gabrielalilif [at] gmail.com
Education
Experience
University of Southern California
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B.A. Broadcast and Digital Journalism
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B.A. Narrative Studies
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Class of 2018; cum laude honors
Honors and awards
Order of Troy
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Recipients of this distinction have distinguished themselves beyond their peers in at least one facet of university life and have made notable contributions to the USC community as active leaders or contributors in service to peers, the university community or the world at large.
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Only 97 students from the undergraduate class of 2018 were selected for this award.
Jacki and Gilbert Wells Cisneros Scholar
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Awarded a $25,000 renewable scholarship to attend the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism for possessing a strong interest in the field of journalism and the desire to explore the needs and concerns of Latinos and Mexican-Americans.
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Only one student a year receives the scholarship.
The Atlantic
July 2018 - Present |Editorial Fellow | Washington D.C.
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Pitches stories for syndications and partnerships
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Works within The Atlantic's CMS to produce the monthly magazine's online edition
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Uses Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn to schedule and promote content
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Monitors social analytics
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Copy edits and fact checks stories
USC Annenberg Media
January - May 2018| Social Media Editor | Los Angeles
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Used best practices to push out all Annenberg Media brands' published content on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat
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Engaged with audiences across platforms
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Participated in weekly evaluations with the rest of the social team to improve audience engagement strategies
August - December 2017 |USC Community Desk Editor | Los Angeles
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Attended pitch meetings to assign stories and define deadlines
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Oversaw and edited multimedia journalists' web and video pieces related to the USC community
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Successfully pitched a project on diversity that media center journalists contributed and worked on during fall 2017 and spring 2018: http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/diversity/
August 2015 - May 2018 | Multimedia Journalist | Los Angeles
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Conducted interviews for multiple platforms
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Shot and edited video news stories with Adobe Premiere
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Wrote intros, VO's and tags for the same-day air show under iNews software
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Wrote articles for Annenberg news and pop culture verticals
Money Magazine
June - August 2017| Audience Engagement Intern | New York City
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Utilized Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to produce personal finance news
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Created GIF videos for MONEY’s Facebook that have amassed over 5 million views
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Helped advance MONEY’s Flipboard account, which brought in new sources of traffic for the magazine
CBS
January - May 2017| Investigative News Intern | Los Angeles
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Recorded and responded to all tip line calls
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Assisted in stake-outs for broadcast pieces and was trained in the use of hidden cameras
NBC Nightly News
June - August 2016 | Intern | Los Angeles
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Fact checked scripts and gathered user generated content on various social media sites for breaking and developing news stories
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Assisted producers and correspondents with research for web stories regarding the California primaries and the 2016 Summer Olympics
Skills
Spanish
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Fluent/native proficiency
Social media
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Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, Tumblr, Youtube, Pinterest
News aggregators
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Flipboard, Pocket, Apple News
Social analytics
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Crowdtangle, Hootsuite, Chartbeat, Sprout, Google, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter analytics
Social network management
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Buffer, Socialflow, Tweetdeck
Online production and CMS
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iNews, Wordpress, Ollie
Adobe Creative Suite
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Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator
SEO
HTML
Affilations
National Association of Hispanic Journalists