Sarah Rappaport

Multimedia Journalist +44 07765875118 SarahRappaport@gmail.com http://www.SarahRappaport.com

Work Experience
Intern, Business Insider

[May 2011-August 2011]

Wrote articles for an online publication about European business, politics and culture

Multimedia Consultant, Reynolds Journalism Institute

[January 2011-May 2011]

Worked with staff at WILL radio on best ways to engage audiences online and utilize new media technology. Researched state of social media and multimedia investment in NPR stations across the country.

Global Journalist Magazine, Assistant Editor

[January 2011-May 2011]

Wrote weekly updates about the state of press freedom in Europe and North America. Edited articles and features for publication Interviewed sources and wrote articles about journalists working around the world.

CNBC Europe (London Office), News Production Intern

[January 2010-August 2010]

Coordinated and booked guests for evening show Cut and choose soundbites, b-roll and underlays for evening show Wrote straps, teases and reads for evening show Produced Going Global, a 30-second segment which teased the next days content Ran graphics live during the show

Newsy.com, Student Reporter/Editor

[October-December 2009]

Wrote scripts for online videos Edited video clips on final cut pro to produce web videos Pitched story ideas and researched to find opposing sources for web content

KBIA-FM, NPR affiliate, Student Reporter

[June-October 2009]

Pitched story ideas, conducted interviews, and pieced together audio for radio stories Voiced both dayturn stories and longer feature pieces that aired on KBIA and KBIA.org

Student Reporter, KOMU-TV 8, NBC affiliate

[June 2009]

Shot footage, conducted interviews and edited footage that aired on 10 PM news

Interests/Activities

Diversity Peer Educator: Teaching students to combat racism, sexism and homophobia [April 2009-May

2011]

Multimedia Assistant at the Reynolds Journalism Institute: Educating journalism students in new media programs and equipment and managing lab facilities for students and faculty. [September 2010-May 2011] Participant, Collegiate Business Journalism Conference: Attended seminars and trainings about business journalism from professionals in the industry. [October 2010}

Computer Skills
Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite as well as Adobe Avid, Audition, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, and iNews.

Education
University of Missouri

[Fall 2007-May 2011]

Bachelor of Journalism, Emphasis in Convergence with a specialization in International News. Minors: Political Science, History Multicultural Certificate

University of Winchester

[September 2011-Present. May 2012 Course Completion]

Masters in Journalism