Alexandra Nicolas
Director of Institutional Relations at The Food Project- Claim this Profile
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Kayla Gagnet
Lexie is an incredibly smart and creative digital journalist, with a passion for using data to tell compelling stories. Lexie has a keen ability to see beyond the first layer of a story to the more complicated and interconnected truths underneath. She can clearly articulate those truths in a compelling package that drives readership and audience engagement. She’s also a great leader and teammate. I had the pleasure of hiring Lexie and promoting her to manage a team of digital journalists, and I was continually impressed by her ability to juggle many tasks at once while also leading a team to produce great work.
Kayla Gagnet
Lexie is an incredibly smart and creative digital journalist, with a passion for using data to tell compelling stories. Lexie has a keen ability to see beyond the first layer of a story to the more complicated and interconnected truths underneath. She can clearly articulate those truths in a compelling package that drives readership and audience engagement. She’s also a great leader and teammate. I had the pleasure of hiring Lexie and promoting her to manage a team of digital journalists, and I was continually impressed by her ability to juggle many tasks at once while also leading a team to produce great work.
Kayla Gagnet
Lexie is an incredibly smart and creative digital journalist, with a passion for using data to tell compelling stories. Lexie has a keen ability to see beyond the first layer of a story to the more complicated and interconnected truths underneath. She can clearly articulate those truths in a compelling package that drives readership and audience engagement. She’s also a great leader and teammate. I had the pleasure of hiring Lexie and promoting her to manage a team of digital journalists, and I was continually impressed by her ability to juggle many tasks at once while also leading a team to produce great work.
Kayla Gagnet
Lexie is an incredibly smart and creative digital journalist, with a passion for using data to tell compelling stories. Lexie has a keen ability to see beyond the first layer of a story to the more complicated and interconnected truths underneath. She can clearly articulate those truths in a compelling package that drives readership and audience engagement. She’s also a great leader and teammate. I had the pleasure of hiring Lexie and promoting her to manage a team of digital journalists, and I was continually impressed by her ability to juggle many tasks at once while also leading a team to produce great work.
Experience
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The Food Project
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United States
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Non-profit Organization Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Institutional Relations
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Jul 2023 - Present
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Groundwork Somerville
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United States
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Non-profit Organization Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Member Board of Directors
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Oct 2022 - Present
Currently serving as our fundraising committee chair where I'm developing a new collaborative process for grant writing, and inventorying programing to direct our fundraising efforts.
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Greenhouse Workshare
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Feb 2022 - Present
- Jumped in to revitalize an underutilized greenhouse allowing the organization to harvest and feed clients weeks ahead of schedule as part of a successful — now ongoing — pilot program- Currently growing seedlings to give away at our annual seedling sale
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The Eagle-Tribune
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Newspaper Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Editor
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Oct 2021 - Jul 2023
- Supervise a staff of 14 — including interns and freelance contractors — working on both long and short-term projects to hit a daily deadline
- Established a reputation for examining our work processes to tackle long-standing problems and improve the daily worklife of our staff -
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Assistant Managing Editor
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May 2021 - Oct 2021
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Senior Digital Editor
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Oct 2017 - May 2021
Launched marketing and social media strategies that led to a 5% annual pageview increase for our content within my first year. Produced podcasts, GIS storytelling. 2018 Team Awards- CNHI Digital Innovation- NENPA Publik Occurrences
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CNHI
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United States
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Newspaper Publishing
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Digital Editor
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Nov 2014 - Oct 2017
- Specialized in storytelling with data and ArcGIS - Was sought after to support a network of teams in 26 states across a diverse geographic, cultural, educational and ideological spectrum- Wrote curriculum and taught workshops that became known as some of the network’s most engaging and valuable continuing education- Established a new team’s work processes with a focus on equity, including rotational meeting leadership- Developed holistic evaluation methods for our team’s success and compiled metrics to measure our engagement and share results with our peers and stakeholders Show less
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Digital Editor
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Sep 2012 - Nov 2014
Create and curate content for CNHI sites, including regional content for Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Provide guidance, training and editing for interactive content projects.
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Web Producer
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Aug 2011 - Nov 2014
Manage multimedia assignments, plan and oversee web-based projects, shoot and edit video and audio, moderate social media, lead newsroom training, consult on multimedia-related issues.
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Reporter
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May 2010 - Aug 2011
- write stories, primarily on the city desk
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Joplin NALA Read
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Member Board of Directors
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Apr 2011 - Jun 2013
Oversaw budget and literacy programming Organized and recruited people who gave more than 2,000 volunteer tutoring hours annually As a program tutor I developed curriculum and ran weekly programming for young adults on writing essays for the GED exam. Oversaw budget and literacy programming Organized and recruited people who gave more than 2,000 volunteer tutoring hours annually As a program tutor I developed curriculum and ran weekly programming for young adults on writing essays for the GED exam.
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Reporter/Page Designer
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Jun 2009 - May 2010
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Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Camp Director
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Apr 2007 - Aug 2008
- Redeveloped underperforming programs into some of our most popular sessions for teens - Supervised residential camp staff of 20+ and more than 100 youth campers — Positions also held: Waterfront director, 2008; Program Staff, 2007 - Redeveloped underperforming programs into some of our most popular sessions for teens - Supervised residential camp staff of 20+ and more than 100 youth campers — Positions also held: Waterfront director, 2008; Program Staff, 2007
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Education
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Missouri Southern State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Communication and Media Studies -
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Knight Digital Media Fellowship
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