Résumé

EXPERIENCE

Jakarta, Indonesia; July 2010 – July 2011
Deputy Editor/Online Editor

As second-in-command of a regionally distributed magazine, participated in all aspects of production, including commissioning and editing freelance submissions, proofreading, writing headlines and captions, and holding regular strategy meetings with editorial, design, marketing and advertising teams
Wrote feature articles, department stories and news briefs, and supervised production for advertorial supplements and special editorial sections
Served as project manager during the redesign of company websites, working directly with the publisher, graphic designers, web consultants, and sales and marketing teams to develop a digital strategy
Produced a fortnightly electronic newsletter, supervised updates to destinasian.com, managed social media accounts including Facebook fanpage and Twitter feeds

Jakarta, Indonesia May 2009 – August 2009
Intern

Built interactive flash-based user interfaces, and produced the first-ever multimedia packages hosted on thejakartapost.com; Trained staff reporters in multimedia techniques
Assisted in covering breaking news events, including the Indonesian presidential elections and the bombing of the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta
Wrote deadline stories on cultural events in Jakarta for the newspaper’s Features section

Oakland, Calif. August 2008 – May 2009
Reporter and Multimedia Producer

Wrote breaking news and feature stories for a Ford Foundation–supported hyperlocal news site
Produced audio slide shows, video reports, interactive Flash packages and other multimedia content
Assisted in developing and launching oaklandnorth.net

Madison, Wis. 2005 – 2007
Reporter

Covered community events for a local news program
Edited and read headline news stories for a weekly broadcast focusing on Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East
Produced 30-minute Asian news features, focusing on politics and culture in Southeast Asia

University of California – Berkeley M.A & M.J. May 2010
Double Master’s program in Asian Studies and Journalism

Specialization in multimedia journalism and modern history and political science of Southeast Asia
Awarded Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, a full academic scholarship, for 2007-2009
Covering Burma travel grant, UC-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism; Spring 2008
Recipient of the Reva and David Logan Prize for Excellence in Investigative Reporting, May 2010

University of Wisconsin-Madison B.A., with distinction, 2007
Majors: Southeast Asian Studies/Journalism/History

Compeleted a triple major, with distinction, in three years
Awarded Kaplan Family Fellowship (to conduct field research in the Philippines), UW-Madison; Summer 2007
Awarded Fulbright-Hays grant for advanced language study in the Philippines; Summer 2006
Inducted to Phi Beta Kappa honor society in Spring 2007
Awarded Harrington Prize for best undergraduate history thesis; Spring 2007
Recieved the Leo and Jean Besozzi Scholarship, College of Letters and Sciences; 2007

Digital photography and photo editing; digital audio recording and sound editing; digital video and video editing; multimedia production and interactive graphics; AP and Chicago styles

Basic HTML, CSS and ActionScript 2.0; Adobe Flash, Lightroom and Photoshop; Soundslides; Final Cut Pro; Soundtrack Pro; Pro Tools; Sound Forge; WordPress, Blogger and other Content Management Systems; Social networks including Twitter, Facebook and Flickr

Native English; conversational Spanish, Filipino and Indonesian; elementary Egyptian Arabic