BAILEY

BRYANT
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EXPERIENCE
Editor, Behavioral Health Business, Chicago, Ill. Oct. 2019 - Present
(BHB is a trade publication owned by Aging Media Network. It covers the behavioral health industry.)
• Launched the publication from scratch, growing readership from zero to several thousand subscribers.
• Daily tasks include leading the editorial direction of the publication; planning events and webinars; in-
terviewing C-suite executives; reviewing industry regulatory changes; and writing and editing stories.

Reporter, Home Health Care News, Chicago, Ill. Nov. 2018 - Oct. 2019
(HHCN is a trade publication owned by Aging Media Network. It covers the home-based care industry.)
• Pitched and wrote daily articles on topics such as Medicare home health, Medicaid home care, Medicare
Advantage and more. Interviewed executives and reviewed SEC ilings to ind and compile stories.

Reporter/Multimedia Journalist, WCIA, Champaign, Ill. May 2017 - Nov. 2018

• Pitched, shot, wrote and edited several stories daily. Gave live reports. Posted online and engaged view-
ers via social media. Coverage included Yingying Zhang’s kidnapping and the Mattoon school shooting.

Production Intern, CBSN, New York Jan. 2017 - May 2017

• Pitched, wrote and edited stories for CBS’s 24/7 news stream. Prompted for anchors such as Vladimir
Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green. Highlights include Trump’s inauguration and the Muslim travel ban.

Freelance Copy Editor, Various Publications, Champaign, Ill. Feb. 2014 - Nov. 2018
• Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting: Edited and fact-checked more than 100 investigative articles
about agribusiness, government, environment, labor and health. Stories range in length from a few hun-
dred to a few thousand words.
• CU-CitizenAccess.org: Edited and fact-checked more than 50 investigative articles about food, housing,
justice, education and healthcare.

Assistant Editor, Topix Media Lab, New York Feb. 2015 - May 2016
(Topix is a publishing company that makes special edition magazines and books.)
• Pitched and wrote articles for more than 40 single-topic magazines published by Newsweek, TV Guide,
CBS Watch! and other publications. Interviewed sources such as Buzz Aldrin and Jack Hanna. Select is-
sues included a tribute to Spock, a look at the Silicon Valley and a review of 2015’s biggest headlines.
• Produced nine single-topic magazines and ghostwrote eight books as the lead issue editor. Select
projects include Simply Gluten Free: Fall Baking and Jack Hanna’s Big Book of Why.

Research Assistant, Champaign, Ill. Aug. 2014 - Dec. 2014

• Researched, analyzed and catalogued 60 years’ worth of media coverage on the deaths of black Ameri-
cans, from Emmett Till to Michael Brown, for University of Illinois professor Christopher Benson.

Dow Jones News Fund Copy Editing Intern, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. June 2014 - Aug. 2014
• Edited copy, wrote headlines and checked facts for dozens of articles from every section of the paper.

EDUCATION
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York
Master of Science in Journalism, focus on video and broadcast reporting and production May 2017
Graduated with honors in video. Wrote 5,000-word master’s thesis on the lack of regulations in egg donation.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.

Bachelor of Science in Journalism, business minor Dec. 2014
Graduated with highest honors (top 3 percent of students). Completed degree in two and a half years.

SKILLS
Digital: Shooting and editing digital video, audio and photo. Software: AP ENPS, AVID, Dejero, Final Cut Pro, Au-
dition, InDesign, WordPress and HTML. Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Google
Analytics and Dataminr. Groups: Society of Professional Journalists Board Member, Columbia chapter.

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