Experience

Billy Penn at WHYY

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporter

  • Jan 2022 - Present



The New Republic

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

• Social Media Intern

  • Jan 2021 - Jul 2021

  Writing Twitter/Facebook/Linkedin copy. Transcribing and copy editing digital content. Writing Twitter/Facebook/Linkedin copy. Transcribing and copy editing digital content.



n+1 Foundation

• United States
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Oct 2020 - Jan 2021

  Transcription, fact-checking, copy editing, proofreading. Transcription, fact-checking, copy editing, proofreading.



Document Journal

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

• Editorial Intern

  • Jan 2020 - May 2020

  Writing recaps on fashion shows, art exhibitions, and more. Conducting/transcribing interviews with artists and scholars. Research and fact-checking for digital coverage. Building stories in CMS and digitizing archives. Writing recaps on fashion shows, art exhibitions, and more. Conducting/transcribing interviews with artists and scholars. Research and fact-checking for digital coverage. Building stories in CMS and digitizing archives.



The Daily Targum

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Features Editor

  • Feb 2019 - Feb 2020

  Generating Arts & Entertainment/Culture story ideas, which are assigned to a pool of student journalists on a weekly basis. Topics include the performing arts, fashion, literature and covering events on campus. Editing feature stories for Art & Entertainment/Culture section according to AP Style. Publishing a daily newspaper page, designed using Adobe InDesign. Publishing stories on the Internet using CEO online network by State News Inc.

• Features Correspondent

  • Nov 2017 - Jan 2019

  Write reviews for live events like concerts, art exhibitions, film showings, etc. Write feature stories about Arts & Entertainment/Culture, mainly revolving around music. Wrote two stories a week in AP Style, developing my voice as a writer.



WRSU-FM Rutgers Radio

• United States
• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Hip-Hop Director

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2019

  Curate WRSU's Hip-Hop library through contact with promotion companies (Planetary, co-sign, etc.), artists and independent labels. Organize and facilitate concerts/events. Conducting Artist Interviews, as well as running interviewing workshops. Curate WRSU's Hip-Hop library through contact with promotion companies (Planetary, co-sign, etc.), artists and independent labels. Organize and facilitate concerts/events. Conducting Artist Interviews, as well as running interviewing workshops.