JACLYN KOSTEK

Cell: (952) 994-6963 500 W 110th Street Apt.5B New York, NY 10025 jck2155@columbia.edu

EDUCATION Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y. M.S. in Journalism, Broadcast concentration. Expected May 2012. Coursework includes on-air reporting, ethnic and neighborhood beat reporting, print, radio, television, and digital media editing and production. George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia. Masters in Early Childhood Education. May 2011. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Bachelor of Science in Journalism and American Studies. May 2009 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Teach For America/Cesar Chavez Elementary School Head Start Teacher Prince Georges County, Maryland June 2009-July 2011 Fulfilled two-year Teach For America commitment teaching fifteen three- and four-year-old Head Start students in a low-income public elementary school. Earned Masters in Early Childhood Education and teaching certification. Also selected by Teach For America staff to organize and lead week-long induction activities for incoming corps members. Jayhawk Sports Talk (live sports show broadcast locally) Director and Web Producer Lawrence, Kansas Spring 2008-Spring 2009 Directed backstage crew and anchors throughout thirty-minute live broadcast, four days a week. Responsible for rundowns, writing copy, and booking guests. After nightly broadcast, responsible for reformatting and editing stories for the Web site. Covered BIG 12 network and Kansas Jayhawks basketball National Championship win in 2008. A Current Affair (nationally broadcast entertainment news show, Network Nine) Newsroom Intern Sydney, Australia Fall 2007 Researched, fact checked, conducted in-field interviews, wrote and edited scripts for newsroom reporters. Also, independently reported and wrote two feature stories that aired nationally in Australia. SKILLS AND INTERESTS Multimedia production and Web Skills Proficient in Final Cut Pro7, Avid, ProTools, Adobe: Bridge, Flash, InDesign, Photoshop Experience in shooting and editing video, audio, and photos Proficient in WordPress, SoundCloud, Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, and LinkedIn Basic HTML, coding Languages Conversational Spanish REFERENCES Jose Taboada, Principal, Cesar Chavez Elementary, (301)853-5694, jose.taboada@pgcps.org