Riva Gold

STANFORD UNIVERSITY MCGILL UNIVERSITY LANGUAGES SKILLS

Email: rivag@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 468 4894

EDUCATION, LANGUAGES AND SKILLS

Master of Arts in Journalism (Expected June 2013) Courses in public issues reporting, multimedia storytelling, digital media entrepreneurship (13) Bachelor of Arts, Joint Honors in Philosophy and Religious Studies (2006-2010) Graduated with First Class Honors and Distinction; Research Assistant in Biomedical Ethics French (Fluent), Hebrew (very basic) Photography/photo editing, WordPress, audio editing with Audacity, FinalCutPro (basic), debating World Public Speaking Champion (10 World Universities Debate Championship)

JOURNALISM AND WRITING EXPERIENCE

KQED PUBLIC RADIO (San Franciscos NPR member station): Forum Intern (Fall 2012) Pitch program topics, help select sources and conduct preliminary interviews with guests for Forum Aggregate listener feedback during live recordings, conduct background research for the hosts PENINSULA PRESS (Stanford University): Multimedia Reporter (Fall 2012), Produce articles, photos, podcasts and slideshows about Palo Alto Helped created visualizations of state election data and covered statewide propositions STAR MEDIA GROUP DIGITAL (Toronto): Events Writer (2012), Speak Your Mind Correspondent (2011) Outlined current events, coordinated photographs and added listings for Star Media, which owns and operates Toronto.com and Canadas largest daily newspaper, the Toronto Star Community Correspondent and blogger for the Willowdale riding in the 2011 Ontario election HAARETZ (Tel Aviv, Israel): Intern, Writer (Interned from 2010-2011, Freelance 2011-present) Published articles in Haaretz (English and Hebrew print editions) and Haaretz.com (English and Hebrew online editions) including the second-most read article on the site (on 01/04/2012) Copy-edited and fact-checked online articles, transcribed interviews, moderated comments THE MARK NEWS (Toronto): News Writer and Content Producer (2011-2012) Independently wrote, edited and curated weekend news articles and headlines in a tight time frame Part of a small team that nearly doubled traffic to the news section in just six months THE CANADIAN NIGERIAN NEWS: Reporter (2011-2012) Interviewed and photographed Canadas Liberal Party leader; wrote about community concerns VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS (PRINT/ONLINE/MAGAZINE): Freelance Reporter (2008-2012) Wrote articles for BlogTO, Torontos most read news and culture blog (3.9 million monthly page views) Wrote for Occupational Health and Safety Magazine Researched race and disability issues for The Walrus Magazine Wrote TV articles for GlobalTV.com, Canadas second-largest broadcast television network Co-founded a news, arts, technology, politics and entertainment blog called Cohortons Wrote feature articles profiling local leaders and artists for the Canadian Jewish News and covered the largest Jewish community event of the year in a front-page photo spread MCGILL DAILY AND MCGILL TRIBUNE: Features Reporter and Weekly Columnist (2006-2010) Wrote weekly Opinion columns for the Daily and Tribune (08-10), Tribune Features writer (06-07)