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STEPH SOLIS
EMPLOYMENT I N T E R N , N E W E N G L A N D C E N T E R F O R I N V E S T I G AT I V E R E P O R T I N G Boston, MA Sept 2013 Present

Conduct individual investigations on issues affecting New England, most recently body art regulations Assist with research and writing of investigative stories

FREELANCER, GANNETT NJ Somerville, NJ Nov 2012 Present

Write caring community features and trend stories regarding Central New Jersey, and assist with breaking news coverage Previously worked as a summer 2012 intern for the Home News Tribune, covering the Dharun Ravi proceedings, breaking news, local businesses and other topics

B R E A K I N G N E W S / O N L I N E I N T E R N , U S A T O D AY McLean, VA May 2013August 2013

Wrote breaking news stories and features for the web and print, and live-tweeted news events Wrote features for the Korean War special and the March on Washington anniversary special Helped manage the news front of the USA TODAY website, using the companys beta CMS

I N N O VAT I O N I N T E R N , T H E C H R I S T I A N S C I E N C E M O N I T O R Boston, MA Jan 2013 May 2013

Wrote stories for the Innovation section, ranging from mobile news to crowd-funding and social media Managed the Innovation section of the website and oversaw wires, using the Monitors custom CMS

E D I T O R - I N - C H I E F, T H E D A I LY F R E E P R E S S Boston, MA April 2012 December 2012

Oversaw daily production four nights a week, from budget to editing articles to nal layout Managed a staff of a dozen editors in covering various news events, including a series of robberies and bicycle-related deaths, as well as the 2012 elections. Previously served as the spring 2012 campus editor and fall 2011 campus associate

C O - E D I T O R - I N - C H I E F, B U I N T E R N AT I O N A L R E L AT I O N S R E V I E W Boston, MA May 2011 April 2012

Oversaw recruitment, marketing and editing of submissions, social media and nal layout for every issue Led the redesign of the magazine in fall 2012 and oversaw the launch of the IR Review blog

E D U C AT I O N Boston University, Boston, MA B.S. in Journalism, Minor in American Studies, 2014 AWA R D S Recipient of the Stern-Spector Prize from Boston Universitys College of Communication for merit

Finalist in the New Jersey Press Foundations Summer 2012 Internship Program, which placed me at The Home News Tribune

SKILLS

Fluent in Spanish; working knowledge of Italian Procient in basic PC and Macintosh machines; Microsoft Ofce, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop Procient in various content-management systems, including Wordpress, Merlin, EZ Publish and Gannetts Presto and Newsgate