Multimedia Experience

Reut Rory Cohen
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MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST, COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Highly motivated, award-winning journalist and communications specialist. Strengths include research, copywriting, and social media skills. Experience networking with authors, economists, political figures, and filmmakers. Fluent Hebrew.

Copy Editing • Language Translation • Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook • Excellent skills on both Mac and PC • SEO • Social Media • HTML, Wordpress, Blogger, Drupal, Movable Type • iMovie, Audacity, FinalCutPro • iNews • Familiar with Dreamweaver, Radian6

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

KCET, Los Angeles, CA
Most watched public station in Los Angeles County, with 2.8 million monthly viewers
Contributor, August 2011-Present
• Conducted interviews for online documentary series on aging, “Your Turn to Care”
• Election reporting for KCET blogs
• Covering local news, science, politics for digital daily news

Neon Tommy, Los Angeles, CA
Award winning publication, with over 100,000 unique monthly visitors
Executive Producer and Opinion Editor, August 2010-May 2012
• Personal profile on LAUSD instructor received second place at the 54th Los Angeles Press Club Awards
• Coordinated coverage and edited stories in News, Features, and Opinion sections
• Merged broadcast elements into site, including radio and video

Fox Business Network & Fox News Channel, Los Angeles, CA
Number one news network in cable television, with an average of 1.8 million daily viewers
Intern, August 2011-December 2011
• Contributed to research for dot com and broadcast stories
• Researched and pitched stories to New York bureau
• Scheduled interviews with major executives and shareholders at L.A. Auto Show

PJTV, El Segundo, CA
Subscription-based Internet television
Show Host and Contributor, December 2008-May 2011
• Hosted show on human rights in the Middle East and North Africa
• Interviewed and networked with political figures, authors, filmmakers, national authorities on wide-range of topics
• Produced daily content and headlines, and booked guests

EDUCATION

University of Southern California
Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
Master of Arts, Broadcast Journalism, May 2012

University of California, Irvine
School of Humanities
Bachelor of Arts, English, September 2007