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About Me

Interested In: Writing, Researching and Online Media, Food and Travel

Broadcast & Digital Journalism Degree: Exceptional communication skills, strong interpersonal skills and thoroughness in my work. Mastered researching, determining newsworthiness, gathering background information and ask the right questions to get the answers. 

Work Experience: Organizational skills and multi-tasking. Writing content for Websites & Magazines. Manage all social media and marketing. Keeping Websites up-to-date and managing video library. 

Food Blog: Is the product of my curiosity and determination to learn more and teach others about health and the food industry. I subscribe to Websites, follow an array of Twitter accounts and surf the web so I am always up-to-date on the latest food news and diet trends. When I find something of interest, I take my time to research it in depth. I gather facts from different mediums, analyze my research and form my own opinion. To ensure my blog post is original, I take my own photos, bake or cook if needed or visit the restaurant to either interview someone or just for the experience.

Goal: Live the life of Anthony Bourdain

Education

Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Communications

Syracuse, NY, United States
Aug 2011 - May
B.S., Broadcast & Digital Journalism, Spanish

SU Madrid Center

Madrid , Spain
Jan 2010 - May 2010

I spent my Junior Spring semester in Madrid. I lived with a host family where I was able to emerge myself in the culture and practice my Spanish. I took classes in English and Spanish.

Skills

Bilingual in Spanish and Hebrew

(Advanced)
5-6 Years Experience, (Last Used 5-6 years ago)
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My father is Israeli and my mother is from Honduras. Growing up we spoke English, Hebrew and Spanish at home. When I was 6 years old my family and I moved to Israel for three years, where I became fluent in Hebrew. I have been taking Spanish at school for ten years. I became very comfortable communicating in Spanish after my semester abroad in Madrid, Spain. I have also chosen it as part as my Bachelor's degree.

Computer Programs

(Advanced)
3-4 Years Experience, (Currently in use)
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Final Cut Pro, Linear Editing, AVID, Audacity, ENPS, Cove, Dalet, ScheduALL

Adobe InDesign CS5.5, Illustrator CS5, Photoshop CS5

CMS Platforms; Wordpress, Weebly, HTML 

Associated Press Writing Style, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Word 

21000 X Camera, Recorder 


Project:InDesign Magazine

a La Prefection: Front and Back Cover

Cover and Back Cover
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One of my assignments for my Graphics class was to create and design your own magazine. With a strong passion for food I chose to design a breakfast magazine.But not just any magazine, a magazine that features easy recipes and helpful tips.
 

Breakfast Section

Page Two/Three
This is the third and fourth page spread. It introduces what the magazine is all about. I chose to use an image of Waffles because it relates to what is on the cover.
 

Sunday Brunch

Page six/seven
This is the fifth and six page spread. This is an introduction to "this months issue" of Pancakes and Easy Brunches (see cover).
 

The most important meal of the day

Page Four/Five
This is the seventh and eighth page spread. I chose to include an article about breakfast. I wanted this magazine to have an editorial aspect as well as a recipe aspect.
 

Easy Pancake Recipe

Page eight/nine
This is the ninth and tenth page spread. This is where I include the "quick and easy" pancake recipe that I introduce earlier in the magazine. Beside it is some side info and fun facts about one of the ingredients the recipe calls for, cranberries.
 

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This is a PDF Version with all the pages separated if it is easier to look at.
 

Projects: Illustrator, Photoshop

Web Page

Website Page
My assignment was to design a web page for an organization. I chose, Oklahoma Alliance for Animals, because I love animals. I used photoshop CS5 to create my own version of their web page.
 

Logo

logo
For my graphics class we had to design a logo for ourselves. *please ignore what is included in the resume, it is outdated (2009). I wanted my logo to mirror a TV network logo. Since at the time I was applying for internships at TV stations or News organizations I wanted my logo to relate to the type of company I was applying to. The majority of letters in my full name are letters with straight lines as appose to curved letters (like u,g,s). So I chose to play with the lines in my initials by overlapping the H and the N so they unite as one image. I chose black and white because I wanted to represent myself as bold, strong and straight to the point- just like news.
 

Event Poster

Poster
This was one of my first graphic assignments. We had to choose an event and design a poster for it. I chose to do it on concert that raises money for dogs. I used illustrator to draw the dog and then imported it into InDesign to design the rest. The concert was going to feature 70's music so I decided to take a "hippy" take on it. I thought the bright colors and the "cool dog" would attract peoples attention if it were hung up.
 

Wellesley Media Corporation

Hemp Based Ice Cream

April 20, 2012

JP Licks came out with its second non-dairy vegan ice cream. 

Bruins Player Brad Marchand at Old School Pizza

April 2, 2012

Boston Bruins Brad Marchand visited Old Town Pizza to promote his own brand of sports gear

J.P. Licks New Dairy-Free Ice Cream

March 6, 2012 

Eating Disorders Awareness Week

March 1, 2012 

Zimmern to Babson College

Heila Nir. Zimmern

February 16, 2012 Andrew Zimmern at Babson College.

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Link to Wellesley Media Corporation Website

 

 

Gustare Oil & Vinegars Shop

January 20, 2012 Reporter for a piece on a new store that opened in Wellesley, MA. Spoke to the owners of Gustare Oil & Vinegars. 

Newscasts

Anchor

Newscast April 19, 2011. Finally back behind the desk. Stay tuned for April 26th Newscast I'll be anchor again!

Weather Reporter

Newscast April 12, 2011. This week I was weather reporter. It was all ad lib. As stressful as that sounds it was actually really fun! I wish I chose a different outfit, but now I know silk dosn't look good on TV.

Sports Reporter

Newscast April 8, 2011. My job this week was Sports reporter. I was nervous since this was my first time doing sports and I am not such a sports expert. I did fumble twice because the teleprompter went out and I lost my place. Overall I thought I did well!

Co-Anchor

Newscast October 22, 2011. This was the first newscasts we did in the semester. I cut myself some slack since it was my first time being co-anchor. I edited bits and pieces from the newscast in order to shorten the video and highlight my parts.

Reporter Packages

Black Friday: TV Prices

Fall 2010

Snow Day

Spring 2011

New Jerusalem Church

Fall 2010

Published Work

CITY Magazine Internship

CITY Magazine Article

Published article in CITY Magazine Issue August 2009

Honors & Activities

Society of Professional Journalism, SU Chapter

 

National Association of Hispanic Journalism, SU Chapter

 

Alpha Phi National Sorority of the Alpha Chapter, Director of Philanthropy & T- Shirt Chair.