Lisa Nishimoto
2601 College Ave. #111
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 843-5663
NishimotoL@rosebud.berkeley.edu
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~nishi
- Objective
- Reporting or editing internship at a newspaper or magazine.
- Work Experience
- Freelance Writer, Daily Californian, Berkeley, CA
Wrote news, feature and science articles on deadline. (9/97-present)
- Editorial Intern, InfoWorld, San Mateo, CA
Wrote news, features and reviews articles, edited the Letters to the Editor pages and helped maintain Web site. (6/96-8/96)
- Public Relations Intern, InterActive Public Relations, San Francisco, CA
Conducted internet research, wrote press releases and maintained various databases. (6/95-12/95)
- Documentary Production Assistant, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Conducted Internet research, transcribed interviews and logged footage for a graduate journalism student documentary on Filipino Electronics Workers in Silicon Valley. (1/95-5/95)
- Volunteer Mentor and Newspaper Club Advisor, Cole School, Oakland, CA
Taught middle school students layout, design, writing, and computer skills for publishing a newspaper through the Cal Corps program. (1/95-5/95)
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- Graduate School of Journalism
- Expected Date of Graduation: May 1999
- University of California, Berkeley
- B.A., Mass Communications and Social Welfare with High Honors
- GPA: 3.76/4.0
- Classes
- News Writing and Reporting
- Business Reporting on Silicon Valley
- News Graphics
- Computer Skills
- Operating Systems: Macintosh, Windows 95, some Unix.
- Software: Word, Excel, ACT!, Pagemaker.
- Other: Comfortable with basic HTML and using the Internet.
- Interests
- Jazz, comic books, Spanish language, Cal basketball, drawing.
- References
- Available upon request.
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