Professional Experience
A multimedia journalist with eight years of editing and reporting experience with daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, websites, and educational publishing, I often focus on topics of health, food, education, Asian American issues, media, and women's issues. In my free time, I sing with a women's choir, write short stories, live tweet about TV and books, and volunteer with Kiwanis International.
I am available for reporting, editing and photography assignments in the New York City and Philadelphia areas.
Expertise
Photographer
4 Years
Editor
7 Years
Reporter
7 Years
Specialty
Health
6 Years
Food
3 Years
Education
2 Years
Industries
Newspaper - Local/Regional
6 Years
Newspaper - National
1 Year
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
2 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
8 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Brooklyn Home Reporter and Sunset News (10+), Brooklyn Spectator Magazine (10+), Corner Media Group (10+)
Other Work History
Editor, Corner Media Group, 12/2014-5/2016
Editor/Staff Reporter/Photographer, Brooklyn Media Group, 1/2011-11/2014
Editorial Intern, Weight Watchers magazine, 06/2010-08/2010
Health Intern, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/2009-08/2009
Editorial Intern, Parenting magazine, 03/2009-05/2009
Reporting Intern, The Philadelphia Bulletin, 06/2008-08/2008
Editorial Intern, New York Moves Magazine & Roam Magazine, 04/2008-06/2008
Features Intern, www.thecelebritycafe.com, 03/2008
Content/Production Editor, Purun NY, 10/2006-04/2008
Staff Writer & Photographer, Release/Pipe Dream, Binghamton University, NY, '04-'06
Intern, Flame Tree Publishing, London, UK, 09/2005-12/2005
Intern, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Co., NY, NY, 05/1998-09/2006
Foreign Language Skills
Familiar with Spanish and Chinese (spoken Toi-San)
Unions
I do not belong to a union.
Computer Skills
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, YouTube, Soundslides, Wordpress, Tweetdeck, FB Insights, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, InCopy, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, TwitterCounter, Google Analytics, Hootsuite, Chartbeat, ExpressScribe, Slack?
Equipment
Mac, PC, Canon SD750, Canon Rebel XTi, Marantz recorders
References
Helen Klein, Editor-In-Chief, Brooklyn Media Group, hklein@brooklynreporter.com
Steven Strasser, Professor at CUNY Journalism, steven.strasser@journalism.cuny.edu
Karl Stark, SMASH Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, kstark@phillynews.com
Helen Cha, EIC Purun NY, helencha212@yahoo.com, 347-809-6853
Edna Sobiesiak, CST&T Co., edna.sobiesiak@yahoo.com, 212-845-3201
Charlotte Owens, Kiwanis NYCYP Board Member, charlotte.c.owens@gmail.com
Awards
Third Place: Coverage of Health, Health Care and Science, 2013 New York Press Association
Associations
Asian American Journalists Association, Association of Health Care Journalists, Online News Association, Society of Professional Journalists, Kiwanis International, Project Sunshine
