SOPHIA ROSENBAUM

22-04 33rd St. Apt. 2R Astoria, NY 11105 Email: soph.rosenba@gmail.com (315) 591-1618 Twitter: sophrosenba

FREELANCE
QUEENS COURIER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER NEW YORK, N.Y. // JAN. 2013 Article: Greeks failing economy is bringing a new wave of immigrants to Astoria [http://bit.ly/14pgGlR] BORO MAGAZINE, CONTRIBUTING WRITER NEW YORK, N.Y. // JAN. 2013 Article: New pizzeria in Astoria serving authentic Southern Italian pies from a brick oven with ash from Mt. Vesuvius [http://bit.ly/11343yU] OUR TOWN DOWNTOWN, FREELANCE JOURNALIST NEW YORK, N.Y. // OCT. 2012 - PRESENT Pitch stories on topics from a man who brings a 450-pound piano to Washington Square Park to how rezoning will affect Hudson Square [http://bit.ly/11w0wIi] THE NEW YORK TIMES, LENS BLOG TRANSCRIBER NEW YORK, N.Y. // SEPT. 2012 - PRESENT Transcribe audio files for the online and print editions THE VILLAGER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER NEW YORK, N.Y. // SEPT. 2012 Article: tug of war over ownership of tiles that comprise one of the first 9/11 memorials [http://bit.ly/P4G880] NEW YORK CITY NEWS SERVICE, REPORTER NEW YORK, N.Y. // SEPT. 2012 - PRESENT Contributed to Hurricane Sandy and 2012 election packages on CUNY J-Schools wire service [http://bit.ly/UMt89h, http://bit.ly/VdcQZC]

EDUCATION
CUNY GRADUATE SCHOOL EXPECTED DEC. 2013 M.A. Journalism Multimedia journalist focused on urban reporting and lower Manhattan BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY MAY 2012 B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Law; Media and Politics; Minor in Global Studies FLORENCE UNIVERISTY OF THE ARTS JAN. 2011 - MAY 2011 Studied Italian, Renaissance history, and Italian cuisine in Florence, Italy UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER JULY 2010 Studied print journalism in London

LEADERSHIP
EUROADVENTURES, TRAVEL AGENT JAN. 2011 MAY 2011 Assisted with trips based out of Florence to France, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic KATRINA RELIEF, VOLUNTEER JAN. 2010 Rebuilt homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina as part of a Hillel team in New Orleans, L.A. TOWN COUNCIL, SECRETARY JAN. 2010 MAY 2010 Utilized attention to detail when taking minutes at monthly meetings for residential campus town council

EXPERIENCE
PIPE DREAM, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR BINGHAMTON, N.Y. // SEPT. 2008 - MAY 2012 Managed biweekly meetings, assigned stories, assisted with production and edited copy for student-run newspaper; Wrote more than 100 articles as a news reporter with focus on the campus and community FOX 40 NEWS, INTERN BINGHAMTON, N.Y. // JAN. 2012 - MAY 2012 Helped reporters interview, edit, write and produce stories for local programming BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY YEARBOOK, EDITOR BINGHAMTON, N.Y. // SEPT. 2009 - APRIL 2010 Organized data base, oversaw page layout and editing with Adobe InDesign

SKILLS
EDITING: Reaper, Final Cut Pro X, Creative Suite 5, HYPE EQUIPMENT/PROGRAMS: Marantz recorder, Canon Rebel, JVC, Microsoft Office