BAILEY BRYANT

190 Claremont Avenue

New York, NY 10027
217-504-4994 | beb2162@columbia.edu
LinkedIn: Bailey Bryant | Twitter: @bailsbryant

EDUCATION
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York
Master of Science in Journalism, focus on video and broadcast reporting and production
Expected May 2017
Cover local breaking news and features as a one-woman band. Some stories include the reason for sticky note Subway
therapy (video), the struggles of navigating college campuses from a wheelchair (video) and the State University of
New Yorks decision to stop asking applicants to report their criminal histories (print; published in Ithaca Times).
General assignment experience includes criminal justice, education and politics. Received honors in Video 1.
Additional coursework includes Video Newsroom Broadcast and Strategy and Editing for Social Platforms. Wrote
5,000-word masters thesis on the lack of regulations governing egg donation.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
Bachelor of Science in Journalism, business minor
Graduated with highest honors (top 3 percent of students). Completed degree in two and a half years.

EXPERIENCE
Production Intern, CBSN, New York

Dec. 2014

Jan. 2017 - Present

Freelance Copy Editor, Various Publications, Champaign, Ill.

Jan. 2015 - Present; Feb. 2014 - Dec. 2014
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting: Edit and fact-check investigative articles (80 stories to date) about
agriculture, government, environment, labor and health. Stories range in length from a few hundred to a few
thousand words; CU-CitizenAccess.org: Edited and fact-checked more than 50 investigative articles about
food, housing, justice, education and healthcare.
Assistant Editor, Topix Media Lab, New York
Feb. 2015 - May 2016
(Topix is a publishing company that makes special edition magazines and books.)
Pitched and wrote articles on tight deadlines for more than 40 single-topic, 100-page issues published by
Newsweek, TV Guide, CBS Watch! and other magazines. Interviewed sources such as Buzz Aldrin and Jack
Hanna. Some topics included technology, icons and current events. Select issues included a tribute to the late
Leonard Nimoy (Spock), a celebration of the Silicon Valley and a review of 2015s biggest headlines.
Produced nine single-topic magazines and ghostwrote eight books as the lead issue editor. Select projects
include Simply Gluten Free: Fall Baking and Jack Hannas Big Book of Why.
Research Assistant, Champaign, Ill.
Aug. 2014 - Dec. 2014
Researched, analyzed and cataloged 60 years worth of media coverage on the deaths of black Americans, from
Emmett Till to Michael Brown, for University of Illinois journalism professor Christopher Benson.
Dow Jones News Fund Copy Editing Intern, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.
June 2014 - Aug. 2014
Edited copy, wrote headlines and checked facts for dozens of daily articles from every section of the paper.
Highlights included coverage of city police officers calling in sick for Blue Flu demonstrations.
Communications/Marketing Intern, Office of Technology Management, Urbana, Ill.
May 2013 - Dec. 2014
(OTM helps patent the inventions of University of Illinois professors.)
Wrote, edited and designed content to promote technology and related events. Helped maintain the offices
website and social media accounts.
Assistant Editor/Copy Editor/Columnist/Reporter, The Daily Illini, Champaign, Ill.
Aug. 2012 - Dec. 2014
Covered campus news. Helped manage and edit 10 columnists each week. Wrote dozens of editorials as
member of the editorial board. Edited copy, wrote headlines and checked facts for hundreds of articles.

SKILLS
Digital: Proficient in shooting and editing digital video, audio and photo. Social Media: Experience with Final Cut
Pro, Audition, InDesign, WordPress and HTML. Savvy with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Google
Analytics and Dataminr. Groups: Society of Professional Journalists Board Member, Columbia chapter.
REFERENCES

Jeff Ashworth, Editor-in-Chief at Topix Media Lab, 917-399-4023, jeff@topixmedia.com

Pam Dempsey, Director at Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, 505-409-7070, pamelagdempsey@gmail.com
Elena Cabral, Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 212-854-1124, mec9@columbia.edu