Thomas Nowak Resume

Thomas Nowak

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

Effective analyst and communicator deeply curious to understand how people behave with their dollar, voice, and vote.

SKILLS & TOOLS

Core Competencies: Market, Media, and Policy Analysis, Social Listening, Communication Strategy, Partnership Development, Operations Support

Research Abilities: Adaptive Information Streams, Quantitative and Qualitative Data Story Telling, Survey Development, Fact-Checking

Content & Communications: Editorial Writing, Office Suite, Final Cut Pro, OBS, WordPress, Search Engine Optimization

Software Experience: AI Prompt Building and Automation, Boolean Search, R Studio, STATA, Meltwater, NewsWhip, LexisNexis, TalkWater, Viral Moment,

EXPERIENCE

AllSides News Remote

Content Writer December 2024 – June 2025

• Produced 3+ weekly articles evaluating significant headlines through non partisan analysis and deconstructing nuance

• Synthesized large volumes of data into accessible editorial content to audience of 3M+ monthly active users, driving engagement

• Executed outreach and compliance program, building partnership opportunities leveraged with CRM-style terms of service database, informing licensing decisions

• Pitched original coverage bringing diverse backgrounds into audience perspective Drive Agency Washington, DC

Digital Research Analyst (Contract) July 2024 – December 2024

• Delivered daily briefings and rapid response alerts tailored to specific partner needs, informing actionable messaging strategy, crisis response, policy stance, and cabinet positions

• Created customizable and sharable information streams integrating business intelligence tools

• Analyzed sentiment shifts, public opinion data, disinformation narrative evolution across social media and news ecosystems

• Supported real-time monitoring dataset ensuring democratic protections on election day Princeton University – Bridging Divides Initiative Remote Research Assistant March 2022 – July 2024

• Conducted Open Source Intelligence and legislative research on extremism and civic activity influencing depolarization projects nationally

• Contributed to first-of-its-kind national dataset tracking threats and harassment targeting elected officials, surfacing disparities in gender and race

• Guided incoming senior analyst on methodologies and data quality standards developing into collaboration on an original data and research for designated partners American University – Mixed Method Research Project Washington, DC Research Assistant September 2023 – February 2024

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

• Architected a reusable reference data framework in R to support project updates EDUCATION

American University Washington, DC

B.A. Sociology Dec. 2023

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

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