Ugur Dursun

Audience Engagement Producer at KQED
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(386) 825-5501
Location
San Francisco, California, United States, US
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Turkish Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German Limited working proficiency
  • Spanish Elementary proficiency

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Credentials

  • Digital Business Models
    Lund University
    Nov, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • German B1
    Goethe-Institut e.V.
    May, 2016
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • United States
    • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Audience Engagement Producer
      • Oct 2023 - Present

    • United States
    • Internet News
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Newsletter Editor - LocalNewsMatters.org
      • Mar 2022 - Oct 2023

    • Journalist
      • Dec 2021 - Oct 2023

    • United States
    • Internet News
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Reporting Intern
      • Jun 2020 - Sep 2020

      - Built a covid-19 information hub by retrieving data from the nine Bay Area counties about vital services and advisories. - Created and scheduled social media content for the non-profit local news outlet, Local News Matters. - Built a covid-19 information hub by retrieving data from the nine Bay Area counties about vital services and advisories. - Created and scheduled social media content for the non-profit local news outlet, Local News Matters.

    • United States
    • Internet News
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Reporting Intern
      • Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

      - Wrote over 120 breaking news stories and met deadlines. - Covered topics such as tech, crime, housing and environment. - Published stories in NBC, CBS, FOX, Mercury News, SFGate and more local outlets. - Managed social media posts and started an Instagram page. - Strategized fundraising efforts for Bay City News Foundation. - Wrote over 120 breaking news stories and met deadlines. - Covered topics such as tech, crime, housing and environment. - Published stories in NBC, CBS, FOX, Mercury News, SFGate and more local outlets. - Managed social media posts and started an Instagram page. - Strategized fundraising efforts for Bay City News Foundation.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

      - Aided researchers working on the Human Screenome Project. - Analyzed over 75,000 longitudinal smartphone screenshots and trained a machine learning model to detect political and violent content participants encounter on social media platforms. Learn more at https://screenomics.stanford.edu. - Aided researchers working on the Human Screenome Project. - Analyzed over 75,000 longitudinal smartphone screenshots and trained a machine learning model to detect political and violent content participants encounter on social media platforms. Learn more at https://screenomics.stanford.edu.

    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Editorial Intern
      • Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

      - Wrote articles about fashion, beauty, music, and lifestyle. - Arranged and conducted interviews with actors, musicians, designers, health professionals, and business moguls. - Directed, filmed, and edited over 40 video interviews. - Aided the planning and execution of events in NYC and LA. - Initiated a new Instagram segment that tripled our reach. - Wrote articles about fashion, beauty, music, and lifestyle. - Arranged and conducted interviews with actors, musicians, designers, health professionals, and business moguls. - Directed, filmed, and edited over 40 video interviews. - Aided the planning and execution of events in NYC and LA. - Initiated a new Instagram segment that tripled our reach.

    • Desk Editor, Arts & Life
      • Jul 2018 - Jun 2019

      Responsible for assigning and editing articles published in the Culture beat of the newspaper, covering theater, food and art. Worked with Managing Editors to ensure steady content flow.

    • Staff Writer, Arts & Life
      • Nov 2017 - Jul 2018

      Wrote in the Arts & Life section of the newspaper in print and online versions. Published pieces focusing on pop music and the mechanics of the music industry.

    • Contributing Writer, Arts & Life
      • Sep 2017 - Nov 2017

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Teaching Assistant
      • Sep 2018 - Dec 2018

      Taught “Frosh 101,” a course aimed at incoming first-year students to ease their way into college and build a sense of community in their residences by sharing experiences and learning about cultural commonalities and differences.

    • Residential Counselor, Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies
      • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

      Supervised and mentored 130+ international pre-collegiate program participants in their residential and academic experiences as a Residential Counselor. Served as a teaching assistant (TA) for a team-based project with elements of diversity, communication skill-building, critical thinking, crisis management, and design thinking. Promoted to be a Lead TA for the fourth and final session of the International Summer Institute to advise 20+ TAs and oversee the work of nearly 300 students.

    • United States
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Social Media Editor
      • Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

      Curated social media accounts of Stanford’s student-run arts, culture and fashion magazine. Curated social media accounts of Stanford’s student-run arts, culture and fashion magazine.

Education

  • Stanford University
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communication and Media Studies
    2017 - 2021

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