Kasia Kovacs

JOURNALIST

kasiakovacs.com | kovacskae@gmail.com | cell: (816)-730-0059 | office: (646)-484-7572 | @kasiakovacs

E D U C A T I O N E X P E R I E N C E
International Business Times, New York, NY
University of Missouri
Jan 2016 - present
Graduate School of Journalism

M.A. News Reporting with emphasis in

investigative journalism
December 2016

William Jewell College

B.A. English Literature and Critical
Theory with Oxbridge Honors,
Minor in French; Deans List
Honoree; Alpha Lamba Delta &
Sigma Tau Delta Honors Societies
May 2013
University of Cambridge
Visiting Student of English Literature
and Language
2011-2012.

SKILLS
Data analysis (SQL, OpenRefine);
Statistics (SPSS, Excel); copy editing;
fact checking; html coding; knowledge
of FOIA and open records requests;
social media Twitter, Instagram,
Snapchat, Facebook, Tumblr ; mobile
photography and videography;
conversational in French & Polish.

AWARDS
Student Writer of the Year, Great
Plains Journalism Awards, 2016
Winner, Atwater Prize for Writing, 2016
White House Correspondents
Association Scholarship, 2016
First, Second and Third Place |
Education Reporting, Missouri Press
Association | 2016
First Place, Feature Writing, Missouri
AP Media Editors Awards, 2016
Third Place, Public
Interest/Investigative Reporting,
Missouri AP Media Editors Awards,
2016
Second Place, Articles about places,
AEJMC Magazine National Contest,
2016
Second Place, Regular Column,
Missouri College Media Association
Contest, 2013

Breaking News Fellow/Labor Reporter

Built labor beat while writing multiple breaking stories per day on tight deadlines.
Inside Higher Ed, Washington, DC
Sept 2016 Dec 2016
Reporting Intern/Masters Project Professional Placement
Reported breaking news stories and features; pitched and pursued enterprise pieces.
American Press Institute, Arlington, VA
May 2016 Aug 2016
Summer Fellow/Masters Project Research Placement
Used quantitative and qualitative research skills to examine metrics data of digital
longform/enterprise journalism. Analyzed metrics of small-town newspapers.
Columbia Missourian, Columbia, MO
Aug 2014 May 2016
State Government Reporter, Higher Education Reporter
Broke MU hunger strike story and was lead reporter on ensuing protests coverage
of MU protests was nominated for a Pulitzer. Reported on state government and the
University of Missouri. Filed public records requests, analyzed data and developed
relationships and MU protesters and university officials.
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Columbia, MO
Jan 2015 Aug 2016
Fellow, Editorial Assistant
Put together 40th anniversary issue of IRE Journal, including generating story ideas,
researching investigative journalism, conducting interviews and writing features;
Copy edited and fact checked quarterly issues of IRE Journal; Assigned stories to
contributors; Worked at Computer-Assisted Reporting and IRE conferences.
Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO
June 2015 Aug 2015
Business Desk Intern
Reported on business news, both breaking and enterprise; pitched and pursued
stories on local and technology news; created short videos with iPhone.
Jefferson City News Tribune, Jefferson City, MO
Aug 2014 May 2015
Reporting Intern
Reported on MO legislature and state agencies; cultivated relationships with Missouri
Congressional Black Caucus and built beat on post-Ferguson legislation; covered
press conferences, breaking news and elections; analyzed data.
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Aug 2014 Dec 2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant, History of American Journalism
Hilltop Monitor, William Jewell College, Liberty, MO
Sept 2009 May 2013
Chief Copy Editor, Reporter
Wrote editorials and investigative articles for student newspaper; Copy edited
students work, guided reporters and taught staff grammar rules and AP style.