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Available for
  • Writing of all kinds
  • Editing of all kinds
  • Online video production
  • Social media outreach
Recent Projects
  • Completed week-long multimedia training
  • Shot and edited voter videos on Election Day 2008 for the latimes.com homepage
  • Learning conversational Mandarin
Resume

Experienced journalist skilled at juggling multiple projects, generating ideas, attending to detail and thriving in a fast-paced environment. 

Professional Experience

Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA 2003-2009
Staff Writer

Sky Magazine, Greensboro, N.C. 2003
Editorial Intern

Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, N.C. 2002
Metro Desk Intern

Telemundo WZDC Channel 64, Arlington, VA 2000
Public Relations Intern

Skills and Specialties

Quick and accurate writer, blogger and researcher; online video producer; digital photographer; proficient Spanish speaker; experience covering politics.

Technical Skills

Basic HTML; Sony Vegas; Adobe Acrobat; CCI; Microsoft Office applications.

 
Recommendations

“Susannah is whip-smart, energetic, creative, hard-working -- and also fun to be around. Anybody who hires her is both smart and lucky.” 

– Doyle McManus
former Washington Bureau Chief, now Washington Columnist, Los Angeles Times

“Susannah is a smart, savvy reporter who has a wonderful eye for a story and lovely way of telling it. She's fair, works to have an excellent understanding of whatever subject she's writing about before she proceeds, and writes with authority. She hits deadlines; her stories are grammatically correct; and she's an easy writer to edit. In short, Susannah is simply a pleasure to work with.” 

– Jill-Marie Jones
Deputy Metro Editor, Los Angeles Times

 

Education

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.
B.A. English with Spanish minor, magna cum laude

Honors

  • Phi Beta Kappa scholastic honor society
  • Nancy Susan Reynolds full-tuition academic scholarship to Wake Forest University
  • National Merit Scholar

 

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