Samantha Sunne
www.SamanthaSunne.com
Education
University of Missouri School of Journalism
Bachelor of Journalism (Convergence), minor in Spanish
Concentration in investigative reporting
(224) 217-3857
@SamanthaSunne
samanthasunne@gmail.com
698 14th Avenue West, Kirkland, WA
Columbia, Missouri
expected graduation May 2013
GPA: 3.7/4.0
Professional Experience
Foro de Periodismo Argentino (FOPEA), intern
August 2012 – present
Buenos Aires, Argentina
 Produce and publish multimedia files in Spanish; design and maintain a website for the distribution of these files
 Improved the organization’s document storage and publication capabilities by introducing the DocumentCloud
analysis platform
The Maneater, senior staff writer
May 2012 – present
Columbia, Missouri
September 2009 – December 2010
 Enterprise and report campus-related investigative stories, including using public records requests
 Created the role of court reporter at the University of Missouri student newspaper; won staff awards for coverage
Investigative Reporting Workshop, intern
May – July 2012
Washington, D.C.
 Researched a nation-wide story on the criminal justice system for an award-winning nonprofit investigative agency
 Contributed writing, editing and website production to other projects such as “America: What Went Wrong?”, the
Workshop’s collaboration with investigative reporters Donald Barlett and James Steele
DocumentCloud, web producer
December – August 2011
Columbia, Missouri
 Wrote, produced and edited website content for an online document analysis and publication platform designed
to aid investigative reporters
KBIA public radio, reporter
March – May 2012
Columbia, Missouri
 Enterprised and reported both day-turn and feature-length stories for mid-Missouri’s NPR-affiliate radio station
The Columbia Missourian, multimedia contributor
August 2011 – May 2012
Columbia, Missouri
 Reported and visualized data for a daily newspaper; designed and produced information graphics
 Worked with a team to produce an in-depth multimedia features project
Newsy, reporter and producer
October 2011 – March 2012
Columbia, Missouri
 Analyzed international news coverage and produced videos for a successful online news startup company
The Everett Daily Herald, web and multimedia intern
December – January 2011
Everett, Washington
June – August 2011
 Created the majority Web-oriented multimedia projects for a multiple SPJ award-winning city newspaper
 Garnered a record number of website views with an innovative style of informational photo gallery
Relevant Skills
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Software: Final Cut, Adobe Audition, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, iMovie, Audacity, Soundslides
Code: HTML5, CSS, basic JavaScript, multimedia design and implementation for the Web
Computer-assisted reporting: advanced Excel, Access, SQL, open records requests and data acquisition
Languages: advanced proficiency in Spanish and Swedish, fluency in English
Organizations: Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting
(NICAR), Campus Coverage Project (CCP), Hacks/Hackers, Online News Association (ONA)–Mizzou
References available upon request