Laurel White

Experience
@lkwhite
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Wisconsin Public Radio, Madison, WI July 2014-present
Lee Ester News Fellow (Reporter)
-Responsible for start-to-fnish preparation of balanced, issue-oriented,
analytical reports for use in daily newcasts
-Conduct and record interviews, write scripts and host copy
-Operate control board, feld equipment for recording, mixing
Medill News Service, Washington, DC March 2014-June 2014
Politics Reporter
-Pitched and reported daily and enterprise stories for clients including
USA Today, Texas Tribune and McClatchy newspapers
-Provided multimedia coverage of Congress and the White House
NPR, Washington, DC January 2014-April 2014
All Things Considered Intern
-Pitched orginal story ideas
-Identifed, pre-interviewed and booked guests on tight deadlines
-Supported live coverage of State of the Union
Medill National Security Journalism Initiative, Washington, DC
September 2013-December 2013
Reporter
-Reported a multimedia investigative project published on USAToday.com
-Worked extensively with government contracts and documents
Medill Watchdog, Evanston, IL April 2013-June 2013
Graduate Intern
-Team-reported an investigative project on the Cook County judicial
system that was published in the Chicago Tribune and ran on WGN-TV
-Organized and analyzed data using comprehensive spreadsheets
Public Communications Inc., Chicago, IL August 2011-September 2012
Assistant Account Executive
-Conducted public relations efforts on behalf of cultural institution and
non-proft clients
Offce of Governor Pat Quinn, Springfeld, IL July 2010-August 2011
Press Assistant
-Drafted and edited press releases, fact sheets and talking points
Education
Northwestern University,
Medill School of Journalism
Graduated 2014
MS - Journalism
North Central College
Graduated 2010
BA - English: Writing
Summa cum laude
Skills
Adobe Audition, Premiere,
InDesign and Photoshop,
Audio Vault, MTE, Microsoft
Offce Suite, CisionPoint,
Wordpress, Nexis, Critical
Mention, PACER,
basic HTML & CSS
Published
NPR.org
USAToday.com
Chicago Tribune
Texas Tribune
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Waterloo Courier (Iowa)
Times of Northwest Indiana
MSN UK
multimedia journalist. politics & policy enthusiast.
laurelkwhite.com
lkwhite88@gmail.com
309.310.6718
Contact
Awards & Honors
-2010, North Central College, Outstanding Senior Woman
-2010, Illinois College Press Association awards, 2nd place - feature writing
-2009, 2008 - Richter Fellow, received two grants to conduct research on
politics and society, presented fndings at three national research conferences