Experience

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  Industry Dive

  • United States
  • Technology, Information and Media
  • 400 - 500 Employee

  • Reporter, K-12 Dive

    • Nov 2022 - Present

    Write daily stories on education news for the national B2B publication K-12 Dive. Typical coverage includes developments and analysis of cybersecurity, technology, school nutrition, staffing issues, family engagement and infrastructure in the education sector • Write a monthly feature series I created -- called “Staffed Up” -- that explores various solutions to the education workforce shortage districts face nationwide • Create charts from publicly available or requested data to supplement daily news coverage • Assist with sending a daily morning newsletter • Edit stories • Post stories every day on K-12 Dive’s official X and LinkedIn pages

  • Associate Editor, K-12 Dive

    • Oct 2021 - Nov 2022

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  The Winchester Star

  • Winchester, Virginia

  • Education Reporter

    • Jul 2018 - Sep 2021
    • Winchester, Virginia

    Covered four school board meetings a month including enterprise education stories across three school divisions in Winchester, Clarke and Frederick counties in Virginia for The Winchester Star, a newspaper that publishes local news stories online and in print six days a week • Wrote feature stories such as the local impact on teachers and students from the coronavirus pandemic as schools switch back from virtual to in-person learning • Shot photos for some stories • Wrote 5-10 articles a week regarding education in the area • Launched Instagram for The Winchester Star • Posted stories daily on Twitter and Facebook

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  ARLnow.com

  • Arlington, Virginia

  • Intern

    • Jan 2018 - May 2018
    • Arlington, Virginia

    Helped maintain a regular presence on ARLnow.com’s Instagram • Wrote 72 articles about restaurants opening and closing in Arlington, VA, features on local artists, startups, organizations and wrote about legislation written by delegates representing the county • Compiled an analytics report on top 100 stories of Arlington Now’s website • Took photos for stories

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  The Daily Orange

  • Newspaper Publishing
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Assistant Web News Editor

    • Dec 2016 - May 2017

    Posted 15-20 original tweets daily promoting news stories from the Twitter account of the independent, student-run newspaper at Syracuse University • Covered protests, news events in Syracuse live for the DO on Snapchat and Twitter • Helped drive more traffic to the DO’s website through Twitter and rewriting online headlines • Collaborated with graphics and video team to add more multimedia content to online articles • Compiled first annual analytics report on top 50 news stories

  • Staff Writer

    • Nov 2013 - May 2017

    http://www.dailyorange.com/writers/ann-merod/

  • Assistant News Editor

    • May 2014 - Dec 2014

    Covered breaking news 24/ 7 • Edited news writers' stories • Worked in a newsroom 4 nights a week • Wrote headlines • Posted stories online • Created and pitched story ideas • Assigned stories and provided sources for staff writers • Helped cover an 18 day sit-in on SU's campus in November of 2014

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  MSNBC.com and NBCNews.com

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Editorial Intern

    • Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
    • Greater New York City Area

    Wrote 58 long and short form online articles for MSNBC.com and NBCNews.com at 30 Rock in New York City during the 2016 presidential election • Assisted reporters with their research • Wrote headlines • Pitched story ideas and wrote one story that was the top story on MSNBC’s website for a majority of the day in January 2016 • Helped relaunch MSNBC’s Young Women in Politics profile series by networking with about 70 different universities’ and colleges’ student governments • Wrote and aggregated a weekly newsletter highlighting the latest stories involving women in politics

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  Talk Media News

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Congressional Correspondent Intern

    • May 2015 - Aug 2015
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    Covered press conferences and votes in the US House and Senate from the Capitol • Covered breaking news surrounding US politics • Covered a press conference and two press briefings from the White House