Deron Dalton

Journalism Experience

816-405-1332
DeronD.Dalton@gmail.com
LinkedIn.com/in/DeronDalton

Education

Contributing Writer, The Daily Dot

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Master of Arts in Social Journalism, Dec. 2015

Research and pitch feature story ideas for politics, geek and lifestyle sections.
Cover racial politics, criminal justice, diversity in geek culture and LGBT issues.

University of Missouri, Columbia

Bachelor of Journalism, May 2012
Major in Convergence Journalism
Minor in Black Studies
Certificate in Multicultural Studies

New York, New York (January 2016-Present)

Politics Intern, The Daily Dot

New York, New York (September 2015-January 2016)

Wrote features on Black Lives Matter, race and racial injustices for politics section.
Reported on police violence data, trolling, online activism, 2016 elections and more.

Contributing Writer, Madame Noire

Social Media Skills

Twitter: Tweeted content about social issues,

news and pop culture for @DeronDalton, and
Created multimedia, slideshows, essays and articles for the black womens news site. live tweeted events for @NYABJ.
Wrote traffic-driven pieces on social issues, movies, TV, music and celebrities.
Instagram: Shot and edited visual content,
Social Media Editor, Media Therapy TV | Vance River Productions https://instagram.com/derondalton/.

New York, New York (August 2013-June 2015)

New York, New York (August 2013-April 2014)

Facebook: Curated original content on personal

Developed social strategies for the discontinued video magazine Media Therapy TV. page, http://www.facebook.com/derondalton/.
Edited posts for social platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Vine, Tumblr and Instagram.
Medium: Authored publication with original
Contributing Writer, The Huffington Post
essays and reporting on Black Lives Matter,
https://medium.com/blksocialjournalist/.
New York, New York (December 2012-May 2013)
Wrote about LGBT and black communities for Gay Voices and Black Voices.
Periscope: Live streamed tech, journalism and
Blogged about diversity, pop culture and social issues within these communities.
field reporting events for @DeronDalton.
Contributed to live video segments for HuffPost Live, based on my HuffPost work.
Tumblr: microblogged about social issues,
Editor-in-Chief, The BLACKout
http://blksocialjournalist.tumblr.com/.

Columbia, Missouri (April 2010-May 2012)

Managed staff, editorial, social media, analytics and the black collegian news site.
Edited and produced news about black student life, race, diversity and pop culture.

Multimedia Producer, Vox Magazine

Columbia, Missouri (March 2011-December 2011)

Managed cultural content and multimedia packages for the magazines website.
Blogged for VoxTalk, dedicated to daily mid-Missouri news and entertainment.
Developed and wrote for Voxs weekend culture iPad application, Vox 5.

Editorial Intern, NBC News theGrio

Vine: Created short entertainment and funny

videos, https://vine.co/derondalton/.
YouTube: Produced and edited video content,
https://www.youtube.com/derondalton/.

Multimedia | Software Skills

Content Management: Produced multimedia
and structured content for digital platforms.
CMS: WordPress, Django, Squarespace

New York, New York (May 2011-August 2011)

Style: Wrote and edited content using proper

Wrote articles, aggregated news content and edited video for the black news site.
grammar, news values and various styleguides.
Researched, pitched and created original pop culture and entertainment slideshows. Resource: AP Stylebook

Special Community Engagement Projects

Founder | Community Manager, Black Narratives Matter
New York, New York (July 2015-Present)

Create resources for media on how to cover Black Lives Matter and race literacy.
Collaborate with Black Lives Matter on events, chats and essays about news media.
Engage with Black Lives Matter via @BlkNarratives and #BlackNarrativesMatter.

Video: Created visual clips and news packages.

Software: Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Avid
Audio: Edited short clips and audio slideshows.
Software: Adobe Audition
Photo: Shot photos, created memes and GIFs.
Software: Photoshop, Lightroom, PicMonkey

BLK Social Journalist, The #BLKSocialJ Curation Project

Design: designed and illustrated visual content.

Software: InDesign, Illustrator

Created #BLKSocialJ for content on racial justice issues and Black Lives Matter.
Developed social strategies for social platforms: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Curated original, voicey and visual content to engage the BLM community.

Analytics: monitored engagement and impact.

Tools: Google Analytics, Twitter Analytics,
Facebook Analytics, Buffer, Hootsuite

New York, New York (March 2015-December 2015)