Jody Serrano

AUSTIN, TX (956) 372-0932

JSERRANO@UTEXAS.EDU

Education

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN BS, Journalism, Expected in May 2014 Senior Fellows Honors Program IE UNIVERSITY - Segovia, Spain BS, Journalism, Expected in May 2014 Focus on political journalism, investigative journalism and TV news production

Work Experience

KUT News | Austin, TX Reporting Intern August 2013 - December 2013 Produced radio scripts for NPRs Morning Edition and All Things Considered on a tight deadline; Created online stories regarding state policy for the KUT News website; Produced in-depth audio stories; THE TEXAS TRIBUNE | Austin, TX Reporting Intern June 2013 - September 2013 Worked on in-depth reporting projects on public policy in Texas, including an explorer analyzing Texas members of the U.S. Congress and their ethics; Produced stories for The New York Times that appeared in the regional print edition; Wrote daily stories on public and higher education policy on

Skills

COMPUTER: Mac, PC, Microsoft Word, Excel & Powerpoint, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Audition WEB: Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram LANGUAGE: Fluent in Spanish

Awards

2013 TEXAS HEADLINER, an award given to a handful of student journalists in Texas demonstrating outstanding talent and determination in journalism; 2013 NOMINEE FOR HEARST AWARD FOR BREAKING NEWS REPORTING, given to a student who produced an outstanding breaking news report; 2012 RECEIPT OF SCOTT LIND AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM, given to an outstanding Daily Texan staff member; 2012 RECEIPT OF LIZ CARPENTER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM, given to a Daily Texan staffer actively seeking to cover diversity on campus;

deadline that took the lead place on the Tribune website;

AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN | Austin, TX Metro Reporting Intern September 2012 - May 2013 Covered Texas higher education, Williamson County and the greater Austin area for one of the leading newspapers in Central Texas; Produced front page, enterprise news pieces honing in on how the U.S. sequester and a freeze on state funds will affect university research; reported on how the sequester affected area traffic controllers in Austin, San Marcos and Georgetown; Created breaking news blog posts, live-tweeted from community events and worked to develop relationships with local officials in the Austin, Williamson and Hays county areas. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS| Austin, TX Election Stringer May 2012 - August 2012 Covered Travis County elections for The Associated Press, a leading news wire service in the U.S., during the 2012 Texas primaries and runoffs; Developed relationships with county election officials to make sure the AP was always up-to-date on tabulation locations and any complications with election results. THE DAILY TEXAN | Austin, TX News Editor, Associate Editor, Reporter August 2010 - August 2013 News Editor for The Daily Texan. Assigned stories to reporters and worked with them to develop enterprise news stories on higher education and the UT community. As a reporter, covered how immigration law affected UT students; the legal questions surrounding Student Government elections and policies; how first-year students felt about Fisher v. UT case and racebased admissions at UT.