BETH CORTEZ-NEAVEL
512.924.8721
www.bethcortez-neavel.com
ecortez.neavel@gmail.com
EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
FREELANCE MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST
August 2009 - Present
Austin, Texas
- Published independently by The Dallas Morning News, Culturemap Austin (Online) and The Austin Times;
- Trained in AP Style, audio/video editing and production, hard news/feature writing, investigative reporting, blogging, copy-editing and page design, manual/digital photography incl. darkroom experience, small-scale public relations;
- Software knowledge: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Audition, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Final Cut Pro, Avid, Soundslides, Audacity, QGIS, Tableau, Google Fusion;
- Leadership experience in non-profit, managerial and event planning.
FELLOWSHIP at AUSCHWITZ for the STUDY OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
April 2013 - Present
New York, Germany, Poland
Supervisor: Thorin Tritter
- From May 25 to June 6 I will travel to New York and Europe to study the ethics of journalists and other media during the Holocaust with a group of other graduate students in Journalism from all over the world. From April to July I will be researching events during the holocaust and looking at the ethics of journalism today.
TEXAS OBSERVER MAGAZINE LEGISLATIVE INTERN
January 2013 - Present
Austin, Texas
Editor: Dave Mann
- Write online content with a two to three hour turnaround; report on the 83rd Texas Legislative Session on the House and Senate floor, committee hearings, press conferences and capitol rallies; take stock photography and photograph events; produce print content for monthly magazine; and research and produce web features.
TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT COORDINATOR
June - November 2012
Austin, Texas
Editor: Clay Smith
- Wrote and edited content for author pages on Festival website and corresponded with authors and publicists.
ESS COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATE
November 2010 - August 2011
Austin, Texas
Owner: Emily Schmitz
- Worked with owner to produce press releases, wrote online content and blogged for clients.
AUSTIN CREATIVE ALLIANCE PODCAST INTERN
December 2009 - November 2010
Austin, Texas
Podcast Supervisor: Susie Gidseg
- Worked with a team, conducted interviews and edited audio and produced an online weekly 10-20 minute Q&A podcast.
KUT NEWS 90.5 FM (NPR AFFILIATE) INTERN
August 2009 - July 2010
Austin, Texas
Editor: Emily Donahue
- Produced and organized station rundowns for Morning Edition and All Things Considered; took stock photography; ran morning editorial board; pitched story ideas; conducted interviews; wrote, recorded and mixed news spots, readers, sound portraits, cut & copies and audio clips for air; tracked and edited the Morning News Podcast and the Morning Update; wrote online content; and trained other interns to perform similar tasks.
EDUCATION:
UNIVERSITY of TEXAS at AUSTIN, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
August 2011 - Present
Austin, Texas
Adviser: Rusty Todd
- Working towards Master of Arts in Journalism (2013)
SIMMONS COLLEGE
September 2006 - August 2009
Boston, Massachusetts
Adviser: Dan Connell
- Bachelor of Arts in Communications: Writing with a 3.5 GPA
OTHER:
- Student Member of Investigative Reporters and Editors
- Student Member of the National Press Photographers Association