Reporter Reel from Jennifer Saavedra

EDUCATION

City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism,

New York
M.A. Journalism / Track: Broadcast / Subject Concentration: Health and Medicine, December 2008

Marymount Manhattan College, New York
B.A. English and Psychology / Minor: Writing, May 2006

• Won leadership awards and made Dean's List
• Studied abroad for a semester at the University of Salamanca in Spain, December 2003

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

Down to Earth (Centre for Science and Environment), New Delhi, India

February 2010 - Present

Web Editor

• Create magazine’s bi-weekly web column including scouting, generating and executing story ideas
• Report, produce and edit multimedia stories for science and environment magazine website
• Direct, assist and train reporters in producing multimedia stories for web
• Manage magazine's online multimedia content and twitter account

 

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York

March - December 2008

Research Assistant

• Assisted Trudy Lieberman, director of the health and medicine reporting program, with consumer- journalism project focusing on barriers diabetics face in Hunts Point, a low-income neighborhood in the South Bronx
• Produced a seven-part mini-documentary on a neighborhood clinic’s health initiative to lower diabetes and obesity rates in Hunts Point

 

NIGHTLINE (ABC News), New York

May – August 2008

Eddie Pinder Fellow

• Participated in week-long Avid training workshop exclusive to Eddie Pinder Fellows
• Compiled research packets, found and contacted sources for stories, chose clips for air, logged tape, attended editorial meetings and pitched story ideas

 

DOTCOM ARABIA, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April – August 2007

Editor

• Edited, proofread, fact-checked, researched, and wrote destination pieces for travel Web site, www.irhal.com
• Read and evaluated materials for publication; uploaded content and sourced photographs
• Worked with programmer and designer to ensure Web site was up to company standards

 

TIMESLEDGER NEWSPAPERS, Queens, New York

January – April 2007

Journalism Internship
• Covered local arts and culture events in Queens for weekly newspaper
• Published 2-4 stories per week and condensed lengthy press releases into community news briefs

 

JEMMA PUBLICATIONS, Dublin, Ireland

June – September 2005

Journalism Internship

• Researched, reported, and wrote feature-length articles, including two cover stories
• Covered news concerning Ireland's tourism, hospitality, bar, and printing industry for four monthly trade magazines including Get a Life in Tourism, Hotel and Catering Review, Licensing World and Irish Printer