Nick Gass

experience
POLITICO

Arlington, Virginia November 2012-present

Deputy Editor, Breaking News January

2016-present
Editing breaking stories.
Developing and experimenting with new systems and
workflows to monitor and enhance coverage.

@NickGass
nickdgass@gmail.com

NickGass.com

education

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Bachelor of Journalism, magna cum laude

Columbia, Missouri 2008-2012

Breaking News Reporter February 2015-present

Convergence journalism with an emphasis

in multimedia producing, minor in French.
Recipient of two SPJ Mark of Excellence
Awards.
Deans List from Fall 2008-Spring 2012

Web Producer November 2012-February 2015

PROGRAMS:

Writing and reporting breaking stories.

Anchoring coverage of lead-all events.

Produced and packaged original stories, galleries and other

editorial projects.
Wrote, reported and aggregated spot news coverage for the
website and the Pro Report newsletter.
Maintained social media accounts.
Maintained quality control for the Polling Center and Race
Ratings.
Fact-checked articles for POLITICO Magazine.

DALLAS MORNING NEWS Reporting Intern

Washington, D.C. September 2012-November 2012

Reported on the North Texas delegation.

Wrote stories for the Trail Blazers blog and print edition.
Covered various Texas congressional races.

ABC NEWS David Kaplan Fellow

Washington, D.C. January 2011-April 2011

Reported on Congress and other U.S. government agencies
for ABCNews.com.
Assisted producers at Good Morning America, Nightline and
affiliate stations with coverage.
Researched for upcoming online and broadcast features.

skills

Adobe Analytics (Omniture)

Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
Chartbeat
Final Cut Pro
iQMedia
LexisNexis
SocialFlow
Snapstream
TVEyes

Facebook
Instagram
Periscope
Snapchat
TweetDeck
Twitter
Vine
YouTube

SOCIAL:

CORE:

AP style
Content management systems
Copy editing
SEO/social optimization