journalism

Jinman Li

773-***-**** ***********@*****.***

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism Aug. 2018 Candidate of M.S. Journalism; Business, Money and Markets Specialization Beijing Foreign Studies University June 2017

B.A. in International Journalism and Communication, Minor in Finance CORE COMPETENCE

Technical: Premiere, Photoshop, html, CSS, InDesign, Audacity, SPSS Bi-lingual in English and Chinese

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Editorial Intern American Banker June 2018-present

• Pitched, reported and wrote stories on banking and finance. Business Reporter Medill News Service in Chicago and Washington, D.C. Jan 2018-present

• Reported and produced multimedia stories on corporate earnings, stock outlook, economic indicators and enterprise stories; Beat reporting on finance, investment, insurance, fintech and cryptocurrency;

• Pitched and wrote stories for Market Watch, The Street, Global Banking & Finance Review, Farm World, etc. Project Manager Inside B2B Media Mar 2018-April 2018

• Led a team of 7 people in generating multiple Tweets and articles for the B2B publication Inside Unmanned Systems and its annual Xponential event; Supervised presentation to the content and management staff. Intern Journalist CBN Weekly-National Business Magazine in China May-July 2017

• Contributed to everyday morning business news roundup

• Published eight business and tech stories on CBN Weekly’s online platform News Assistant CNN Beijing Bureau March-May 2017

• Assisted with in-house and field production including conducting interviews and translating materials

• Curated daily news monitoring reports, summarizing newsworthy topics from domestic media sources News Assistant Reuters Pictures, Beijing Office July-Dec. 2016

• Brainstormed story ideas and conducted research for photojournalists on topics such as China’s Internet entertainment industry and environmental pollutions

• Assisted international correspondents with news coverage, performed interviews and translated documents Assistant Content Manager NetEase News Aug.-Oct. 2016

• Pitched story ideas and brainstormed story lines, contributed several valuable topics

• Produced articles on current affairs and trending topics weekly (4,800+ hits on average) Director Assistant Aerial China, CCTV Documentary Channel Dec.2015-May 2016

• Accomplished in-depth research on potential shooting locations, picked Xinjiang and Hainan provinces based on analysis, crafted a detailed shooting plan optimizing time, spots and angles Deputy Editor Investigation 107 (sole investigative campus media in Beijing) March 2014-Sep. 2015

• Led a team of 21 student reporters, supervised overall news production

• Wrote in-depth investigative reports and features, covering topics such as education services for migrant workers’ children and podcast business in China

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Research Assistant to Dr. John Naisbitt Influence of the Policy One Belt One Road March-June 2016

• Gathered and analyzed Guangxi province-related data concerning the impact of OBOR policy after interviewing locals and conducting surveys, generated a research report in cooperation with teammates ACADEMIC HONORS

Louise Lux-Sions Scholarship at Northwestern University 2017-2018 Xing Wenjun Journalism Practice Scholarship (top 25%) at Beijing Foreign Studies University 2015-2016

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