Design Content

SAMIRA B. RIZVI

**** ******** ***** • HOUSTON, TEXAS 77082

PHONE 832-***-**** • E-MAIL ********@*******.***

WORK EXPERIENCE

**/****-**/**** ******* Chronicle

Online editor – UltimateKaty.com and UltimateMemorial.com

Managed reporters and bloggers, while writing and editing content

Promoted site content via Twitter and Facebook; increased page views

Increased reader traffic and comments on site and blogs

09/2006-04/2007 The Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise

Copy editor

Edit news and feature copy; design pages for multiple sections

08/2004-08/2006 Hearst Newspapers Fellowship

Copy editor

Houston Chronicle – assigned stories, editing and layout

Midland Daily News (Mich.) – designed front page and feature pages

Albany Times Union (N.Y.) – copy editing, page design

Summer 2003 Houston Chronicle

Copy editing intern – Dow Jones Newspaper Fund

SKILLS

Familiarity with social media – Twitter and Facebook

Working knowledge of Spanish

EDUCATION

University of Houston – Journalism; cum laude (2003)

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