Journalist

CSULB'S NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC JOURNALISTS

President & Social Media Manager January 2018- May 2020 Reach out to industry professionals to attend chapter’s meetings. Past guest speakers have included, New York Times Journalist, Walter Thompson-Hernandez and more. Organize workshops where students network and learn first-hand from professionals. Manage all social media platforms for NAHJ, creating engaging, eye-appealing and informative social media post as well as send bi-weekly emails. Through NAHJ, I organized and moderated the panel called “Spanish-Language Media Influencers” hosted by CSULB NAHJ for the IBS Western Regional Conference 2018. NBC UNIVERSAL & TELEMUNDO 52

Digital News Team Intern June 2019- December 2019 Convert broadcast scripts into articles & clip news packages to share on NBC LA website. Draft engaging social media captions to go along with a story or photo. Publish stories from City News Service and conduct additional reporting if needed. Write original stories which were community-based stories that were shared nationally.

(All AP style intensive)

Compile research, build photo galleries, edit video and write both in Spanish and English. BOLD LATINA

Staff Writer August 2018- November 2019

Pitch, research and create original stories. Producing two or more articles a month. Stories centered around the Latino community, worker rights and immigration. Other content involved film reviews, show reviews and social media coverage for special events such as Tropicalia 2019 and Red Bull Music & Somos El Cine 2019 event and more.

E D U C A T I O N

California State University, Long Beach

Graduation Year: May 2020 BA in Journalism

WORK E X P E R I E N C E

REAL AMERICA WITH JORGE RAMOS

Interview with Justice Sotomayor 2018

Selected to ask Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor how she felt about the way the United States Federal Government handled the disaster that Hurricane Maria left behind on Jorge Ramos show.

C O N T A C T

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Janette Villafana

@_janette_v

Janette Villafana

@Janette_V

S O C I A L

Social Media: Instagram,

Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Tik

Tok

Adobe Premiere Pro, Garage Band

and Photoshop, Canva (for

posters, flyers, events)

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

CMS, Volicon, Edius, iNews,

Stratus, Word Press, MPX

Cameras: DSLR and Sony HXR-

NX100

S K I L L S

Student Leadership for NAHJ

Award 2019 & 2020- For

outstanding work and

contributions to the department

and excellence in the

communications field.

A W A R D S

JANETTE

VILLAFANA

CAMPUS CONNECTION

Reporter, Anchor, Producer and Writer August 2018- December 2018 Write broadcast scripts and produce bi-weekly shows. Film and edit news packages as well as scout locations. VOICEWAVES, LONG BEACH

CSULB Enterprise Reporter January 2018- May 2018

Enterprise reporting for an immigration story that was published by Voicewaves and shared by the Long Beach Post.

Fluent in Spanish and English

L A N G U A G E

LATINO REBELS

Freelance Writer May 2020

Wrote a story about how a Santa Ana, California flower-shop became a line of communication and support for it's community during the pandemic. L.A. TACO

Freelance Writer June 2020-Present

Covered the story of a woman who went from dishwasher to street vendor during the 2020 pandemic. Other coverage included a story showcasing one of the all skate Black Lives Matter protests that were organized in los Angeles. Story was also accompanied by video coverage, shot and edited by me.

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