Kasia Kovacs

JOURNALIST
Budapest, Hungary | kasiakovacs.com | kovacskae@gmail.com | cell: +36 70 886 6317| @kasiakovacs

EDUCATION E X P E R I E N C E
University of Missouri Graduate Freelance Writer and Reporter
School of Journalism 2015 – present
M.A. News Reporting with emphasis Reported for various organizations, such as CNN, IRE Journal, and Vox Magazine.
in investigative journalism Ran the Travelogue Newsletter, a weekly email newsletter about travel writing.
December 2016 Worked as researcher and copywriter for higher education websites.

William Jewell College Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette, Bluffton, SC
B.A. English Literature and Critical May 2017 – July 2018
Theory with Oxbridge Honors Investigative Reporter
May 2013 Worked on enterprise stories, covering law enforcement, local government
accountability, the tourism industry and social issues. Worked as lead reporter on
University of Cambridge several-month project investigating contamination on local Marine base. Filed
Visiting Student of English Literature public records requests and analyzed data.
and Language
2011-2012 Inside Higher Ed, Washington, DC
International Business Times, New York, NY

Sept 2016 – April 2017
Eötvös Loránd University
Reporting Intern/Fellow
Intensive Hungarian language course
2018-2019 At Inside Higher Ed, reported stories focusing on free speech and protests on
campuses. At International Business Times, built wrote multiple breaking stories per
day on tight deadlines.
SKILLS
American Press Institute, Arlington, VA
Data analysis; newsletter writing; travel May 2016 – Aug 2016
writing; copy editing; copywriting; fact Research Fellow
checking; knowledge of FOIA and open Used quantitative and qualitative research skills to examine metrics data of digital
records laws; social media content and longform/enterprise journalism. Analyzed metrics of small-town newspapers.
analytics — Twitter, Instagram, Facebook;
mobile photography and videography; Columbia Missourian, Columbia, MO
conversational in Hungarian and Polish Aug 2014 – May 2016

State Government Reporter, Higher Education Reporter
SELECTED AW ARDS Broke MU hunger strike story and was lead reporter on ensuing protests —
coverage of MU protests was nominated for a Pulitzer. Reported on state
First place, Public Service government and the University of Missouri.
Journalism, South Carolina Press
Association, 2018 Investigative Reporters and Editors, Columbia, MO
Jay Bender Award for Jan 2015 – Aug 2016
Assertive Journalism, South Fellow, Editorial Assistant
Carolina Press Association, 2017 Planned, copy edited and fact checked quarterly issues of IRE Journal.
Student Writer of the Year, Great Plains
Journalism Awards, 2016 Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO
Winner, Atwater Prize for Writing, 2016 June 2015 – Aug 2015
White House Correspondents’ Business Reporter
Association Scholarship, 2016 Pitched and pursued business and technology stories as an intern, focusing on
First, Second and Third Place, local businesses’ mergers and expansions, as well as local economic
Education Reporting, Missouri Press development; created short videos with iPhone.
Association, 2016
Jefferson City News Tribune, Jefferson City, MO
First Place, Feature Writing, Missouri
Aug 2014 – May 2015
AP Media Editors Awards, 2016 Reporter
Second Place, Articles about places,
Reported on MO legislature and state agencies as an intern; cultivated relationships
AEJMC Magazine National Contest,
with Missouri Congressional Black Caucus and built beat on post-Ferguson
2016 legislation; covered press conferences, breaking news and elections.