Work Experience

1/02-Present
St.Martin’s Press
New York, NY

Fiction Author
Revising and finalizing details of my 250 page novel currently entitled So Fly, to be published by St.Martin’s Press in April/May of 2005. The story is based on a young, female music journalist’s ups-and-downs while working in the hip-hop industry in New York City.
Editor: Elizabeth Bewley; Literary Agent: Sita White, Artists Agency, Inc.


1/04-present
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago, IL

Intern-Membership Assistant Interned part-time in the Development Department—Corporate, Foundation and Government Relations. Researched information, compiled fiscal year event calendars and wrote grant proposals to solicit museum donations and funds. In June ‘04 was promoted to a part-time assistant in the museum’s Membership Department.


9/00-8/02
SOHH.Com
Jersey City, NJ

Features Editor
Heralded as “the best overall Hip-Hop site” by Rolling Stone. Managed creative department staff, developed content schedule, reported for the Daily News, interviewed A-List artists on-camera and in print. Wrote weekly features, covered shows, edited stories and organized events.


2001
“Studio Y,” Metro TV Channel
New York, NY

On-Camera Music Correspondent
Appeared various times on the live, daily television show discussing summer concert tours, artist gossip and, on location, covering the trial of music entrepreneur, Sean “P.Diddy” Combs. (On-Air tapes available.)


11/98-9/00
GLAMOUR
New York, NY

Assistant Editor
Hired as Editorial Assistant in Book Dept. Researched manuscripts, pitched story ideas, wrote for various sections of magazine. Promoted to Assistant Editor and given own monthly column, “E-Things,” which covered the Internet. Discovered content, organized photo shoots, reported, wrote and edited the entire page.


3/00-9/00
SONICNET.Com
New York, NY

Hip-Hop Correspondent
Worked part-time covering events, reporting news stories, writing features and interviewing artists. (Clips available online at VH1.Com.)


8/98-11/98
US WEEKLY
New York, NY

Editorial Intern



Freelance Work

Stories have appeared in: Black Book, VICE Magazine, VIBE, Teen People, CosmoGIRL, The Source, HX, and MTV.Com, among others.



Education

9/04-Present
City University
London, England
Pursuing a Master’s Degree in International Journalism.

9/02-6/03
University of California
Los Angeles, CA

Received certification from the Professional Program in Screenwriting.


5/98-7/98
New York University
New York, NY

Completed the Book and Magazine Publishing program.


9/94-9/98
University Of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Received a Bachelor of Arts in English. Also became the Editor-In-Chief of campus wide publication, Third Wave.


6/96-8/96
Oxford University
Oxford, England

Graduated from the summer semester abroad Medieval Studies course.