LEXI BELCULFINE

LexiBelc@gmail.com @LexiBelc LexiBelculfine.com

Journalism Experience
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pa.

NEWS REPORTER

Jan. 2013 - present

Covering and investigating Pittsburghs City Hall including the mayor, city council and authorities for the

highest circulation daily in Pennsylvania by developing sources and requesting and interpreting documents
Advancing breaking news into second-day stories; pitching and executing longer-term reports
Interacting with more than 2,500 organic Twitter followers; making photos and videos on my iPhone
Served as a general assignment and breaking news reporter; covered police and criminal courts beats
Reported from southern West Virginia after a derailed crude oil tanker caused a town to be evacuated
and led coverage of the fatal shooting of a police officer in Westmoreland County
Contributed to team reporting on national news including mass stabbings at Franklin Regional High School;
a shooting near Brashear High School; and the 2016 Stanley Cup win
Awards: Franklin Regional team awards: Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors 2015 first place
general news reporting and second place online breaking news coverage
Brashear team awards: PAPMEs 2014 first place online breaking news coverage; Pittsburgh Black Media
Federation Robert L. Vann Media Awards 2014 first place newspaper spot news

COPY EDITOR & PAGE DESIGNER

May 2012 - Jan. 2013

Edited local, national, international and business news and sports articles for content and style; fact checked;
designed and proofed broadsheet pages; wrote headlines and cutlines
Interned on copy desk summer 2011 and winter break 2011-2012
The Daily Collegian State College, Pa.

EDITOR IN CHIEF

April 2011 - April 2012

Led award-winning breaking news and investigative coverage of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal
and the death of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno
Managed 175 editors, reporters, photojournalists and designers at Penn States independent, 20,000circulation student-run daily; led opinion page meetings; wrote columns and editorials; launched a sex column
Oversaw growth of Twitter followers from about 7,000 to more than 20,000; created a social media staff
Served as a voting member of Collegian, Inc.s board; worked 60 hours per week as a full-time student
Awards: Following my year as editor, the Collegian was named: Princeton Reviews Best College Newspaper;
College Media Matters College Newspaper of the Year, 2011-12; Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker;
Keystone Press Awards first place website; @dailycollegian among Buzzfeeds 90 best Twitter accounts of 2011

REPORTER, BEAT & COPY EDITOR

Sept. 2008 - April 2011

Covered the Penn State administration, Board of Trustees and Faculty Senate, as well as minorities on campus
Managed campus and arts staffs of about 30 reporters; developed and assigned articles and series
Edited and fact checked stories; wrote headlines for and designed broadsheet and magazine pages

Education
The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pa.

BACHELOR OF ARTS, JOURNALISM

Aug. 2008 - May 2012

Travelled to Cape Town, South Africa and swam with Great White sharks to write an article on the tensions
between cage dive operators and surfers, which became the most read story on the McClatchy Newswire for days
Focused studies on writing, multi-platform reporting, womens studies and English
Awards: Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, 2011 first place editorial writing and
2010 first place feature writing; Hearst Writing Awards, 2011 13th place feature writing and 2010 fifth place
personality profile of Braddock Mayor John Fetterman