Resume

Experience

Bloomberg Businessweek, (Bloomberg LP/McGraw-Hill, New York, NY)
Reporter, April 2008 — Present

Cover small business, entrepreneurship, and innovation for Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, Businessweek.com and Bloomberg.com
Produce multimedia, including interactive graphics, slideshows, video, and radio
Helped conceive and write for Entrepreneurs section on Bloomberg.com (started Sept. 2010)
Contributed to new Enterprise section in relaunched Bloomberg Businessweek magazine
Conceived and write for Businessweek.com’s New Entrepreneur blog; manage section’s social media
Speaking engagements have included the National Small Business Association; Venture Capital in Education Conference

Contract Writer, December 2007 — February 2008
Intern, June — August 2007

TimesLedger Newspapers (News Corp., Queens, NY)
Reporter, July 2005 — May 2007

Covered community news for weekly Bayside and Little Neck editions and 12 other papers
Filed daily breaking news updates for TimesLedger.com
Covered education beat, including award-winning investigative pieces examining school overcrowding

Bulletin Newspapers (Boston, MA)
Stringer, February — July 2005

Sunday Tribune, (Dublin, Ireland)
Intern, October — December 2004

Reported for the news desk of 80,000-circulation national Irish weekly
Wrote features and analysis of U.S. news for the foreign desk; wrote cover feature for magazine section

City Limits (New York, NY)
Intern, May — August 2003

Reported for urban affairs magazine’s Web site, CityLimits.org, assisted magazine staff reporters, and wrote daily email briefs

The Daily Free Press, (Boston University student paper, Boston, MA)
Reporter, City Editor November 2002 — April 2005

Directed coverage for off-campus news at independent student daily; covered legalization of gay marriage in Massachusetts

Freelance articles have appeared in The Real Deal; Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette; US Banker; Time Out New York Kids

Boston University, College of Communication
Bachelor of Science in Journalism (Concentration in English), May 2005

Honors: Summa Cum Laude; 3.65 GPA; Dean’s List; Trustee Scholarship; National Merit Scholarship

Conceiving, reporting, and writing news and features
Trained in online research, including federal, state and local records searches, SEC filings, PACER court records, Bloomberg terminal
Proficient in AP style
Basic HTML and CSS; web publishing software including Moveable Type and WordPress; Adobe Photoshop

1st Place, Web Section, American Society of Business Publication Editors 2009: Small Business Channel
2nd place, In-depth Reporting, New York Press Association, 2006: Sean Bell shooting coverage
3rd place, General Excellence, Suburban Newspapers of America, 2006: Bayside Times
3rd place, In-depth Reporting, Suburban Newspapers of America, 2006: Report on school overcrowding

Written by jwtozzi

August 14, 2011 at 6:11 pm