JENNIFER-LEIGH OPRIHORY

[173 PASADENA PLACE, HAWTHORNE, NJ 07506] MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLER. INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST. NATIONAL-SECURITYSPECIALIST. HUMAN-RIGHTS ENTHUSIAST.

jenniferleigh@u.northwestern.edu 201.625.3146 jenniferleighoprihory.com linkedin.com/in/jenniferleigho

SCHOOL Medill School Of Journalism, Media, Integrated-Marketing Communications Northwestern University [Evanston, I.L.] Master Of Science In Journalism Health & Science Reporting Concentration; National Security Specialization HONORS: Madeline Halpern Memorial Scholarship, McCormick National Security Journalism Scholarship

Dec. 2013

New Jersey City University Aug. 2011 Bachelor of English Literature and Writing (with Departmental Honors) Honors Program; Pre-med studies; Student Government Executive Board HONORS: Presidential Scholarship, M.L.K. Jr. Scholarship, Walter J. Glospie Academy of American Poets Prize Military & The Media Workshop Sept. 2013 PROFESSIONAL University Of Kansas William Allen White School Of Journalism & Mass Communications, TRAININGS & U.S. Army Combined Arms Center & The McCormick Foundation CERTIFICATIONS Hostile Environments & Emergency First Aid Training (HEFAT ) Certication May 2013 Centurion Risk Assessment Services WORK Intern Magnum Foundation [New York, N.Y.] Jan. 2014- Present Research conict-journalist resources & issues in preparation for a new Foundation initiative aimed at getting equipment to professional journalists and photographers whose equipment is stolen or seized in the midst of conict coverage Research & write human-rights issue primers for the upcoming What Works documentary website Evaluate applications for the 2014 EF grant, Human Rights fellowship & Magnum Foundation Fellowship programs Establish and create a guide to an in-house social media data analytics system Night & Weekend Producer - National Desk Advance Digital, Inc. [Jersey City, N.J.] Nov. 2013 - Present (Permanent Employee As Of Jan. 2014) Facilitate the delivery of relevant, accurate, real-time digital news coverage for 12 client news websites across the U.S. on nights & weekends using Parsely audience-engagement and Advance Page Builder software & the Movable Type blogging platform Curate and build SCC and AP photo galleries of local sports events for client photography blogs Monitor the AP wire for relevant stories, track down companion, and aggregate this content to our client sites McCormick National Security Journalism Scholar Medill National Security Journalism Initiative [Washington, D.C.] Sept. 2013-Dec. 2013 Researched and reported on the role of the U.S. military in U.S. emergency food aid and disaster response from Fort Leavenworth, Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Bragg, New York and Washington as part of a large-scale, multimedia, investigative food-security reporting project for publication by USA Today National Security Reporter Medill News Service [Washington D.C.] Apr. 2013 - June 2013 Generated multimedia coverage of national-security, defense-policy, government-accountability and human-rights issues for USAToday.com, UPI.com, Gannett, McClatchy and Medills news-wire & social-media sites

Freelance Multimedia Journalist & Filmmaker

Various [U.S. & Abroad] Dec. 2012 - Present Provide health, science & human-rights coverage to international news websites Our World Today (Adelaide, A.U.) & The Foreign Report (Copenhagen, Denmark); create promotional lms for Write Bloody Publishing (Austin, T.X.)

RSNA 2012 Correspondent

Diagnostic Imaging / UBM Medica [Chicago, I.L.] Nov. 2012 Dec. 2012 Created three stories on assignment using original print, photography and video coverage of the 98th Scientic Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America for publication on DiagnosticImaging.com Health & Science Accountability Reporter Medill News Service [Chicago, I.L.] Sept. 2012 - Dec. 2012 Created the health & science accountability beat, and itched and created print and multimedia stories with original photography and infographics focused on health & science accountability and related topics SKILLS Windows & Mac OS; MS Ofce; Adobe Audition, Bridge, Photoshop, Premiere, InDesign; Audacity; basic Final Cut; Facebook; WordPress, Blogger; Movable Type; Advance Page Builder; Parsely; Google Analytics; Twitter; Tumblr; LinkedIn; YouTube; Vimeo; Camtasia; Instagram; Storify; Flickr; Vine; bitly; SEO; Dropbox; Sharele; Skype; FTP; basic HTML5 & CSS; Easypurl 7 & Experiture marketing platforms; AP Style; photography & photo editing; audio recording & editing; video/audio-slideshow creation & editing; news, magazine and copy writing and editing; investigative & database reporting, interviewing, blogging, research; fact-checking; integrated-marketing communications