Lindsey Hoshaw
BA in English & MA in Communication from Stanford University (2009), Freelance Multimedia Journalist for The New York Times (2009), Freelance Writer for Sunset magazine (2009).
| Headline: | Journalist |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Skills: | Business, Event planning, Languages, Public Relations, Public speaking, Spanish, Writing |
| Groups: | [INACTIVE] BASES Social E-Challenge 2010 |
| Interested in: | Finding hot stories, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | Stanford University, University of California System - Los Angeles |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Sunset magazine, Menlo Park, CA; GOOD magazine, Los Angeles, CA |
| Position: | Freelance Writer |
| Time period: | June 2009 - Present |
| Employer: | Arizona Daily Wildcat |
| Position: | News Reporter |
| Time period: | January 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Investigated and wrote three weekly articles relevant to the University of Arizona and Tucson
Worked on an in-depth investigative report about UA’s level of commitment to “going green” Co-authored a breaking news story about a freshman student who was murdered in her dorm room |
| Employer: | The New York Times |
| Position: | Freelance Multimedia Journalist |
| Time period: | September 2009 - November 2009 |
| Description: | Documented a garbage vortex in the ocean with an article, photos and audio taken during a four week trip
The New York Times published 10 photos and a 900 word article which was the most emailed for two days The article appeared in the science section of the Times as an exclusive eyewitness account |
| Employer: | iStanford.org, Stanford University, Stanford, California |
| Position: | Journalist |
| Time period: | September 2008 - June 2009 |
| Description: | Covered politics in Santa Clara and an environmental beat in San Francisco for Stanford’s online website
Coverage included feature length articles, podcasts, SoundSlides and miniature documentaries |
| Employer: | The Argentimes, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Position: | Environmental Reporter |
| Time period: | January 2008 - June 2008 |
| Description: | Wrote environmental articles about current events in Buenos Aires including politics and breaking news
Conducted all interviews in Spanish and photographed various subjects to accompany selected articles Produced an investigative feature-length story about one of Argentina’s most chemically polluted rivers |
| Employer: | Tucson Citizen/Arizona Daily Wildcat |
| Position: | Arts Reporter/News Reporter |
| Time period: | August 2007 - September 2007 |
| Description: | Composed six articles in ten weeks previewing upcoming art, theater, and music events in Tucson
Designed articles with Quark; attended weekly staff meetings; worked successfully without supervision Investigated and wrote three weekly articles relevant to the University of Arizona and Tucson Worked on an in-depth investigative report about UA’s level of commitment to “going green” Co-authored a breaking news story about a freshman student who was murdered in her dorm room |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2009 |
| Degree: | Communication, MA |
| University: | University of California System - Los Angeles |
| Time period: | 2005 |
| Degree: | English, BA |
Lindsey's Startups (2)
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The Contributimes
Our SF news site melds professional reporting and citizen journalism. Editors post daily headlines and the community writes the rest of the story through their comments. The editors work at local cafes to foster transparency and public involvement.
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The Contributimes
The Contributimes is an online Bay Area news organization that uses the expertise of the community to produce accurate, crowd-sourced articles.
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Dan Steketee
Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .