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Raisa C. Camargo [email protected] Experience Reporter, Gazette, Post Community Media, Maryland Sep 2014 to Dec 2014 Wrote feature stories in Montgomery County. Several articles were published in the Washington Post’s Local Living Section. Freelance, Various publications Aug 2013 to Aug 2014 Reporter, VOXXI, Washington D.C. March 2012 – March 2013 Wrote spot news. Covered Congressional press briefings on Capitol Hill with a focus on the larger Hispanic community. Copy Editor, VOXXI, Miami, FL Oct 2011 – March 2012 I helped build the website from its beta version to its official launch. Optimized stories for SEO, copy edited articles, wrote news briefs, managed website’s content and received basic training to analyze data for online traffic. Internships NTN24/Efecto Naím, Washington D.C. Jan 2014 – May 2014 Hispanic Link News Service, Washington D.C. June 2010-Dec 2010 I wrote about U.S.-Latin American policies and immigration. Stories ranged from the Merida Initiative’s disbursement of funds to Stephen Colbert’s appearance as a witness in an immigration hearing that sought to evaluate the conditions of agricultural workers WDBO AM 580, (Cox Radio), Orlando FL May 2009-Aug 2009 Published online stories and produced radio broadcasts for the Orlando- metro area. Production Assistant, WESH-TV 2 NEWS, Winter Park, FL Jan 2009-May 2009 Seminole Voice, Observer Newspapers, Orlando FL May 2008-Aug 2008

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Raisa C. [email protected]

ExperienceReporter, Gazette, Post Community Media, Maryland Sep 2014 to Dec 2014 Wrote feature stories in Montgomery County. Several articles were published in the Washington Post’s Local Living Section.Freelance, Various publications Aug 2013 to Aug 2014

Reporter, VOXXI, Washington D.C. March 2012 – March 2013Wrote spot news. Covered Congressional press briefings on Capitol Hill with a focus on the larger Hispanic community.

Copy Editor, VOXXI, Miami, FL Oct 2011 – March 2012I helped build the website from its beta version to its official launch. Optimized stories for SEO, copy edited articles, wrote news briefs, managed website’s content and received basic training to analyze data for online traffic.

InternshipsNTN24/Efecto Naím, Washington D.C. Jan 2014 – May 2014Hispanic Link News Service, Washington D.C. June 2010-Dec 2010I wrote about U.S.-Latin American policies and immigration. Stories ranged from the Merida Initiative’s disbursement of funds to Stephen Colbert’s appearance as a witness in an immigration hearing that sought to evaluate the conditions of agricultural workersWDBO AM 580, (Cox Radio), Orlando FL May 2009-Aug 2009Published online stories and produced radio broadcasts for the Orlando- metro area.Production Assistant, WESH-TV 2 NEWS, Winter Park, FL Jan 2009-May 2009Seminole Voice, Observer Newspapers, Orlando FL May 2008-Aug 2008

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYGraduate Certificate: Documentary Filmmaking July 2014

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, B.A. August 2011Journalism/Political Science Comparative International RelationsMinor: French/French language certificate La Sorbonne, ParisLanguages: Fluent in Spanish; Elementary FrenchSkills: Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Audacity, FinalCut Pro, Wordpress, CMS, SEO, Canon Rebel T2i, Panasonic HD Camera

AWARDS/HONORS National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) /National Association of

Hispanic Publications (NAHP) Ford Blue Oval journalism 2010 scholarship Fall 2010 Scripps Howard News fellow in Washington D.C. Mexodus: Reported on Mexican asylum cases and its diplomatic relations.

Mexodus is a bilingual student investigative project in coordination with several schools including the University of Texas at El Paso. Mexodus won a 2012 student ONA award.