Jan 2024 – Apr 2024 · 3 mos

• - Freelanced pop culture & SEO articles for TODAY.com

Jun 2023 – Aug 2023 · 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

• Wrote over 100 fast turnaround pieces covering breaking news across the Bay Area
• Reported on-scene for breaking stories including press conferences, South Bay-specific news & Taylor Swift's Eras Tour
• Employed digital-first breaking strategies of writing quickly, publishing content and adding context for subsequent posting
• Covered day shifts, night shifts and weekend shifts
• Pitched and reported longer enterprise stories tied to breaking news for multiple teams including politics, climate and arts & entertainment
• Wrote three single-byline A1 stories and contributed to multiple other front-page stories
• Wrote an in-depth politics feature about Nikki Haley and Kamala Harris that was mentioned on MSNBC

Mar 2023 – Jun 2023 · 3 mos · New York, New York, United States · On-site

• Pitched and wrote over 30 breaking news & reported stories for all verticals on the site
• Worked on the cover story for the summer print issue, including reporting and research, with a print byline
• Drafted every Instagram caption and scheduled posts with Later software
• Worked with award-winning business journalist Allan Sloan on a piece about lost investments in the Twitter acquisition
• Attended an event for C-suite executives and reported on the panel
• Attended the 88rising music festival Head in the Clouds for coverage
• Assisted with embedding audio features into articles
• Copy edited a long-form investigative feature story
• Judged a category for the annual "Brands That Matter" package

Jun 2022 – Dec 2022 · 6 mos

• Pitched and wrote over 80 articles for multiple verticals including News, Trending, Parents, Food, Health and more over two internship semesters
• Pitched, wrote and reported a long-form feature on separated Afghan refugee families for the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan
• Amassed over 1 million page views on a reported health story that trended at #1 on Apple News
• Copy edited the inaugural cover story
• Designed infographics for articles on the opioid crisis
• Worked alongside the TODAY Show to do write-ups of show segments
• Worked with old and new CMS softwares to transfer over articles

Dec 2021 – Jun 2022 · 6 mos

• Edited almost every article each night from all desks and sections
• Managed newsroom dynamics and supported staffers
• Ran the newsroom on the editor in chief's night off
• Assisted with print paper layout
• Edited daily newsletters

Sep 2021 – Dec 2021 · 3 mos

• Maintained a list of stories for reporters to take
• Edited every article for the Arts & Entertainment desk
• Managed a team of reporters
• Wrote articles for the desk

Jun 2021 – Sep 2021 · 3 mos

Mar 2021 – Jun 2021 · 3 mos

• Maintained a list of stories for reporters to take
• Edited every article for the Arts & Entertainment desk
• Managed a team of reporters
• Wrote articles for the desk

Jan 2021 – Mar 2021 · 2 mos

• Edited articles for the Arts & Entertainment desk
• Pitched topics
• Wrote a couple articles per week

Sep 2020 – Dec 2020 · 3 mos

Jun 2021 – Sep 2021 · 3 mos

• Pitched and wrote 14 articles spotlighting angles related to the South Asian diaspora
• Wrote articles for the monthly magazine, weekly magazine and the website
• Worked with WordPress to upload articles and complete backend projects
• Wrote South Asian-specific SEO content to boost SEO analytics
• Helped with behind-the-scenes work on the CMS

Jun 2021 – Aug 2021 · 2 mos

• Edited articles for the blog and magazine for AP Style and grammar
• Uploaded articles to WordPress and worked directly in the CMS to add photos and ready for publication
• Pitched and wrote reported enterprise and utility articles with global poverty angles

May 2021 – Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Managed and created posts for Brown Girl Magazine's Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook using Hootsuite and Buffer softwares
• Wrote copy for Instagram captions
• Answered direct messages
• Examined and interpreted audience analytics, determining optimal posting times
• Served as a bridge between editors, writers and our audience

Aug 2019 – Jun 2020 · 10 mos

• Facilitated interest and gathered pitches and pieces from contributors, including both artwork and prose
• Assisted in designing the print issue
• Coordinated events and fundraising initiatives

Jun 2019 – Aug 2019 · 2 mos

• Selected as one of only 283 student leaders from around the country as a high school junior
• Placed to work at a local nonprofit, Strong City Baltimore
• Attended a week-long leadership summit in Washington, D.C. alongside other student leaders to meet with congressional leaders on the Hill

Jun 2019 – Aug 2019 · 2 mos

• Worked in the Adult Learning Center as an assistant to the director, learning the ins and outs of running a GED and English as a Second Language program
• Assisted teachers with classwork and lesson plans
• Connected with students, sometimes in different languages, to assess needs and goals
• Worked the front desk and managed office work

Aug 2018 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Sole editor in chief of the newspaper for the first time in years
• Edited every article published in the monthly print paper edition
• Designed pages for print using InDesign
• Ran brainstorming meetings and managed a team of writers, including recruitment & maintaining beats
• Helped facilitate the move to an online news site in addition to print

Jun 2012 – Sep 2020 · 8 yrs 3 mos · Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Founded a social justice initiative aimed at assisting the houseless population in Baltimore
• Received 13 microgrants totaling over $12,500 to fund projects
• Worked with elementary-aged students to educate them about houselessness while also working together to create items like handmade fleece blankets and trail mix bags
• Drove through Baltimore to hand-deliver each item to the city's houseless citizens
• Mentored three middle school students to continue the projects after I graduated
• Received multiple awards and featured in various media