CONTACT
Elizabeth Shemaria
eshemaria<at>gmail<dot>com
EXPERIENCE
AOL, Patch.com | Editor, Danville Patch
January 2010-present
Launched the first Patch.com site in the San Francisco Bay Area, February, 2010, as the editor of Danville Patch.
Hire and manage a team of freelance reporters, photographers and videographers, including scheduling, assignments and payments. Manage and organize a monthly freelance budget and daily editorial calendar. Edit and approve all stories on the site, update the site several times a day, seven days a week, and maintain Facebook and Twitter pages for the site, posting several times a day. Report breaking news, features, and daily news, shoot and edit photos and video.
MediaNews Group and California Watch | Freelance multimedia reporter and producer
October 2009-December 2009
Media News Group: Reported and produced a multimedia story of downtown Santa Cruz’s recovery from the Loma Prieta Earthquake for the 20-year anniversary coverage of the disaster on October 17, 2009.
California Watch: Produced an interactive map showing H1N1 cases in California for the December 2009 launch of the organization’s new Drupal Web site. I also entered content for and tested the pre-launch site.
Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education | News21 Fellow
May 2009-August 2009, 10-week fellowship
Paid fellow for News21.com, a highly selective national project including students from ten graduate journalism programs. Designed all branding and interactive timelines for BARThood.news21.com, a Web site about San Francisco Bay Area communities and the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, created by a team of five. I also reported and co-produced two videos, two audio slideshows and two interactive timelines.
University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism | Graduate Assistant
September 2008-May 2009
Instructed first-year graduate journalism students in video, audio and photo shooting, editing and production, as well as designing and coding multimedia packages and Web sites in WordPress, Flash and HTML.
Human Rights Watch, New York, NY | I.F. Stone Fellow, Multimedia
June 2008-August 2008
Selected as one of two paid fellows to produce multimedia for HRW.org. Based on my reporting experience in Burma earlier in the year, I was also selected to produce an audio slideshow about Cyclone Nargis. Other projects included transcribing, editing audio and video, and writing profiles of the organization’s researchers.
Diablo, Walnut Creek, CA | Freelance Fact-checker, Editorial Intern and Writer
April 2007-March 2008 and February 2006-June 2006
Pitched and wrote stories for Diablo, Diablomag.com and Diablo Arts, as well as fact-checked.
Alameda Sun, Alameda, CA | General assignment reporter and Intern
June 2006-October 2006
General assignment, on call, weekend and evening reporter, covering breaking news, meetings, arts and education, including front-page stories. I also copy-edited and took pictures.
University of California, Berkeley, Civil & Environmental Engineering | Administrative Assistant
April 2004-July 2004 and August 2002-May 2003
Managed office, answered phones, emails and questions from the public, also updated and edited the department Web site. Planned annual alumni awards banquet, department social events, qualifying exams and meetings.
EDUCATION
M.J., Journalism, New Media | University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism
May 2009
Relevant coursework: Advanced Multimedia, Radio, Editing for the Web, Documentary Photography, International Reporting: Covering Burma.
Completed first year of law school | Syracuse University, College of Law, Syracuse, NY
Fall 2004-Spring 2005
Selected for International Law Firm, an accelerated legal writing course covering international and domestic law.
B.A., History of Art | University of California, Berkeley
May 2002
Volunteer research apprentice to Professor Elizabeth Honig, studying texts in Italian in preparation for a lecture series about Tintoretto.
A.A., with High Honors | Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
January 1999
Relevant coursework: Graphic Design, Desktop Publishing, Typography, Design and Art History.
SKILLS
Programs | Applications | Platforms: Flash AS2, Basic PHP, HTML, CSS, Final Cut Pro, Pro Tools, Soundslides, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver, PowerPoint, Excel, WordPress, Google Analytics, Mac OS X, Windows, Linux.
Research | Database: LexisNexis, Excel.
Language: Conversational Italian
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