+ Fellow, Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals 8/2009 – 8/2010
                       Participating in the publicly-funded fellowship exchange, during which participants study and
                      work in German institutions and volunteer in their communities with the aim of improving international
                      relations through personal diplomacy and cultural exchange.

                       + Fellow, Der Spiegel 3/2010 – 7/2010
                       Reporting full-time at the international desk of Germany´s largest news magazine.

                       + Contributing Reporter, Deutsche Welle 1/2010 – 7/2010
                       Reporting on culture and art for the publicly-funded international broadcast and online news source.
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                       + Correspondent, Global Post 8/2009 – 08/2010
                       Reporting as part of the Student Corps from Germany.

                       + Intern, Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research (PRIM&R) 3/2009 – 8/2009

                       Working under the marketing director, editing the non-profit's publications.

                      

                       + Editor, N.E. First Amendment Center 9/2008 - 1/2009

                       Managing Web content and coordinating reporters, bloggers and posting news daily at the advocacy-based non-profit.

                       + Business Reporter, U.S. News & World Report 5/2008 - 9/2008
                       Reporting for the Money & Business section, covering the economy, personal finance and careers with articles and video reporting.
                       One project featured a video, Q&A and main story on the local produce movement. Some stories were also published on Yahoo! Finance.

                       + Investigative Correspondent, Boston Globe 10/2007 - 6/2008
                       Reporting on long-term projects for the front page and City/Region sections. Wrote an investigative piece on faults in guardianship of
                       Massachusetts’s elders. Also wrote a related article profiling one woman’s struggle. The project spurred weeks of public outcry and,
                       ultimately, legislative action to change the guardianship process. Another investigation ran on the front page of the City/Region section,
                       which exposed Boston city officials who were routinely ignoring an Environmental Protection Agency-enforced parking regulation,
                       causing unsafe pollution levels in the region.

                       + Correspondent, Boston Globe City Weekly, 1/2008 - 5/2008
                       Reporting for the City/Weekly desk, a neighborhood news section that appears in the Sunday edition. Covered a historic building’s fire,
                       local Grammy winners and other events not covered by the daily news desks.

                       + Reporter, Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1/2007 - 6/2007
                       Reporting on legislative events at the State Capitol on same-day deadlines for the state newspaper. Wrote longer stories and investigated
                       discrepancies and affects of new legislation. Tracked developments in transportation and women's issues.

                       + Reporter, Honolulu Weekly 8/2006 – 1/2007
                       Reporting city news, main news, small features, interviews, art reviews and event features. Topics included prostitution

                       enforcement, dorm renters’ insurance, and nation-wide traveling art show.

                       + Reporter, Ka Leo O Hawai'i 9/2004 - 5/2007
                       Writing about 10 stories per semester for the daily student newspaper at the University of Hawai‘i (circulation of 14,000), covering a
                       contentious Wal-Mart protest, book and art exhibit reviews, and a Hurricane Katrina survivor profile. Several articles were syndicated by
                       U-Wire, the international media source, and printed in other newspapers.

                       + News Editor, Ka Leo O Hawai'i 3/2004 - 9/2007
                       Supervised a staff of 10 reporters, edited and laid out copy while reporting longer stories.

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