Professional Experience

HuffingtonPost.com
SENIOR EDITOR, Huffington Post (May 2010 to Present)

HuffingtonPost.com
LIVING EDITOR, Huffington Post (July 2009 to May 2010)

Beliefnet.com
ASSISTANT EDITOR, FAITHS, Beliefnet, Inc. (Jan. 2006 to Present)

• Manage the Judaism , Buddhism, and Paganism sections; conceive, assign, edit, and optimize content for search engines (articles, galleries, photo slideshows)
• Plan and produce four daily faith-specific email newsletters
• Manage Beliefnet's bloggers; Conceive, recruit, train, and launch topic-specific blogs
• Develop and write stories, interviews, and features
• Select and publish daily news stories to Beliefnet's homepage
• Coordinate with design and technology departments to conceive and execute special projects
• Work with marketing department and PR company to publicize major packages
• Work with analytics programs to meet traffic goals
• Manage relationships with third party multimedia companies
• Develop user-generated content through Beliefnet's social network
• Write, maintain, and implement Beliefnet's style guide

Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
FREELANCE WRITER (Oct. 2004 to Present)

• Conceive and produce hard news and feature stories for international Jewish wire service

Newsday
REVIEW WRITER (Nov. 2005 to May 2006)

• Covered nightlife for twenty-somethings in New York metro area
• Reviewed bars, clubs, music, gadgets, television programs, and films

Jewish Star Newspaper
REPORTER, (Sept. 2005 to Nov. 2005)

• Covered Orthodox Jewish community in Long Island, N.Y.
• Wrote local, national, and international hard news stories, news briefs, and feature stories

Locust Valley Leader
REPORTER (Jan 2004 to Feb. 2005)

• Covered the community of Locust Valley, New York
• Wrote local and national hard news and feature stories

Education

Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Print Journalism, May 2005
Dean's List, Honors College graduate, Golden Key International Honour Society member, Asian Studies Essay Award winner

Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
General Studies, Sept. 2001 to June 2002