Real Estate Sales

Christine Harvey, Journalist at The Walter Cronkite School

Chimerica: A matter of perspective

Professional Resume

Experience

Bloomberg LP, Business Reporter/Intern Jan 2012 – Present

Focus on writing mortgage and real estate related stories for Bloomberg Terminal users and for the company's online website.

Use the Bloomberg Terminal to research and analyze market data for enterprise and daily pieces.

Pitched and wrote an enterprise story about real estate investment trusts taking advantage of a tight jumbo credit market in Manhattan. The story was featured as a mortgage column.

Phoenix Business Journal, Business Reporter/Intern Aug 2011 – Present, Jan 2011 – May 2011

Two-time intern covering real estate, economic activity, unemployment, small businesses, retail and some banking and finance for the weekly print publication. Also produce daily content and on the spot news stories for the web.

Research, pitch and write stories for real estate focus sections analyzing Arizona’s rental and leasing market, the expansion of state outlet malls, low appraisal rates and development in Phoenix, for example. Compile information and statistics to accompany stories.

Pitched and wrote an article in Sept. 2011 investigating Arizona’s residential ‘shadow inventory’ and another in May 2011 examining Amazon’s non-compliance with the state’s sales tax laws based on the company’s operations at local distribution centers.

The Seattle Times, Business Reporter/Intern June 2011 – Aug 2011

Wrote about local business trends, commercial and residential real estate, retail, banking activity, lawsuits and acquisitions.

Profiled Ada Healey,vice president of Vulcan Real Estate, who led Paul Allen’s push to redevelop Seattle’s South Lake Union. Afterward, was featured in a National Center for Business Journalismblog postfor the coverage of Healey.

Compiled data and wrote in-depth pieces about Seattle’s ground floor retail zoning policies and the region’s big-box vacancies.

AZ Fact Check/The Arizona Republic, Fact Checker June 2010 – Nov 2010

Researched accuracy ofpolitical statements made by candidates in Arizona’s Senate election: Sen. John McCain, J.D. Hayworth and Rodney Glassman.

Cronkite News Service, Wire Reporter/Capstone Credit Jan 2010 – May 2010

Reported on the environmental policy and state parks beat, which required spending many days at the Capitol to attend hearings, committee meetings and floor sessions. Began covering the beat after Arizona announced its plans to shut down 13 of its 22 state parks.

Also created short video packages for some articles and authored an enterprise/investigative piece about the difficulty in obtaining superintendents’ appraisals from 104 school districts in Arizona. Story featured in the Arizona Capitol Times

Education

Arizona State University Sept 2008 – Present Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Candidate Dec 2011

Print and digital journalism major with a business journalism specialization. Minor in political science from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Achievements

Recipient of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism Scholarship: Spring 2011, Fall 2011

2011 Global Business Journalism Study Abroad Program: Chinese Perspective

Course project Chimerica: A Matter of Perspective

Selected to attend the 2011 Society of American Business Editors and Writers Conference in Dallas, TX.

References

Andrew Leckey, President, Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism Email:abppgo@r.postjobfree.com Phone 602-***-****.

Becky Bisbee, Business Editor, The Seattle Times Email:abppgo@r.postjobfree.com Phone 206-***-****.

Randi Weinstein, Managing Editor, The Phoenix Business Journal Email:abppgo@r.postjobfree.com Phone 602-***-****.

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