Resume

• 2010

  M.A.

  Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts

  Voted by department faculty to receive 'Outstanding Graduate Student Award for 2013

  San Francisco State University

• 2002

  Bay City News Service

  California Department of Industrial Relations

  Sandia National Laboratories

  MDRC

  KRON-TV

  University of California

  Riverside

  ABC7 / KGO-TV

  San Francisco State University

  KQED

  California Report

  •\tConducted and recorded field and studio interviews. Edited cuts

  researched and wrote scripts for The California Report as well as for KQED FM local news broadcasts. \n•\tContributed original reporting and field photos to the KQED website and News Fix blog.\n

  Reporter

  KQED

  San Francisco Bay Area

  San Francisco State University

  ABC7 / KGO-TV

  San Francisco

  CA

  •\tWrote conversational anchor scripts for all morning newscasts under extremely tight deadlines.\n•\tEdited digital video

  programmed director cues and created on-air story graphics. \n•\tCoordinated with field reporters to produce elements for live shots.\n

  News Writer

  Oakland

  CA

  •\tServed on the research teams of two large-scale national studies funded by U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services:\n• Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) project

  a $75 million federal study of services for low-income married couples. Analyzed program data & conducted site visits to ensure smooth program operations. Designed and utilized tools for qualitative research. Planned annual SHM all-site conference.\n•\tHead Start CARES (Classroom-based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion) project

  a national test of social-emotional enhancements to Head Start settings. Managed and organized recruitment of 18 research sites

  explained study to administrators and teachers

  collected data on grantees for analysis

  Research Analyst

  MDRC

  •\tResearched

  wrote and produced thousands of anchor scripts.\n•\tCoordinated local live shots as well as national breaking stories. Edited video from multiple sources including field reporters. \n•\tManaged social media channels. Kept coverage accurate and current by continuously monitoring news wires

  satellite feeds

  social media and other sources. \n

  Associate Producer

  San Francisco Bay Area

  KRON-TV

  •\tProduced six continuous hours of broadcast news five nights per week for a listening audience that covers the entire Western U.S. as well as Western Canada and Northern Mexico. \n•\tDirected all evening news coverage

  assigned reporters

  stacked stories

  wrote teases

  created cut and copies

  booked live guests

  and simultaneously monitored wire services

  social media

  police and fire scanners

  fax and phone lines

  as well as other radio and television stations for news updates. \n•\tMaintained and updated the station’s website and social media channels.

  News Producer

  San Francisco Bay Area

  KGO-810AM

  Oakland

  CA

  •\tServed as the statewide media representative for Cal/OSHA

  California’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration. First line of response for all media inquiries and interviews about industrial accidents

  workplace hazards and state safety regulations.\n•\tCoached Cal/OSHA executives for successful media interviews. Wrote and edited press releases

  executive speeches

  daily media activity summaries

  outreach materials as well as project reports. \n•\tProduced podcasts and videos to maximize awareness of department news and events.\n•\tManaged the department’s social media. Created content

  organized event activations and collaborated with other state agencies on crisis communications. 98% increase in daily page views over two years.

  Public Information Officer @CA_DIR

  California Department of Industrial Relations

  Livermore

  California

  •\tTranslate scientific research on alternative fuels

  gene editing

  biodefense and nanomaterials into lay-friendly news releases that earn local

  national and international coverage (Vice News Tonight on HBO

  Yale Climate Connections

  San Francisco Chronicle

  Ars Technica

  New Atlas

  R&D Magazine

  Times of India and more).\n•\tWrite Sandia lab newspaper and Sandia Research magazine articles for the large federal lab community as well as external sponsors and other science-minded readers. \n•\tManage a team producing a daily publication for 1

  300 California employees.\n•\tWinner of 2018 APEX Award for excellence in technology writing. Selected amongst 1

  400 applicants. \n

  Senior Public Relations Officer

  Sandia National Laboratories

  Riverside

  California

  •\tChief public representative of UCR’s College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

  with 13 departments ranging from astrophysics and plant pathology to entomology and biochemistry. \n• Distill complex research findings into engaging stories that gain positive national attention for the college (CBS national news

  ABC TV

  CNN

  Newsweek

  U.S. News and World Report

  Smithsonian Magazine

  Martha Stewart Living

  Popular Science

  The Weather Channel

  The California Report

  Gizmodo

  NPR stations in multiple states and more).\n• Train researchers and professors to confidently present their work to journal editors

  media and other non-technical audiences.

  Senior Public Information Officer

  University of California

  Riverside

  San Francisco

  CA

  •\tAs reporter

  wrote 30+ stories daily utilizing Associated Press style. Topics included crime

  transportation

  legislation

  local and state politics. Composed live on-the-scene reports from press conferences

  courtrooms

  protests and other events.\n•\tAs desk editor

  decided on coverage and assigned stories to a team of 12 reporters in nine county news bureaus. \n

  Desk Editor & Reporter

  Bay City News Service

  Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Department

  •\tDesigned curriculum for and taught two core undergraduate courses (Audio Production and Social Science Research Methods) for 400+ students.\n•\tManager and sole tutor for the department’s drop-in writing laboratory.

  Adjunct Professor

  San Francisco State University

  Spanish

  Hebrew

  Technical & Technology Writing Award

  Award recognizing excellence in publishing by professional communicators.

  APEX

  Technical & Technology Writing Award

  Award for a story about hydrogen-powered research vessels. \nhttps://www.sandia.gov/news/publications/labnews/articles/2018/20-07/zero-v.html

  APEX

  Distinguished Achievement Award for Academic Excellence

  Award bestowed by faculty vote to one student per year for achieving exemplary graduate-level scholarship while teaching

  tutoring and working in the field.

  Faculty of the Broadcasting Department at SFSU

• 1993

  Governor's Office of Emergency Services - Specialized Training Institute

  Successfully completed 40 hours of intensive training offered by the California Office of Emergency Services' Specialized Training Institute. Subjects included planning for and disseminating information to the public during a disaster.

  Crisis Communications

  B.A.

  Linguistics

  Film Studies

• Riding bacterium to the bank

  Sandia National Laboratories scientists Seema Singh

  left; and Fang Liu hold vials of vanillin and fermentation broth

  which are critical for turning plant matter into biofuels and other valuable chemicals. (Photo by Dino Vournas) Click on the...

  Riding bacterium to the bank

  Scientists decode DNA secrets of world’s toughest bean

  UCR scientists have decoded the genome of black-eyed peas

  offering hope for feeding Earth's expanding population

  especially as the climate changes.

  Scientists decode DNA secrets of world’s toughest bean

  Scintillating discovery at Sandia Labs

  Bright thinking leads to breakthrough in nuclear threat detection science LIVERMORE

  Calif. — Taking inspiration from an unusual source

  a Sandia National Laboratories team has dramatically improved the science of scintillators — objects that detect...

  Scintillating discovery at Sandia Labs

  NASA’s TESS mission finds ‘missing link’ planets

  NASA’s newest planet-hunting satellite has discovered a type of planet missing from our own solar system.  Launched in 2018

  the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

  or TESS

  has found three new worlds around a neighboring star. Stephen Kane

  a UC...

  NASA’s TESS mission finds ‘missing link’ planets

  Testing for Zika virus: there's an app for that

  Sandia prototype dramatically cuts cost

  time for detection of mosquito-borne illness LIVERMORE

  Calif. — Add rapid

  mobile testing for Zika and other viruses to the list of things that smartphone technology is making possible. Researchers at Sandia...

  Testing for Zika virus: there's an app for that

  Biofuels from bacteria

  Sandia helps HelioBioSys understand new clean energy source LIVERMORE

  Calif.—You might not cook with this sugar

  but from a biofuels standpoint

  it’s pretty sweet. A Bay Area company has patented a group of three single-celled

  algae-like organisms...

  Biofuels from bacteria

  Job Safety Laws for Teens by Dept. of Industrial Relations

  DIR offers this introduction to laws protecting teen workers. For more info

  visit www.dir.ca.gov.

  Job Safety Laws for Teens by Dept. of Industrial Relations

  Diesel doesn’t float this boat

  LIVERMORE

  Calif. — Marine research could soon be possible without the risk of polluting either the air or the ocean. It’s thanks to a new ship design and feasibility study led by Sandia National Laboratories. Hydrogen fuel cells have existed for...

  Diesel doesn’t float this boat

  DIR Spokeswoman comments on tragic accident by MsJulesBernstein

  Being on this side of the mic feels oddly familiar

  despite its being a new experience. This interview aired 3/25/15 on KCBS.

  Editing

  Storytelling

  Journalism

  Video Production

  Blogging

  Publications

  Broadcast

  Social Media

  Broadcast Journalism

  Videography

  Video

  Documentaries

  Facebook

  Research

  Final Cut Pro

  Breaking News

  Interviews

  Video Editing

  News Writing

  AP Style

  Bernstein

  Jules

  Bernstein

  KGO-810AM