Krurapp Communications, Inc.

Wayne, New Jersey

December 2019 - April 2021

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Associate Editor

• Promoted within 10-month time frame for exceeding expectations and supporting company culture 

• Delegated administrative tasks and assigned features to editorial assistant

• Maintained staff writer and social media manager duties in addition to assisting executive editor with deadlines

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Staff Writer/Social Media Manager 

• Published five monthly magazines with branded, client-facing content relating to police labor unions in New Jersey, Chicago and Florida; circulation of 65,000 in each state

• Reported and wrote 400+ detail-oriented, long form features with impeccable command of AP style; created table of contents for all publications, five per month; meet and beat weekly deadlines

• Pitched features using innovative newsgathering techniques; covered union seminars, conventions and events

• Spearheaded digital initiative with 8,000 monthly Twitter impressions; developed social media and website strategy with 10,000 monthly views; created native digital advertising content

 

OnStage Blog

New York, New York

​May 2019 - August 2019

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Editorial Intern

• Pitched features to editor regarding New York theater

• Reported and wrote stories featuring Broadway industry professionals

• Cultivated personal contacts with press agents from DKC O&M and Polk PR to receive daily industry press releases

• Attended, wrote about and live tweeted press events for Mean Girls on Broadway, Jason Robert Brown, the National High School Musical Theatre Jimmy Awards and Arts for Autism

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The Daily Tar Heel

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

​August 2016 - December 2019

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Arts & Entertainment Senior Writer

• Pitched stories to editor on weekly basis regarding local arts

• Specialized in writing 700-word news features on two-day deadlines

• Performing arts beat

 

Copy Desk Chief

• Managed team of 30 student staff members on copy desk

• Edited final news copies for AP style, grammar and clarity

• Fact-checked all statistics and facts in all news copy

• Wrote print and online headlines for final stories

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Online Staff Writer

• Utilized TweetDeck to schedule social media newsroom content

• Wrote content to accompany news links on Facebook and Twitter

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The Independent Tribune

Concord, North Carolina

​May 2018 - August 2018

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General Assignment Reporting Intern

• Pitched newsroom content to editor-in-chief on weekly basis

• Assisted full-time general assignment reporters with transcribing interviews and story research

• Covered local arts, local farming practices and sustainability

• Published 11 stories in print and online

  • Five front-page print stories​

  • Pitched eight of 11 published stories

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BroadwayWorld

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

​April 2018 - December 2018

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Junior Editor Intern

• Wrote promotional news stories for national/international regional productions

• Produced daily news content for all BroadwayWorld.com regional pages

• Managed regional press contact spreadsheet, updated weekly

• Created NYC-area opera, dance and symphony event spreadsheet

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The Odyssey Online, UNC-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

​September 2017 - May 2018

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Contributing Editor

• Led 27-student editorial team covering lifestyle

• Edited weekly content for AP style, grammar, clarity and accuracy

• Reported and wrote weekly content relating to UNC campus life

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