Résumé

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Experience

• ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, Port Richey, Florida [April 2011 - Present]
  Staff Writer
  Work as a general assignment reporter in Pasco County


• THE NEW YORK TIMES STUDENT JOURNALISM INSTITIUTE, Miami, Florida [January 2011]
  Reporter
  Worked on a health reporting project that was published in The New York Times, blogged and shot a video story about neon lights in Miami Beach


• THE SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, California [June 2010 - August 2010]
  Health Reporter/Kaiser Health Media Fellowship
  Wrote, shot video, photographed and reported stories on health, medical issues and disparities


• SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, San Antonio, Texas [January 2010 - May 2010]
  Special Assistant to the Editor
  Organized and filed court documents involving a journalist murdered in Mexico


• KAKW-TV, UNIVISION, Austin, Texas [October 2009 - December 2009]
  News Intern
  Helped in the production of daily news shows in Spanish; interviewed sources on camera


• WNBC-TV, NBC, New York, N.Y. [June 2009 - August 2009]
  Producer Assistant/NBC Fellowship
  Wrote and edited stories; shot video with P2 HD cameras


• HISPANIC LINK NEWS SERVICE, Washington, D.C. [January 2009 - May 2009]
  Reporter/Scripps Howard Fellowship
  Covered Capitol Hill, the White House and the U.S. Supreme Court


• KVUE-TV, ABC, Austin, Texas [September 2008 - December 2008]
  News Intern
  Helped in the production of daily news shows


• KINT-TV, UNIVISION, El Paso, Texas [June 2008 - August 2008]
  News Intern
  Ran prompter and cameras during live newscasts, covered Latino community


• THE UNIVERSITY STAR, San Marcos, Texas [August 2007 - May 2010]
  Reporter
  General assignment reporter for campus community of 30,000

Education

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, San Marcos, Texas
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Bachelor of Arts in journalism and minor in Spanish | May 2010

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALENCIA, Valencia, Spain | Fall 2010

Skills

Fluent in Spanish, AP style writing, Microsoft Office Suite, DaletPlus system, AVID system, digital photography and videography; experience with HTML/CSS, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, WordPress, Blogger

Honors

- Dean's List 2008 - 2010
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists Convention: Student Projects 2010
- International Radio and Television Society Foundation Minority Workshop 2009
- Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Scholarship [2009 and 2010]
- Headliners Foundation Scholarship [2009 and 2010]

Activities

- Stringer for The Associated Press in Austin, TX for 2008 and 2009 elections
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists
- Society of Professional Journalists

References

Don Hecker
Training Editor
The New York Times
hecker@nytimes.com
212.556.1576

Kym Fox
Journalism Senior Lecturer
Texas State University-San Marcos
kfox@txstate.edu
512.245.3484

Scott Lebar
Senior Editor
The Sacramento Bee
slebar@sacbee.com
916.321.1182

Christopher Drew
Investigative Reporter
The New York Times
drew@nytimes.com
212.556.1356

Laurie Fluker
Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication
Texas State University-San Marcos
lf04@txstate.edu
512.245.2529