Resume

Work Experience

Neon Tommy, USC, 2009-Present
Editor-in-Chief

  • Run day-to-day operations of School of Journalism’s multimedia news organization, which includes managing a 150-person staff in addition to editing, reporting and blogging.
  • Incorporate multimedia in stories, do Web reporting, cover breaking news.
  • Served as a staff writer and the senior news editor before March promotion; oversaw major site relaunch this summer.

The New York Times, New York City, Summer 2009
Copy editing intern, freelance reporter

  • Edited and rewrote copy on the Foreign, National and Syndicate desks; wrote headlines, blurbs and captions for print and the Web on a daily deadline; reporter for The Choice, the New York Times’ college admissions blog.

Daily Trojan, USC, 2007-2009
Staff Writer

  • Wrote stories on the South Central community that surrounds USC and the interactions between “town and gown;” covered crime and developed LAPD sources.

People Magazine, NYC, LA, 2007-2009
Editorial Intern

  • Wrote and reported for the magazine and Web site; continued to freelance for the magazine.

Various Publications, 2004-Present
Freelancer

  • Contribute to Parenting Teens Online, Student Health 101 and financial news site Broke Piggy among others.

Education

Los Angeles, CA
May 2011

University of Southern California
Bachelor of Arts, Print and Digital Journalism
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Honors and Awards

  • 2009 finalist, Investigative Reporters and Editors, student media category for story examining L.A. County’s response to swine flu crisis; 2nd place, L.A. Press Club, best online investigative news package for swine flu story; 2009 Hearst Journalism Award; 2010-2011, Herb Klein endowed scholarship in government and political reporting; 2010-2011, Glen and Alberta Ingles endowed scholarship for investigative reporting.
  • Phi Beta Kappa; USC Presidential Scholar; Annenberg Scholar

Skills: Drupal, WordPress, Movable Type, iMovie, Audacity, Avid, Dreamweaver, FlipCam, Photoshop, Facebook, Twitter, SEO, AP Style, French (conversational).

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Callie Schweitzer