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EDUCATION
The Ohio State University Columbus, OH B.A. with Honors in English Graduated June 2012 Summa cum laude GPA: 3.96/4.0 Minnesota Studies in International Development Jaipur, India Economic development and Hindi August December 2010
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EXPERIENCE
Mother Jones, San Francisco, CA Editorial fellow (June 2012 present): blog on politics, culture and environmental issues fact-check long-form, investigative features contribute reviews, pitch box ideas and research sidebars for the print magazine wrote three blog posts that brought significant traffic and exposure to Mother Jones, including a story on textbooks used in some of Louisianas voucher schools (generated more than 400,000 page views in two weeks) researched, compiled, evaluated and fact-checked more than 600 data points as part of the three-person team responsible for the most comprehensive interactive investigation on mass gun deaths nationwide Cincinnati Magazine, Cincinnati, OH Freelance writer (December 2010 July 2012): wrote for the March 2011, October 2011 and July 2012 issues, including the main features for the October 2011 and July 2012 issues special Health Watch and Senior Living sections, respectively Custom publishing and special sections intern (June August 2010): wrote three stories for Cincinnati Wedding and the special sections department fact-checked source-heavy feature articles and business listings researched and collected data for special sections projects The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH Statehouse News Bureau fellow (January March 2012): wrote daily and long-term news and feature stories for the public affairs and city desks covered statehouse politics, county government, local courts and higher education regularly published on A1 and Metro front reported and wrote for an enterprise package on the rise of prescription drug abuse in Ohio, including a long-form narrative about the death of a high school student to drug overdose National Public Radio, Washington, DC Executive producer, Intern Edition (September December 2011): oversaw entire production and 40-person staff of a newsmagazine show and daily blog reported and co-produced an original multimedia story determined brand identity co-developed social media and in-house promotional strategies devised and executed editorial vision nurtured creative and diplomatic collaboration among intern-reporters enforced ethics and production standards assumed auxiliary responsibilities as needed, including audio editing, website coding and event planning Kiplingers Personal Finance, Washington, DC American Society of Magazine Editors editorial intern (June August 2011): wrote four stories for front-of-book sections of the magazine authored an online slide show and Web-exclusive feature produced a 10-video Web series for the annual Best Cities package fact-checked print articles copyedited drafts and layouts regularly pitched stories for print and online Ology Magazine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Founder and editor-in-chief (September 2009 June 2011): conceived the magazines vision, format and formula spearheaded grassroots fundraising campaign for start-up capital and raised upwards of $3,000 supervised full scale of production, including budgeting, assigning, pagination, publication, distribution and citywide promotion of two professional-grade, 44-page, full-color issues coached novice writers in story development wrote and edited features, columns, heds, deks and teasers in accordance with AP style Columbus Monthly, Columbus, OH Editorial intern (January April 2011): wrote print articles for Columbus Monthly Homes line and copyedited all drafts and layouts for the April Homes issue WLWT-TV/[Link], Cincinnati, OH Web reporting intern (June August 2010): reported and wrote original Web stories to complement TV coverage shot photos and video for Web and TV Cincy Chic, Cincinnati, OH Multimedia editorial intern (June September 2009): wrote weekly features formatted with HTML for the online womens magazine produced, directed and edited original video webcasts in Final Cut edited and captioned photographs
SKILLS
Audio: Adobe Audition, Dalet, MTE Graphics: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator Photo: Adobe Photoshop Video: Final Cut, iMovie Web: HTML, SEO, various CMS Google Fusion Tables
AWARDS
College of Arts and Sciences Certificate for Excellence in Scholarship, Ohio State University (2012); Maximus Scholarship, Ohio State University (2008); valedictorian, Lakota East High School (2008); National Merit Commended Student (2008); Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship (2008); Ohio Journalist of the Year Honorable Mention, Journalism Education Association (2008); first place in news (2008) and review writing (2007), National Federation of Press Women
CONTACT
deannaspan@[Link] 513.378.2713