Experience

CoinDesk

• United States
• Media Production
• 100 - 200 Employee

• News Reporter

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  • Write news briefs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain world • Monitor global news sources on new regulations, technologies, and initial coin offerings • Hired as full-time reporter following a semester-long internship • Write news briefs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain world • Monitor global news sources on new regulations, technologies, and initial coin offerings • Hired as full-time reporter following a semester-long internship



Dentists Money Digest

• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Contributor

  • Aug 2017 - Oct 2017

  Contribute to the weekly tech section of a digital news organization dedicated to the dental industry. Contribute to the weekly tech section of a digital news organization dedicated to the dental industry.



Targum Publishing Co.

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Correspondent

  • Feb 2017 - May 2017

  * Look for and write about various issues related to the Rutgers and New Brunswick communities

• News Editor

  • Jan 2016 - Feb 2017

  • Manage the News Desk of The Daily Targum• Oversee Associate News Editors and more than 50 writers, as well as the Science and Technology sections• Explore and assign news stories relating to the Rutgers community• Edit and fact-check nearly 40 stories per week• Work with Adobe InDesign to create headlines and captions for the upcoming day's paper• Work with Photo Desk to ensure each story has a photograph or illustration• Work with the design editor on newspaper layout and graphics• Train incoming writers and potential editors • Conducted brief interview with U.S. Senator Cory Booker on the 2016 presidential election• Filmed and reported on an incident at a Rutgers Board of Governors meeting. The story and accompanying video were picked up by various local and state news organizations including The Star Ledger, NPR, CBS, ABC, NJ 101.5 and others• Coordinated four-page wraps to highlight Engineers Week, Dance Marathon, and the 2016 presidential election Show less

• Correspondent

  • Feb 2015 - Jan 2016

  - Was promoted to correspondent by the News Editor in February 2015. In that capacity I:• Wrote 2-7 stories per week• Oversaw the weekly Science section, finding and assigning STEM-related stories at Rutgers• Edited and fact-checked Science section stories on a weekly basis• Reported extensively about cyberattacks, including the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks which crippled Rutgers networks for several days over an 18-month period

• Staff Writer

  • Mar 2014 - Feb 2015

  • Wrote articles for the News and Science sections of the paper• Oversaw the weekly Science section of the paper beginning from October 2014• Interviewed Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton

• Contributing Writer

  • Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Wrote 8 articles as part of the Targum's Science section before I became a staff writer• Interviewed former presidential advisor Holmes Hummel



Rutgers University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Communications Intern

  • Mar 2015 - Dec 2016

  • Maintain and update the Rutgers University School of Engineering's website, as well as department websites within the school • Write features highlighting research done by School of Engineering faculty and students • Write news releases for upcoming events • Write articles for department newsletters and the school magazine • Take pictures of events hosted by the school or its departments • Help develop new department websites • Develop content for department newsletters and the school magazine Show less



Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems

• Web Development Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2015

  • Updated C-SOPS website, with overarching goals of increasing traffic and simplifying user interface • Provided some integration with C-SOPS Sakai page • Primarily worked through Drupal interface, with some work done with HTML/PHP • Updated C-SOPS website, with overarching goals of increasing traffic and simplifying user interface • Provided some integration with C-SOPS Sakai page • Primarily worked through Drupal interface, with some work done with HTML/PHP



Qwantech International

• Technology Refresh Technician

  • Jun 2011 - Jul 2011

  • Helped image desktops and towers as part of Fairleigh Dickinson University's contract with Qwantech International to replace its computers • Replaced hardware components on-site at both the Teaneck and Madison campuses • Helped image desktops and towers as part of Fairleigh Dickinson University's contract with Qwantech International to replace its computers • Replaced hardware components on-site at both the Teaneck and Madison campuses