Nicole Froio

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Address: 64 Bower Road, Sheffield, S10 1ER Email: nicolefroio@gmail.com Web: lucidoutlooks.wordpress.com Twitter: @nicki_ Phone: 07578377529

Passionate student journalist who has worked extensively in student media. Experienced in court reporting, local news gathering, high-profile interviewing, blogging for a national newspaper and feature writing. Expected to get a 2.1 degree in the best journalism course in the United Kingdom in June 2012. Looking to get employment in print media as a news reporter or a columnist.

Experience

Journalism News reporting and writing Interviewing and transcribing Sub-editing and proof reading Video production and editing NCTJ Media Law qualifications NCTJ News Writing qualifications Court reporting

IT Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Adobe Audition Audacity and Burli Final Cut Pro and iMovie Apple Comic Life Basic HTML

Others English (Fluent) Portuguese (Fluent) Spanish (Fluent) French (Intermediate) Easy and eager learner Very organized Web savvy

Blogger, THE INDEPENDENT

(June 2011 to present)

Deputy editor, FORGE PRESS

(May 2011 to present)

This job encompasses seeking stories that the Indys web audience might find interesting and putting my own spin and opinions into them. With hard work and persistence, I landed an interview with celebrity actor Tom Felton and a Brazilian government official. Much of my feature writing skills was improved with this job. My work can be seen in the following link: http://ind.pn/pz7CVD Work placement, EXPOSED MAGAZINE
(November 2011)

Voted to the position by the rest of the student newspapers editorial team, I act as Second-in-Command of the newspaper and help the editor bring fortnightly issue together by subbing and editing stories. News editor, FORGE PRESS Reported local and university news and gathered material for a fortnightly newspaper by coordinating a team of 50 writers. I was under constant pressure to meet deadlines. Gained experience in copy editing and subbing and learnt how to use Adobe InDesign. Research intern, THE WEEK Helped fact check and research material for the nationwide magazine The Week and worked closely with the Head of Research. Work placement, NEW START
(May 2011) (May 2010 to September 2011)

Practiced writing very localized lifestyle and entertainment articles. Vox popped the people of Sheffield and improved my people skills. Pitched feature ideas to the editors that got picked up. Work placement, THE INDEPENDENT
(June 2011)

Worked closely with reporters for three weeks, called PR agencies to hunt down information, wrote synopsis of books and films. Persistently pitched stories to editors until one of them was picked up by the blogs editor who then gave me an unpaid blogging job Ive kept ever since.

New Start recently transitioned from hardcopy to online format, a very useful situation to be around in the world of new media. I also interviewed the leader of Manchesters BME Network and wrote a feature that can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/7j9zryv

(March 2011)

Experience
Editor-in-Chief, THE ECHO Work placement, JORNAL DO BRASIL
(October 2007) (February 2008 - November 2008)

Solely responsible for delegating articles, editing, andcompiling the student newspaper. First experience of journalism and inspired my choice of degree.

Learnt the process of writing and printing a national Brazilian newspaper. Took part in staff meetings, learnt how to pitch stories and helped interview a Brazilian actor.

Education
- BA, Journalism Studies at the University of Shefield, 2009 - 2012 (expected) This course has taught me invaluable lessons in journalism. In addition to the technical knowledge I have gained in InDesign, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro and Burli, I have learned how to report in the local community. It has taught me to recognize the best angle of a story and, more importantly, it has taught me how to write. I expect to graduate with a 2.1 degree, ready to be a newspaper reporter. - International Baccalaureate (IB) at the British School of Rio de Janeiro, 2007 2008 Living and studying in Rio de Janeiro taught me a perspective not many other places can teach; the social backdrop of Brazil has incredible history, and there is much to report about it that the rest of the world doesnt know. Finding stories and places like this has become my passion ever since I left for university. - Institut International de Lancy in Switzerland, 2005 -2007 Learned French and perfected my English. The cultural shock of moving from Sao Paulo to Geneva taught me how to talk to any person or any background. It helped me understand different cultures more easily and open my mind to new ideas, which has undoubtedly contributed to my ability to find stories.

References
- Mary Anne Hobbs, DJ at Xfm, ex-Media Coordinator at Sheffield Students Union Address: Xfm Manchester 97.7, Suite 1.1, 4 Exchange Quay, Manchester, M5 3EE Contact number: +447595 048 593 E-mail: maryannehobbs7@mac.com - Jonathan Foster, Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield Address: Department of Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield, 18-22 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 3NJ Contact number: (+44)0114 2222549 E-mail: j.foster@sheffield.ac.uk