SARAH JAFFE
RÉSUMÉ
Sarah Jaffe is a blogger, an independent political journalist, a feminist pop culture critic, a social media junkie and a self-proclaimed nerd girl. She has been a freelance writer since 2002, and returned to school in 2007 to polish up her journalism skills and devote herself to writing full-time. Currently, she is looking for a full-time reporting position that allows her to indulge her love for all-consuming research, fascinating interviews, and new information about the world.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance Writer, 2002-present
Contributed stories on subjects from pop culture to politics, rock'n'roll to economic meltdown, to various publications both print- and Web-based, including The Nation, Bust magazine, The Women's Media Center, Comic Foundry magazine, and InFlux.
The Nation Web Intern, May-September 2009
Assisted Web staff with daily editorial functions of TheNation.com. Copy edited, researched, fact-checked, selected and edited photos to accompany stories, found and prepared video clips for the site, wrote action letters and contributed posts to the Act Now! blog. Spearheaded Twitter outreach and doubled the magazine's Twitter following.
GlobalComment.com, contributing writer, 2008-present
Wrote columns on United States politics, social issues and pop culture for Web magazine with international readership.
Temple University Department of Journalism, Graduate Assistant, August 2007-May 2009
Managed photography darkroom for journalism department, taught students how to process film and print, edited photos and served as webmaster for the department Web site.Newsarama.com, contributing writer, 2005-present
Wrote weekly reviews of comic books, graphic novels, and other pop culture phenomena as part of Best Shots team, now contributing daily blog posts to the blog and writing feature stories for the main website.KaffeineBuzz.com, staff writer, 2003-2008
Founded, edited, aggregated and wrote content for “Political Buzz” weekly column, reviewed independent film as “Film Buzz” correspondent, and contributed music and event reviews and served as copy editor.Bust magazine intern, 2008
Copy-edited and fact-checked stories for the print magazine and bust.com, contributed to blog, edited photos for the Web, sorted submissions to the magazine, helped to manage the online community and worked on social media outreach.The Entertainment Project, 2003-2004
Assisted CEO of small nonprofit literacy organization, edited all communication from the office, worked on fundraising. Taught elementary- and middle-school children writing skills as they worked on articles for Whose Magazine? A youth publication, the nonprofit's print product. Served as editor-in-chief for Whose Magazine?wInk magazine, staff writer, 2002-2004.
Created and wrote column on independent film, reViews.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in:HTML, XHTML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop, DreamWeaver, Audacity, Blogger, WordPress, Twitter, Flash, Adobe InDesign, iMovie, Joomla, COMA content management, Tumblr, Microsoft Office, Macintosh and Windows operating systems.
AWARDS
Lori Schipper Truth, Health & Environment Award, Temple University, 2009
Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honors Society, Temple University, 2009
William Connolly Editing Award, Temple University, 2008
Erin Moore Women’s Studies Essay Contest Winner, Loyola University, 2002
Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society, Loyola University, 2002
EDUCATION
Master of Journalism, Temple University, School of Communication & Theater, May 2009
Bachelor of Arts, Loyola University New Orleans, May 2002
English Major, Writing Concentration
Magna Cum Laude