Staff Education

Education

Duke University - Durham, NC Aug. **** - May 2011

recipient; graduated summa cum laude, with highest distinction in the history department

Honors thesis: Dispatches From the Fringe: The Life and Times of South African Journalist Nat Nakasa (1937-1965)

Wells College in Dakar - Dakar, Senegal Sept.- Dec. 2009

Four month study abroad program in West Africa

Fellowships and Awards

2011-2012 U.S. Fulbright Fellowship Recipient to South Africa (field of study: history/journalism)

2011 : Chronicle of Higher Education

2011 for best history honors thesis, Duke University

2010, 2011: Durden Prize, Duke Libraries, for excellence in student research (2011: honors thesis category, 2010: 3rd/4th year paper category)

2010: (with Naureen Khan)

2009: 1st Place, (approximately 150 entrants)

2009: Duke English Department Prize for best work of fiction by an undergraduate

Selected Professional Experience

- Johannesburg, RSA - Researcher/Freelance Journalist Sept. 2011 - Sept. 2012

Research / writing for publication of biography of South African writer Nat Nakasa

Wrote freelance pieces for the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

- Washington D.C. - Intern June 2011 - Aug. 2011

Worked for "The Profession," the Chronicle's faculty and administration section; wrote breaking news, news analysis, features, blog entries

- Washington D.C. - Staff Writer Jan 2011 - April 2011

Blogged weekly and wrote features for the news department of the Center for American Progress

- Durham, NC - Associate Editor July 2010 - April 2011

Reported, wrote and edited for monthly Duke undergraduate student news magazine (circulation of 10,000)

Included features writing, front-of-the-book pieces and profiles, with special focus on student life

- New York, NY - Culture Desk Intern June 2010 - Aug. 2010

Wrote a wide variety of content for the online news magazine (daily audience of 100,000), including blog entries, reported pieces, book reviews, personal essays and slide shows, with special attention to women's issues.

- Durham, NC - News Intern Jan. 2008 - April 2008

Reported, conducted interviews and wrote short local news stories for evening and morning news broadcasts and recorded interviews at the 2008 Democratic National ConventionOther Experience

- Durham, NC - Editorial Columnist Jan. 2011 - May 2011

- Durham, NC - Staff Writer Sept. 2007 - May 2010

- Durham, NC - Editor-in-Chief Aug. 2008 - May 2009

- Whitesburg, KY - Film and Archive Intern May 2008 - July 2008

Skills

French language-high intermediate proficiency; Wolof language-beginner, Spanish language-beginner

Proficient at Final Cut Pro and Express, iMovie, Audacity, Adobe Premiere, InDesign, InCopy and Photoshop

Basic CSS/HTML (Website is self designed/coded)

Experienced with AP Style, New York Times Style

© 2012, Ryan Brown

© 2012, Ryan Brown

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