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Danielle R. De Souza

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Editor/Social Media Manager, AOL/Patch.com, Long Island, N.Y.

August 2011-present

Wrote forty to fifty stories per week, ranging from features to hard news

Copy edited all stories and announcements submitted

Managed freelance writers, photographers, bloggers and columnists on a

daily basis

Managed social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, on a daily basis

Worked with marketing and sales teams to market Patch.com at community

events

Social Media Manager, The Fit Fem Studio, Long Island, N.Y.

February 2012 to present

Wrote all the blog posts for the company's health website

Managed all of the social media accounts--Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest

Marketed and promoted the business

Wrote all press releases

SEO

Crime Reporter, The Journal News, White Plains, N.Y.

February 2010-June 2011

Reported on the crime beat of the 30-plus cities and towns in Westchester,

N.Y.

Wrote breaking news for website use

Created videos for website use

Took and chose photographs to accompany news stories in print and on web

Reporter/Feature Writer, The Journal News Northern Westchester Express,

Mount Kisco, N.Y.

April 2008-August 2009

Wrote features on the cities, villages and towns of Katonah, Mount Kisco,

Bedford and Chappaqua for the paper

Contributor to the paper's 25 Sense blog

Created web forecasts

Associate Editor, Street Hype Newspaper, Mount Vernon, N.Y.

May 2007- June 2009

Reported on the Caribbean community and Caribbean issues.

Interviewed American and Jamaican political figures, such as Former Jamaica

Prime Minister

Worked as interim editor-in-chief

Managed budget for the publication

Supervised freelance staff

Communications Coordinator/Editor, Lupus Alliance of America, White Plains,

N.Y.

October 2004-March 2007

Wrote press releases and letters to media outlets

Organized fundraising events

Wrote and edited articles for the organization's newsletter

Researched materials for Lupus patients

Other work experience:

Columbia University Newsletter, reporter, 2005-2006; The White Plains

Times, reporter, 2006-2007; Mount Vernon Inquirer, reporter, 2007;

Patch.com, reporter, 2010-2011; Images Newsletter, writer, 2007-2012

Education

Iona College, 2006, GPA 3.7

Masters of Science in Journalism

Manhattan College, 2004, GPA 3.2

Bachelor of Arts, Communications and English

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