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Sara Weber Reporter - Cronkite News Service January 2016 - May 2016; Washington, D.C. Reported on stories that affect Arizona from a political and policy-based angle. Web Producer, Reporter - Cronkite News Service August 2015 - December 2015; Phoenix, Arizona Worked with reporters to post stories online and create data visualizations using various coding and infographic tools. Helped check and maintain analytics reports. Graduate Assistant - Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication August 2015 - Present; Phoenix, Arizona Graduate Assistant for the Introduction to Journalism course which consists of two classes of 150 students each. Administered quizzes, helped with projects and assisted with numerous online courses. Freelance Writer - Phoenix New Times May 2015 - December 2015; Phoenix, Arizona Contributed food reviews for the New Times’ food blog Chow Bella. Wrote weekly events lists and news articles for the New Times’ arts and culture blog, Jackalope Ranch. Student Worker - Public Insight Network (PIN) Bureau May 2015 - August 2015; Phoenix, Arizona Helped construct queries to gather sources and increase public participation in newsgathering, communicated and worked with clients around the country, wrote blog posts, created infographics and helped create a new website for the bureau. Editorial Intern - Green Living Magazine May 2015 - August 2015; Phoenix, Arizona Wrote articles and blog posts about green lifestyles and sustainability in the community, helped with the HTML design of newsletters and emails and helped reorganize the magazine’s database of advertisers and contacts. Graduate Assistant - Donald W. Reynolds Center for Business Journalism January 2015 - May 2015; Phoenix, Arizona Compiled e-books of advice for business journalists, organized new website and wrote articles that focused on improving business reporting. Editorial Intern - Phoenix Home & Garden May 2014 - August 2014; Phoenix, Arizona Wrote articles pertaining to local home and garden design, profiled local artists, wrote book reviews and assisted with daily office tasks. Reporter and Copy Chief, News Reporter - The Lumberjack August 2011 - May 2014; Flagstaff, Arizona Worked as a news reporter for three semesters submitting weekly articles that focused on local issues. Served as copy assistant for five semesters checking stories for grammar and content. Trained new assistants and edited entire paper after being promoted to Copy Chief. M.A., Mass Communication May 2016 Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication Arizona State University B.S., Journalism & Political Science May 2014 Northern Arizona University Journalist Education Experience Reporting, editing, web analytics and metrics, GAIQ certified, digital content management, video and audio production, social media, HTML and CSS, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, Data Wrapper, Google Fusion Tables, CartoDB, amCharts, Knight Lab tools, Chartbeat, Infogram, Venngage, Piktochart, Squarespace, Wordpress, Tumblr, Foundation, Canon Rebel T3i Skills Language English (Native) Spanish (Intermediate) References Rebecca Blatt Bureau Chief PIN Bureau at ASU [email protected] 919.428.1463 Nancie Dodge Professor - Digital Courses Arizona State University [email protected] 480.235.5302 Amanda Harvey Associate Editor Green Living Magazine [email protected] 480.840.1589 Honors & Awards Finalist - Best Use of Multimedia SPJ Mark of Excellence 2015 First Place - Team Reporting AEJMC 15 2015 Graduate Education Fellowship Arizona State University 2014 AIMS Scholarship Northern Arizona University 2010 480.540.3984 [email protected] www.sarapweber.com @sarapweber

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Sara Weber

Reporter - Cronkite News ServiceJanuary 2016 - May 2016; Washington, D.C.Reported on stories that affect Arizona from a political and policy-based angle.

Web Producer, Reporter - Cronkite News ServiceAugust 2015 - December 2015; Phoenix, ArizonaWorked with reporters to post stories online and create data visualizations using various coding and infographic tools. Helped check and maintain analytics reports.

Graduate Assistant - Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass CommunicationAugust 2015 - Present; Phoenix, ArizonaGraduate Assistant for the Introduction to Journalism course which consists of two classes of 150 students each. Administered quizzes, helped with projects and assisted with numerous online courses.

Freelance Writer - Phoenix New TimesMay 2015 - December 2015; Phoenix, ArizonaContributed food reviews for the New Times’ food blog Chow Bella. Wrote weekly events lists and news articles for the New Times’ arts and culture blog, Jackalope Ranch.

Student Worker - Public Insight Network (PIN) BureauMay 2015 - August 2015; Phoenix, ArizonaHelped construct queries to gather sources and increase public participation in newsgathering, communicated and worked with clients around the country, wrote blog posts, created infographics and helped create a new website for the bureau.

Editorial Intern - Green Living MagazineMay 2015 - August 2015; Phoenix, ArizonaWrote articles and blog posts about green lifestyles and sustainability in the community, helped with the HTML design of newsletters and emails and helped reorganize the magazine’s database of advertisers and contacts.

Graduate Assistant - Donald W. Reynolds Center for Business JournalismJanuary 2015 - May 2015; Phoenix, ArizonaCompiled e-books of advice for business journalists, organized new website and wrote articles that focused on improving business reporting.

Editorial Intern - Phoenix Home & GardenMay 2014 - August 2014; Phoenix, ArizonaWrote articles pertaining to local home and garden design, profiled local artists, wrote book reviews and assisted with daily office tasks.

Reporter and Copy Chief, News Reporter - The LumberjackAugust 2011 - May 2014; Flagstaff, ArizonaWorked as a news reporter for three semesters submitting weekly articles that focused on local issues. Served as copy assistant for five semesters checking stories for grammar and content. Trained new assistants and edited entire paper after being promoted to Copy Chief.

M.A., Mass CommunicationMay 2016Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass CommunicationArizona State University

B.S., Journalism & Political Science May 2014 Northern Arizona University

Journalist

Education

Experience

Reporting, editing, web analytics and metrics, GAIQ certified, digital content management, video and audio production, social media, HTML and CSS, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, Data Wrapper, Google Fusion Tables, CartoDB, amCharts, Knight Lab tools, Chartbeat, Infogram, Venngage, Piktochart, Squarespace, Wordpress, Tumblr, Foundation, Canon Rebel T3i

Skills

LanguageEnglish (Native)Spanish (Intermediate)

ReferencesRebecca BlattBureau ChiefPIN Bureau at [email protected]

Nancie DodgeProfessor - Digital CoursesArizona State University [email protected]

Amanda Harvey Associate EditorGreen Living [email protected]

Honors & AwardsFinalist - Best Use of MultimediaSPJ Mark of Excellence2015

First Place - Team ReportingAEJMC 152015

Graduate Education Fellowship Arizona State University2014

AIMS ScholarshipNorthern Arizona University2010

480.540.3984

[email protected]

www.sarapweber.com