Résumé

Hannah Miet 

hannahmiet@gmail.com, http://hannahmiet.com

 

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

The New York Times, Metro Desk January 2012-present

Pitch and produce stories for City Room and the Metro section about urban issues in New York City.

The Times-Picayune, City Desk, June 2011-September 2011

Pitched and produced stories about the politics, crime, and the school system in New Orleans. Covered New Orleans breaking news.

The L Magazine, Arts and Music section, May 2009-January 2010

Pitched and produced stories about the arts and music in New York City.

The Hunter Envoy, Arts and Entertainment Editor, January 2008-January 2010

Assigned and edited student’s stories, as well as writing my own. Contributed to planning meetings.

Hunterword.com, Staff Writer, August 2008-January 2010

Pitched and produced stories about politics, arts and culture.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Research Center, Librarian, August 2010-June 2011

Helped students research articles; Updated displays of newspapers and magazines

The Hunter College Reading/Writing Center, Writing Tutor, August 2008-August 2009

Assisted students’ development with the reading-writing process; Guided ESL students to a better understanding of grammar; Taught students’ editorial skills using the Socratic method for research papers

Bowery Poetry Club, Public Relations Intern, July 2007-January 2008

Wrote press releases for upcoming poetry readings, concerts, theater performances and art exhibits; Contacted media outlets to promote events; Updated and maintained media contact list

EDUCATION

City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, M.A. Expected May 2012

Hunter College, B.A. in English, January 2010

Minor: Media Studies; Deans List: Multiple semesters; Study Abroad: July, 2008, Paris, France

AWARDS

John Jay School of Criminal Justice / Tow Foundation Fellow for continuing coverage of juvenile justice issues, March 2012

The Edith Goldberg Paulson Memorial Prize for creative writing, May 2010

The Murray Kempton Award for commentary in journalism, March 2010

Blogger’s Blog of Note, December 2009

SKILLS, SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

Research, Reporting, Writing across genres, Shooting and editing digital film, Copy editing, Editing, Recording for radio, Social media outreach, HTML; Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, REAPER, Soundslides, Soundcloud, WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr; Marantzes, PD170, Flip and SLR cameras.

PUBLISHED WORK

The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Rumpus, City Limits Magazine, The L Magazine, PANK Magazine, Overflow Magazine, The Hunter Envoy, Pomp and Circumstance Magazine, Two Weeks Contemporary Poetry Anthology, CRATE Magazine, Filthy Gorgeous Things, The Naugutuck River Review, Indieink.com, Linebreak.org, Hunterword.com, NYCity News Service, and the Twitch short story application for Kindles.