Ava Wallace

(301) 518-2337 | avarwallace@gmail.com

@AvaRWallace | linkedin.com/in/avarwallace

EDUCATION
Medill School, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Bachelor of Science, Journalism; Bachelor of Arts, History
Cum Laude
Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Class of 2015
GPA: 3.74
July December 2013

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
USA TODAY Sports, McLean, VA
Started June 2015
Olympics, Golf, Tennis and Soccer Intern
Tennis: Produced daily stories from Flushing Meadows during the first week of the 2015 U.S. Open;
produced the majority of stories in USA TODAYS U.S. Open Preview supplement; covered the 2015 Citi
Open from Washington, D.C.
Golf: Helped cover the 2015 Quicken Loans National; Web.com Tour coverage
Soccer: Washington Spirit coverage; live blog contributor during the Womens World Cup semifinal; covered
a WWC watch party
Olympics: Report and write on Olympic athletes and U.S. Olympic teams leading up to Rio 2016
The Miami Herald, Miami, FL
Sept Dec 2014
Sports Intern
Produced daily stories, including game stories on deadline, focusing primarily on the Miami Heat and Miami
Dolphins
NASCAR: Helped cover the Sprint Cup Series championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway
NHL: Covered the Florida Panthers season opener as well as multiple practices
NCAAF: Helped cover the Miami/FSU game
Highlights include a 40-inch, A1 feature on the state of the Heats business and fandom post-LeBron James;
a 50-inch high school football feature. Produced an average four stories per week
The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ
June August 2014
Pulliam Fellow, Sports
Produced daily stories focusing primarily on the Arizona Diamondbacks
WNBA: Covered multiple Phoenix Mercury games on deadline
NBA: Helped cover the Phoenix Suns training camp
NFL: Covered Arizona Cardinals OTAs and preseason games
Highlights include coverage of the WNBA All-Star Game, writing the Northern Arizona University segment
of the Republics College Football Preview special section. Also covered equestrian. Produced 3-4 stories per
week
The Daily Northwestern, Evanston, IL
Sept 2011 June 2015
Sports Editor (January 2014 March 2014), Assistant Sports Editor
Managed a staff of 11, participated in daily budget meetings with other desk editors, managing editor and
editor in chief
Oversaw coverage of the Northwestern football teams unionization effort, created and launched a
Northwestern sports coach profile series, The Sideline
Staff Writer
Womens Lacrosse beat reporter, 2013-2015 seasons, mens basketball beat reporter for the 2013 season,
mens soccer beat reporter for the 2012 season, womens tennis beat reporter for the 2012 season
Awards: Illinois College Press Association 2014 Awards for Excellence in Illinois College Newspapers
First Place, Game Story: Dailies: Lacrosse: Northwestern prevails against USC in historic Wrigley Field game

SKILLS

AFFILIATIONS

Proficient in Spanish
Presto and WordPress
CoverItLive

National Association of Black Journalists

Association of Women in Sports Media
Gamma Phi Beta Epsilon Chapter