Andrew Russo

Writer, Photographer, Multimedia Journalist

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EDUCATION    
May 2014                   Fairleigh Dickinson University
B.A. in Creative Writing with minors in Journalism, Psychology, and British Studies.  Worked as a reader for the school's literary magazine, Sphere and the international magazine, The Literary Review. 

June 2013-Aug. 2013    George Mason University
As part of The Fund for American Studies’ Institute on Political Journalism I interned and took journalism courses in both Ethics and Economics and a seminar directed towards augmenting our internship placement.

Jan. 2012-May 2012      Wroxton College
 Study Abroad in the traditional British tutorial system with courses focusing on communication and media    

Graduated Summa Cum Laude- GPA 3.8
Honors and Dean’s List, inducted into the Phi Zeta Kappa Honor Society (FDU’s honor society for maintaining a GPA over 3.2)
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SKILLS  

  • Research and editing 
  • SEO writing
  • Strong writing
  • Copyediting
  • Experienced in all Social Media and blogging platforms
  • HTML
  • Photoshop
  • Photojournalism
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Soundslides 
  • Audacity
  • Flluency in Spanish

 
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EXPERIENCE    
Mediabistro-Editorial Intern                                                                                           June 2014- Aug. 2014
Duties included producing feature articles in HTML, daily blog posts, sourcing images and editing them in Photoshop, research and fact-checking, updating magazine mastheads and The Revolving Door section

Guideposts Magazine-Editorial Intern                                                                            Jan. 2014- Sept. 2014
Inter-faith and inspirational magazine which focused on stories where people overcame the odds. Duties included fact checking, reading through submissions, pitching story ideas from submissions, copy editing and organizing lay out.

Hispanic Link News Service- Intern Reporter/Photographer                                          June 2013-Aug. 2013
Washington DC based weekly newsletter focusing on political, social, cultural and international issues focused on Hispanics. During this time period I covered hearings, news briefings, rallies either as a reporter or photographer.

Fairleigh Dickinson PR Department-Intern Photographer                                                Feb. 2013- May 2013
Responsibilities were photographing academic and student events, guest speakers, campus life, and sport events to be used on the university’s social media sites, publications, and webpages. 

The Pillar- Contributing writer and photographer                                                            Sept. 2012-May 2014

Wrote articles, worked as a photographer and aided layout of FDU's Florham Campus newspaper.

Scifibloggers.com-Writer                                                                                                  May 2012-May 2013
Online magazine focused on science fiction, fantasy, and internet culture. Responsibilities included pitching four stories each week, researching and writing them and obtaining pictures and other multimedia associated. 

American Safety Insurance-Administrative Assistant                                                       May 2012-Aug. 2012
Responsibilities included filing, data entry, contacting insurance agents and brokers, organizing the delivery and picking up of packages, answering phones, copying, faxing, and other tasks.