Diana J. Britton
Phone: (310)918-8120
Email: dianabritton@gmail.com
Website: http://dianabritton.com
EXPERIENCE
Reporter, Institutional Investor News, New York, NY (Winter 2008-Winter 2009)
Covered the U.S. pension fund industry and institutional asset management for Money Management Letter. Produced story ideas through source development and wrote breaking news daily. Proofed the publication for style, spelling and grammar.
Class Credit Intern, The Hollywood Reporter, New York, NY (Fall 2007)
Covered media and entertainment events for the New York bureau of this Los Angeles-based trade publication. Wrote or contributed to stories that ranged from a Sean Combs press conference to a front-page article on the writers’ strike. Other duties included general clerical work and assisting the staff with additional reporting.
Paid Intern, The Daily Breeze newspaper, Torrance, CA (Summer 2007)
Reported and wrote two to three stories a week for the city desk of this Los Angeles Newspaper Group daily. Pitched and wrote stories on topics ranging from unclaimed property law to police shootings.
Freelance Writer, New York, NY (Fall 2006-Winter 2008)
Pitched, reported, and wrote several freelance articles on topics of travel, social issues, and news events in New York City, which have been published in Brooklyn’s Courier Life Publications, The New York Resident, The Peninsula News, ForbesAutos.com, and Baedeker, NYU’s travel magazine.
Broadcast Production Assistant, City of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (Channel 33) (Spring 2006)
Hosted and produced several community shows, which appeared on the public cable channel. Performed numerous tasks in running the channel such as digitizing, scheduling onto the server and gathering new programming from outside sources.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Journalism
New York University (Dec. 07)
Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Minor in Theatre Arts
University of California at San Diego (June 05)
QUALIFICATIONS
Proficient in AP Style, Microsoft Office, Final Cut Pro, basic HTML, weblog software, and other web-based resources. Basic knowledge of Spanish, Arabic.
AWARDS
• 2007 Best of NYU Livewire, a syndicated news service.
• At Institutional Investor News, awarded story of the week three times and second place for Story of the Year out of approximately 2,400 stories.
