Callie Schweitzer is a freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, California. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, People magazine, digital news site Neon Tommy, USC’s Daily Trojan, financial website Broke Piggy and college Webzine Student Health 101.
Schweitzer is a senior majoring in print and digital journalism at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Neon Tommy, Annenberg’s new digital news site. She has also served as a staff writer and the senior news editor.
In addition to managing a staff of more than 50 reporters and editors, she coordinates coverage for breaking news, day-to-day reporting and big events like the California primaries and the March 4 education protests. She continues to write and report for the site, covering politics, the economy, education and health care.
She worked as a copy editing intern at the New York Times (summer 2009), writing headlines, blurbs and captions and editing copy for the daily paper. She contributed writing and reporting to The Choice, the Times’ college admissions blog. Read More »
Recent Articles
Jerry Brown, My Grandma Wants To Hear From You
July 13th, 2010
L.A. Gets Webby
July 7th, 2010
Website Snags Assistant Football Coach’s Response To NCAA Sanctions
June 26th, 2010
In Defense Of The Blackberry
June 26th, 2010
Best Of The Web: BP-Style
June 22nd, 2010
In The News
Neon Tommy L.A. Press Club wins featured in USC News
July 1st, 2010
Schweitzer’s Jerry Brown piece featured on Fishbowl LA
June 11th, 2010
Schweitzer quoted on Neon Tommy’s L.A. Press Club wins in Annenberg Publication
June 28th, 2010
Swine Flu story, Neon Tommy L.A. Press Club wins on LA Observed
June 28th, 2010
Schweitzer quoted on Neon Tommy redesign on Fishbowl LA
June 25th, 2010