STACY A. ANDERSON

www.StacyaAnderson.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
6/07 – Present
The Journal News, Reporter, White Plains, N.Y.
•    Municipal beat reporter for a Gannett Co. newspaper that covers the suburbs north of New York City with a 95,000 circulation. Report and write about Greenburgh, the largest town in Westchester County, including its six villages.

1/07 – 5/07
The Los Angeles Times, News Intern, Washington, D.C.
•    Reported and wrote general assignment stories for the Politics and National sections. Covered tobacco legislation, anti-war rallies and national identification laws.

6/06 – 8/06
Wall Street Journal, Technology Intern, New York, N.Y.
•    Reported and wrote technology stories for print and online edition.
•    Covered broadband cable, electronic passports, audio books, outsourcing trends and leisure travel.

1/06– 5/06
WashingtonPost.com, Business and Technology Intern, Arlington, Va.
•    Produced and updated articles, newswires and graphics.
•    Created trivia quizzes, managed online chats and archived video game reviews.
•    Wrote headlines, captions and business article.

1/05 – 5/05
BET.com, News Intern, Washington, D.C.
•    Reported and wrote general assignment stories for web site.
•    Conducted research for black-owned spas package and Black History Month package.
•    Covered death of Pope John Paul II, racial profiling and travel fraud.

6/03 – 8/03
CNN, S.T.A.R.S. Program, Guest Bookings Intern, Atlanta, Ga.
•    Researched and located experts for specific show topics.
•    Developed questions and conducted pre-interviews, escorted guests.

EDUCATION/ TRAINING
11/08, Society of Professional Journalists 2008 Reporters Institute, The Poynter Institute,
St. Petersburg, Fla.

3/07, The ASNE Reporter, The American Society of Newspaper Editors Convention 2007, Washington, D.C.

8/06, The Monitor, National Association of Black Journalists Convention 2006, Indianapolis, In.

9/05 – 12/05, Specialized Reporting Course, Bloomberg, Washington, D.C.

11/05, Rodger’s Visit Program, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, Calif.

5/05, New York Times Journalism Institute, Dillard University, New Orleans, La.

8/03 – 5/07, Howard University, John H. Johnson School of Communications, Washington, D.C.
•    Print Journalism major, Business Administration minor
•    Bachelor of Arts degree

AWARDS
2008, Award for Excellence-Distinguished Breaking News, New York Newspaper Publishers Association

2007, Robert Asher – Washington Post Award, John H. Johnson School of Communications

2006-2007, SPJ-Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Scholarship, Washington, D.C. Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists