Khorri A.

Atkinson
www.khorriaatkinson.wix.com/website- |khorriatkinson@yahoo.com| Cell: 347-451-0554 JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
AMSTERDAM NEWS, NEW YORK, N.Y. FREELANCE REPORTER August 2013 - Present

Enterprise, report and write local, national and international hard news stories that relates to the African-American community for print and web Create multimedia projects and write breaking news stories for the web Gathers and verifies factual information for stories through interview and research
EDITORIAL INTERN May 2013 - August 2013

Produced photos, enterprised, peer edit and wrote hard news stories for print and web Wrote headlines, posted articles of the print edition using a content management system. Covered press conferences at NY City Hall and the March on Washington with the news team.
PANDORAS BOX, YORK COLLEGE/CUNY MANAGING EDITOR Sep. 2011 - Present

Account and present budget to the college association and manage all administrative tasks Enterprise and write hard news and feature stories on tight deadlines in AP style Research, pitch and evaluate news tips with the editorial board to better develop story ideas
STAFF REPORTER Feb. 2011 -May 2011

Wrote news, sports, and feature stories Researched and developed story ideas with editors
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EDUCATION
YORK COLLEGE/CUNY, JAMAICA, N.Y. Jan. 2011 - May 2015 (expected date)

B.A. Journalism (Major with a specialization in broadcast) B.S. Communications Technology (Minor with a specialization in television production)
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SKILLS Adobe CS5 (InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere), nikon and canon dslr cameras, basic html, social media, wordpress, AP style, Audacity and MS Office Suite
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION, LEADERSHIP, AWARDS National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) -Student Representative and Board Member CUNY York College Association of Black Journalists -Founding President (Est. 2011) New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ) -Program Committee Member NYABJ College Journalism Workshop -Coordinator NABJ Student Multimedia Project Fellow -Orlando Convention (July 29-August 3, 2013)