Melanie

Dostis
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Multimedia Journalist
ADDRESS: 8-09 117St. College
Point, NY 11356
TELEPHONE: 718 801 0528
WEBSITE: meldostis.wordpress.com
linkedin.com/pub/melanie-dostis/

meldostis@gmail.com
@meldostis
EXPERIENCE
Homicide Boston, Boston, MA
Correspondent, Jan. 2014- April 2014
Helped launch website that tracks homicides in Boston from crime scene to murder trial
The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
City Desk Co-op/ Metro Correspondent, July 2012-April 2014
Wrote stories focused on metro news during night shift and pitched and wrote enterprise
pieces
Multiple stories appeared on metro front page and three stories appeared in papers front
page
Completed daily tasks such as monitoring external news sources and compiled research
databases
New England Newspaper and Press Association, Boston, MA
Editorial Lab Assistant/Reporter, Sept. 2011-April 2014
Reported on Boston area and wrote obituaries, briefs, and transitions on weekly basis
USA Today, Virtual location
Collegiate Correspondent, Sept. 2013- Jan. 2014
Pitched and wrote stories geared towards a college audience on a weekly basis
Boston Magazine, Boston, MA
Editorial intern, Sept. 2013- Dec. 2013
Assisted editors in duties such as fact-checking and researching stories
Contributed pieces to front of magazine
The New York Times Student Journalism Institute, Tucson, Ariz.
News Reporter, May 2013-June 2013
Selected as part of a group of 23 students to cover daily stories and work on a long-term
project
Covered immigration, business, technology and arts while assisting in maintenance of
website
Manhattan Media, Newspaper and Magazine Publishing Co., NY, NY
Editorial Intern, May 2011-August 2011
Wrote daily blogs and articles on education, lifestyle, and parenting section
ACTIVITIES
Her Campus Northeastern, NU Online Magazine, Boston, MA
President, Jan. 2012- May 2014
Oversaw overall content from editing to publishing
The Huntington News, NU Student Newspaper, Boston, MA News
Staff Writer/ News Editor, Sept. 2011-Sept. 2013
Wrote news stories, managed group of news writers and assisted in weekly production of
paper
EDUCATION
Northeastern University
May 2014, Boston, MA
B.A. Journalism (GPA: 3.7)
Minor: International Affairs (GPA: 3.5)
SKILLS
Multimedia: Photography,
videography, info-graphics
Online: Wordpress, basic HTML,
social media
Programs: Proficient with Photoshop,
Final Cut Pro Microsoft Office
Languages: Fl uent i n Spani sh,
proficient in French
AWARDS/HONORS
2010-2014
Deans List, Presidential Scholarship,
Northeastern University
2013: Participated in investigative
reporting seminar with three time
Pulitzer winner Stephen Kurkjian
2012: Pa r t i c i pa t e d i n f or e i gn
correspondence program to Jordan to
write about culture and turmoil
MEMBERSHIPS
National Association of Hispanic
Journalists
Journalism and Women Symposium
References available upon request