Jennifer Valentino-DeVries

An online and print journalist in New York

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January 21, 2012
Posted by Jennifer Valentino

Résumé

Journalism Experience

The Wall Street Journal | New York

Assistant News Editor, Page One
• Develop in-depth reporting projects, with a focus on technology and Web presentation
• Report on technology news, including digital security and privacy

Technology Blogger
• Was the lead writer and editor for the Journal’s technology blog, Digits

Interactive Editor and Producer
• Handled the Journal’s website and home page
• Organized the Journal’s online news coverage of the 2008 Olympics from Beijing

Houston Chronicle

News Copy Editor
• Edited international, national and local stories and special projects
• Taught a three-credit course, Editing for Print and Digital Media, at the University of Houston

The Associated Press | Bangkok, Thailand

Reporting Intern
• Wrote feature and spot articles, including stories on AIDS, human trafficking and tourism
• Edited briefs and features by AP reporters in Asia

Education

Princeton University

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
• Master in Public Affairs
• Intensive study of Mandarin Chinese through Princeton in Beijing
• Recipient of the Francis G. Smith Jr. endowed fellowship for journalists

The University of Texas at Austin

• Bachelor of Arts in the university’s interdisciplinary honors program
• Managing editor of The Daily Texan, the UT student newspaper
• Study abroad: Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III), Lyon, France
• Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, National Merit Scholarship recipient
• Senior honors thesis on the relationship between the United States and the Latin-American press

Skills and Activities

Computer Skills: XML and HTML; WordPress; Flash; Adobe Photoshop; Stata; Microsoft Excel; video and audio editing

Additional Travel Experience: Volunteer work in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala; and Quito, Ecuador; research in Tbilisi, Georgia

Language Skills: Very advanced Spanish, advanced French, intermediate Mandarin Chinese

Service Activities: Reach Out and Read Houston, Texas Intensive English Program, Woodrow Wilson School-Trenton Outreach, East Side High School in Manhattan

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