Susan E. Matthews
76 Maspeth Avenue, Apt 2, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Experience .
Popular Science, New York, NY
January 2013 – Present
Editorial Fellow
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Pitched and wrote short stories for the front of the book, pitched and researched graphics for print
Nature Medicine, Nature Publishing Group, New York, NY
September 2012 — December 2012
Editorial Intern
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Wrote for news section of monthly journal and Spoonful of Medicine blog, successfully pitching and reporting stories on
new biomedical research, policy implications and structure of the biopharmaceutical world
Bloomberg Businessweek, New York, NY
September 2012-October 2012
Research and Graphics
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Researched, pitched, and designed graphics for the "Are You Better Off?" election issue
MyHealthNewsDaily.com, Tech Media Network, New York, NY
May 2012 — August 2012
Editorial Intern
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Successfully pitched, reported and wrote daily stories for online publication ranging from microbial gut fungi’s role in
inflammatory bowel disease to screening for breast cancer to incidence of bacteria in hotel rooms
OnEarth, magazine run by the Natural Resource Defense Council, New York, NY January 2012 — May2012
Editorial Intern
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Wrote for online site and print magazine, successfully pitching and reporting for both; researched for magazine
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Fact-checked stories; participated in weekly story-planning meetings; gave feedback on feature stories
The Dartmouth, Hanover, N.H.
September 2007 – December 2010
Editor-in-Chief, Chairman of The Dartmouth, Inc. 2010
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Produced and edited content for the daily paper and website; managed staff of 200 individuals
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Served as chairman of the Board of Proprietors of The Dartmouth, overseeing an operating budget of $600,000.
Staff Writer and News Editor, 2007-2009
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Reported on the administration (2008-2009), covering the search for incoming College President Jim Yong Kim and controversy on Dartmouth’s Board of Trustees, winning the Sophomore Writer of the Year Award.
Dartmouth College Department of Environmental Studies, Hanover, N.H.
March 2009 – December 2010
Research Assistant in biogeochemistry with Dr. Ross Virginia and Dr. Becky Ball
Project Preservation
Trip Leader, American University of Kosovo
June 2008, December 2011- June 2011
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Led a service trip connecting Dartmouth students to AUK students to learn about genocide and remembrance
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Participated in project in June 2008, restoring a destroyed Jewish cemetery in Stojanov, Ukraine
Education .
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University, New York, N.Y. September 2011- December 2012
Masters of Arts in the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program
Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.
September 2007 – June 2011
B.A. in Environmental Studies, Cum Laude
Studied abroad at the Universite Toulouse le Mirail, France and University of Pretoria, South Africa
Skills .
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Microsoft Excel and Office; Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop; CSS and HTML; Final Cut Express
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Strong proficiency in French, strong background in statistics and calculus
Awards & Scholarships .
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Susan B. Ackerman endowed scholarship 2008-2009, Dartmouth College
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Richter Memorial Fund Grant, spring 2010; Stifler Family Undergraduate Grant, fall 2010, Dartmouth College
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Freshman Writer of the Year Award, Sophomore Writer of the Year Award, The Dartmouth