FAUSTO GIOVANNY PINTO III

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JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Sept. 2013- Present Stringer On call to report on events, breaking news, election coverage. Contributing to both online and print. The New York Times, New York, N.Y. Sept. 2012- Present Stringer Report on breaking crime stories, mainly the Bronx. Contributing credits both online and print. Newsday, Melville, N.Y. June-Aug. 2013 Intern Reported on breaking news in and around Long Island. Produced full-length articles, briefs and feature stories on a wide range of topics including a Southwest jet nosedive at LaGuardia Airport, a paralyzed teen determined to finish high school and local town features, including how a parking issue in Huntington had bigger implications. The New York Times Student Journalism Institute, Tucson, Ariz. May- June 2013 Reporter One of 24 students chosen from across the country to cover news and events in Tucson for two weeks while working directly with reporters and editors of The New York Times and The Boston Globe. Wrote an enterprise story on migrant deaths along the Arizona/Mexico border. Mott Haven Herald, Bronx, N.Y. June 2012-Aug. 2012 Intern Wrote weekly for online site and contributed to monthly print publication. Stories included sinking properties of working class homeowners, profile of an iconic bakery, the closing of Bronxs only LGBT community center, and a response to a change in immigration law among the Bronxs Mexican population. CUNY Office of Communications and Marketing, New York, N.Y. April 2011- July 2012 Reporter/Producer Assisted senior producers in creating podcasts and video packages for the CUNY homepage. Recorded audio for lectures and events held at CUNY campuses. Edited audio clips for online posting on CUNY Radios website. Write introduction for audio posts. Bronx News Network, Bronx, N.Y. Dec. 2010-Sept. 2011 Reporter Contributed monthly articles to Bronx News Network Newspapers and its websites including Tremont Tribune, Mount Hope Monitor and Norwood News. Attend monthly Community Board meetings in coverage area. Stories included shuttering of neighborhood community centers, specialty shop catering to minority needs, and education profiles of programs in local schools. Education Update, Inc., New York, N.Y. Nov. 2009-July 2010 Intern Reported and wrote articles for bi-monthly newspaper which covers New York City education issues. General office work in preparation for a bimonthly newspaper. Assisted with Journalism Youth Initiative that launched student newspapers in two New York City middle schools. Hunts Point Express, Bronx, N.Y. Feb. 2009-July 2009 Reporter Wrote articles for online and print. Attended monthly Community Board meetings. Stories included a compassionate pastor feeding the hungry in his neighborhood and a local Business improvement districts struggles. EDUCATION

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CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y. M.A., Urban Reporting concentration; Himan Brown Scholarship Recipient (2012-2013) Hunter College of the City University of New York B.A., in English and Media Studies, SKILLS

Expected Dec. 2013

Jan. 2010

Proficiency in Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, IPhoto, Soundtrack Pro, LexisNexis, Accurint, WordPress, JVC HMU100U, Marantz, DSLR and Internet research. Transcribing. Conversational Spanish.

AWARDS, HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS New York Press Club Inaugural Scholarship (2012); the International Center for Journalists Online Multimedia training for Hispanic Journalist (2011); Murray Kempton Award for Journalism from CUNY (2010); member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.