicago, IL
  • Managed the production of College News magazine and Collegenews.com; hired and managed 30 freelance writers, and five in-house interns; written and edited feature stories for the magazine and news articles for the web.
  • Doubled the traffic of Collegenews.com to 200,000 unique monthly visitors and increased the page rank of the website from 5 to 7 utilizing widgets and search engine optimization techniques; managed College News social networking pages.
January 2010 – April 2010
Intern at Deutsche Welle Bonn, Germany
  • Reported on development, science and culture issues for the English language news website; translated foreign language articles for publishing.
  • Reported and edited radio packages; produced and hosted 30-minute radio programs.
June 2008 – Present
Freelance Journalist, Jüdische Allgemeine Wochenzeitung Chicago, IL
  • Covering cultural and political developments for a Berlin-based newspaper.
June 2008 – August 2008
InternXchange: Fellowship program sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service(DAAD) Berlin, Germany
  • Studied German media at the Freie Universität Berlin; Interned at a Berlin weekly newspaper; published news articles in German.
January 2009- December 2009
News & Multimedia Reporter/Web Designer/Blog Editor, Medill School of Journalism Evanston, Illinois
  • Reported breaking and feature stories using text, video and Flash for the health and science newsroom of Medill Reports.
  • Worked in a team of eight to reinvent the content and structure of Legacy.com, one of the nation's 100 most visited websites; conducted audience research and worked as editor of the project blog.
September 2008 – December 2008
Intern at Rotarian Magazine, Rotary International Evanston, Illinois
  • Fact checked, copy edited, researched and wrote several stories for the Rotarian Magazine.
  • Set up and maintained Rotary International social networking pages.
January 2007 - May 2008
Online Intern, LegalFish Chicago, IL
  • Composed, edited and designed an online email newsletter on business and law.
  • Researched and wrote articles on business and legal topics.
February 2007 - May 2008
Intern at Dalkey Archive Press,
publisher of contemporary literature
Champaign, IL
  • Conducted research, reviewed foreign language books for publication, edited manuscripts.
LANGUAGES
  • Fluent in Hebrew and Russian; proficient in French and German.
COMPUTER SKILLS
  • Adobe Creative Suite CS4 (Flash, Premiere Elements, Photoshop, InDesign); HTML, CSS and Dreamweaver; Microsoft Office; Expression Engine and other content management systems.