Resume

EXPERIENCE

• San Francisco Examiner – Education and housing reporter
  February 2020 – present
  -Daily news coverage of public schools, housing, and community issues
  –Report coronavirus impacts on affordable housing, school closures, and mental health
  –Fill news gaps of north San Mateo County & southern S.F. with Seton hospital bankruptcy
• SF Weekly – Staff Writer
  September 2017 – February 2020
  -Covered the city’s daily news, politics, and human stories with alt-weekly flair
  –Analyzed political impacts of elections and City Hall developments, like warring ballot measures
  –Held city officials accountable, including pro-renter supervisor who evicted tenants decades ago
• Northfield News/Faribault Daily News – Rice County, MN Education Reporter
  September 2016 – May 2017
  -Wrote 9-10 articles a week covering 25 schools with own photos and social media posts
  -Decoded school board meetings for readers and paired with investigations
• SFBay Media Associates – News Director
  January – September 2016
  -Coordinated with team members to monitor civic developments and delegate assignments
  -Edited daily news from Bay Area wire services to facilitate growth and reach for the site
• KQED’s Forum (NPR member station) – Production Intern
  January – June 2016
  -Helped produce live, call-in show for most-listened-to public radio station nationwide
  -Moderated responses, research topics and people; Pre-interviewed potential guests and wrote summaries
• Orange County Register – Local News/Wire Intern
  September – November 2015
  -Reported on-the-scene for the breaking news team in between writing local print features
  -Edited wire stories from AP, Washington Post, The New York Times, etc. for online
• Golden Gate Xpress (SFSU newspaper) – News Editor
  May – December 2014
  -Directed team members through reporting general and breaking news stories
  -Worked with reporters and managing editors to improve copy quality under deadline

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

• Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California chapter
  Secretary – Jan 2021— present
  Board member – October 2020 — present 

SKILLS

• Proficient in: AP Style, WordPress, CCI Newsdesk, Microsoft Office, Slack, social media, fact-checking, copy editing, international reporting, news judgment and writing
• Experienced with: Canon video and Tascam audio equipment, Audacity, Dalet Galaxy and search engine optimization
• Languages: Conversational Persian, basic French

EDUCATION

• San Francisco State University
  Class of 2015, Cum Laude
  Bachelor of Arts – Journalism, minor in Sociology/Race & Resistance Studies
• Danish School of Media and Journalism – Aarhus, Denmark
  January – June 2014
  Journalism, Multimedia and World Politics – International Journalism

References upon request. Download resume here or visit LinkedIn for full CV.