Thomas Nowak Resume

Thomas Nowak

609-***-**** • *************@*****.*** • linkedin.com/in/thomasnowak1 • Washington, DC

SKILLS & TOOLS

Core Competencies: Content Creation, Partnership Development, Business Intelligence, Media, Policy, and Market Analytics, Communication Strategy, Database Building and Entry, Information Synthesis, Administrative Duties

Media & Social Listening: Meltwater, NewsWhip, LexisNexis, TalkWater, Viral Moment, Search Engine Optimization

Research & Analytics: AI Prompt Building and Model Analysis, Open-Source Intelligence, Boolean Search, R Studio, STATA, Quantitative & Qualitative Research Content & Communications: Editorial Writing, Fact-Checking, Google/Office Suite, Final Cut Pro, OBS, WordPress

EXPERIENCE

AllSides News Remote

Content Writer September 2024 – June 2025

• Produced 3+ weekly articles per week evaluating media bias and political coverage for an audience of 3M+ monthly active users, driving engagement through accurate, nonpartisan analysis

• Executed media and technology outreach campaigns, identifying partnership opportunities and managing compliance with AllSides' licensing and terms-of-service standards

• Built and maintained a CRM-style compliance database to track third-party usage of AllSides' bias ratings, informing licensing strategy and revenue pipeline decisions

• Synthesized large volumes of political and media data into accessible, audience-focused editorial content Drive Agency Washington, DC

Digital Research Analyst (Contract) July 2024 – December 2024

• Leveraged social listening tools to monitor political narratives, audience sentiment, and emerging disinformation trends across social media and news ecosystems

• Delivered daily intelligence briefings and real-time alerts to senior stakeholders including state level campaigns and civic organizations, translating complex data into actionable insights

• Developed strategic messaging and rapid-response communications reports to counter coordinated online attacks against political figures and elections processes

• Tracked sentiment shifts, source authenticity, and online narrative evolution to support campaign communications strategy, cabinet positions, and earned media efforts Princeton University – Bridging Divides Initiative Remote Research Assistant March 2022 – August 2024

• Conducted OSINT research on political violence, extremism, protest activity, and legislative trends to support situation reports for policymakers and advocacy organizations

• Co-developed a first-of-its-kind national dataset tracking threats and harassment targeting elected officials, surfacing disparities in targeting based on gender and race for public-interest reporting

• Trained incoming team members on OSINT methodologies, inclusion criteria, and data quality standards, contributing to knowledge management and onboarding efficiency American University – Mixed Method Research Project Washington, DC Research Assistant September 2023 – February 2024

• Cleaned, standardized, and merged large-scale global immigration and demographic datasets to enable cross-country and longitudinal comparative analysis

• Architected a reusable reference dataset framework in R to support future survey research and streamline analytical workflows

EDUCATION

American University Washington, DC

B.A. Sociology

Magna Cum Laude • Honors Program • Study Abroad, London School of Economics • Dean's Scholarship

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