RachelRiley Resume
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(865)-719-7126 [email protected] Rachel Riley EDUCATION Intern| September 2015-Present • Assist senior reporter Beth Daley with researching and editing stories • Compile weekly roundup of best investigative journalism published nationwide for Muckrakers blog • Occassionally write or help write stories for online Metro Correspondent | September 2015-Present • Work Wednesday nights on the City Desk checking news and reporting stories City Desk Co-op | July 2014-December 2014 • Wrote 3-5 stories per week for Metro section • Assisted reporters with larger stories • Monitored news on social media Office Assistant | July 2015-Present • Composed mass emails to be sent out to all students in BU’s School of Journalism • Managed department email account and answered phone Member of the Board of Directors | May 2014–Present • Serve as liaison between publication and college and documents weekly meetings • Vote in all major publication decisions, including choosing newspaper staff each semester • Helped raise $75,000 in campaign to save newspaper’s independence in 2014 Study Abroad Columnist | January 2015–May 2015 • Produced weekly 800-word column about experiences studying abroad Campus Section Editor | December 2013-May 2014 • Planned and edited content for campus news section, Monday through Thursday • Posted stories to website and social media sites daily • Managed associate editors and staff writers Campus Section Associate Editor | May 2013-November 2013 • Edited and/or wrote 8 stories per week • Pitched content ideas • Provided guidance for staff writers Staff Writer | September 2012-May 2013 • Wrote 1-2 stories per week • Covered bi-monthly student government meetings as SG Beat • Attended weekly pitch meeting Editorial Intern | March 2015-June 2015 • Wrote 2-4 stories per week for print magazine and online • Helped post stories, photos and videos to the web • Assisted in promoting content on social media accounts EXPERIENCE Boston University College of Communication | Bachelor of Science in Journalism | Class of 2016 Concentration: English | Cumulative GPA: 3.68 Related coursework: Beat Reporting « Feature Writing « Online Journalism « Visual Journalism « Media Law & Ethics « Narrative Nonfiction « History & Principles of Journalism « Fundamentals of Journalism University of Auckland | Auckland Internship Study Abroad Program | Spring 2015 SKILLS Digital & Multimedia DSLR Photography « TASCAM Audio « Microsoft Office Suite « Methode « Zen CMS « Audacity « iMovie « Adobe InDesign « Instagram « Tumblr « Twitter « TweetDeck « Wordpress « Storify « Storehouse « YouTube « LinkedIn Linkedin.com/in/rileyrachel/ rachel_m_riley BOSTON UNIVERSITY JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT ELEMENT MAGAZINE THE DAILY FREE PRESS THE BOSTON GLOBE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING RACHELMRILEY.COM
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(865)-719-7126 [email protected] Riley
EDUCATION
Intern| September 2015-Present• Assist senior reporter Beth Daley with researching and editing stories• Compile weekly roundup of best investigative journalism published nationwide for Muckrakers blog• Occassionally write or help write stories for online
Metro Correspondent | September 2015-Present• Work Wednesday nights on the City Desk checking news and reporting stories
City Desk Co-op | July 2014-December 2014• Wrote 3-5 stories per week for Metro section• Assisted reporters with larger stories• Monitored news on social media
Office Assistant | July 2015-Present• Composed mass emails to be sent out to all students in BU’s School of Journalism• Managed department email account and answered phone
Member of the Board of Directors | May 2014–Present• Serve as liaison between publication and college and documents weekly meetings• Vote in all major publication decisions, including choosing newspaper staff each semester• Helped raise $75,000 in campaign to save newspaper’s independence in 2014
Study Abroad Columnist | January 2015–May 2015• Produced weekly 800-word column about experiences studying abroad
Campus Section Editor | December 2013-May 2014• Planned and edited content for campus news section, Monday through Thursday• Posted stories to website and social media sites daily• Managed associate editors and staff writers
Campus Section Associate Editor | May 2013-November 2013• Edited and/or wrote 8 stories per week• Pitched content ideas• Provided guidance for staff writers
Staff Writer | September 2012-May 2013• Wrote 1-2 stories per week• Covered bi-monthly student government meetings as SG Beat• Attended weekly pitch meeting
Editorial Intern | March 2015-June 2015• Wrote 2-4 stories per week for print magazine and online• Helped post stories, photos and videos to the web • Assisted in promoting content on social media accounts
EXPERIENCE
Boston University College of Communication | Bachelor of Science in Journalism | Class of 2016 Concentration: English | Cumulative GPA: 3.68
Related coursework: Beat Reporting « Feature Writing « Online Journalism « Visual Journalism « Media Law & Ethics « Narrative Nonfiction « History & Principles of Journalism « Fundamentals of Journalism
University of Auckland | Auckland Internship Study Abroad Program | Spring 2015
SKILLSDigital & Multimedia
DSLR Photography « TASCAM Audio « Microsoft Office Suite « Methode « Zen CMS « Audacity « iMovie « Adobe InDesign « Instagram « Tumblr « Twitter « TweetDeck « Wordpress « Storify « Storehouse « YouTube « LinkedIn
Linkedin.com/in/rileyrachel/
rachel_m_riley
BOSTON UNIVERSITY JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT
ELEMENT MAGAZINE
THE DAILY FREE PRESS
THE BOSTON GLOBE
NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
RACHELMRILEY.COM
