My experience
Personal Summary
Data journalist and e-learning producer providing compelling content and digital services for mission-driven organisations. Experience in reporting, producing and editing for the Huffington Post, TIME Magazine, FT Weekend, France24 and CNN International. Specialities include producing text, video and audio content to create maximum impact for startups and NGOs. In 2019, I completed a postgraduate diploma in Data Journalism at University College Dublin where I worked as a graduate assistant in UCD’s Information Design undergraduate course.
career summAry
Data editor, European Journalism Centre | DataJournalism.com | JAN 2020 – PRESENT
Commission and edit long read articles for DataJournalism.com
Write and edit bi-weekly Conversations with Data newsletter for 10K subscribers
Launch, produce and host bi-weekly Conversations with Data podcast
Host and moderate panel sessions for Google News Initiative’s News Impact Summits
Director of e-learning, Advocacy Assembly | septEMBER 2019 - Present | London
Lead course development for journalism and advocacy training
Oversee a team of freelance multilingual producers, translators and videographers
Edit scripts and manage multimedia content production for courses
Manage social media channels and content for website promotion
Expand e-learning site for Spanish speaking activists and journalists
CONSULTANT | 2014-2019 | REMOTE & London
E-learning Producer/Scriptwriter for Advocacy Assembly e-learning platform (2015-2019)
Information Design course teaching assistant/grader for University College Dublin (2019)
Communications consultant for Damien Hirst’s "The Unbelievable" exhibit in Venice (2015-2017)
Digital consultant for Lord Browne’s "The Glass Closet" book (2014-2016)
Digital copywriter for tech startups, including Facebook, Callsign & PackLink (2016-2018)
CURATOR, MEDIUM – remote | MaRCH 2016 – MARCH 2019
Overnight homepage editor
Curated collections across Medium.com
Selected stories for audio and Medium's Partner Programme
Wrote newsletter
LEad DIGITAL PRODUCER SPECIAL PROJECTS, CNN – london | MArCH 2013 – JULY 2014
Commissioned and edited articles for CNNi shows: Leading Women, Going Green, MainSail & Inside the Louvre
Created infographics and interactive designs with graphic designers and developers
Led team in producing a Twitter chat on women's equality for International Women's Day
Collaborated with TV producers to identify and book best A-list guests for TV and digital;
VIP guest highlights include Sheryl Sandberg, Tory Burch, Melinda Gates and NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg
SEGMENT PRODUCER, HUFFPOST LIVE – NEW YORK | JULY 2012 – DECEMBER 2012
Produced two daily 30 minute segments with discussions on breaking news
Pitched stories and segment ideas sourced from social media
Booked and pre-interviewed celebrities and guests with compelling personal stories
NEWS EDITOR, THE HUFFINGTON POST – NEW YORK | JULY 2011 – JULY 2012
Wrote trending and breaking news stories across HuffingtonPost.com
Wrote originally reported stories for Women, Business and Green verticals
Populated CMS with text, video, UGC content & infographics
Applied SEO and social media skills to meet 250K unique weekly traffic goal
REPORTER, TIME MAGAZINE – LONDON | SEPTEMBER 2010 – JUNE 2011
Reported and wrote breaking news and features for TIME.com across Europe
Managed TIME’s official Twitter and Facebook accounts
Shot and produced video for TIME.com's London bureau
EDUCATION
University College Dublin, Ireland
Data Journalism Postgraduate Certificate, 2019Brussels School of International Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury, Brussels, Belgium
MA International Conflict AnalysisDuquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
BA Political Science, with a minor in Modern Languages
Awards
2014 UK Royal Television Society Award for Digital led CNN's Leading Women NASA streaming interview live from Space with Astronaut Karen Nyberg
2012 Webby Award for the launch of HuffPost Live