Mathew’s Very Professional Resume
MATHEW KATZ
514 W. 114th Street #33A, New York, N.Y., 10025
646.457.1489 – mak2184@columbia.edu
Multimedia portfolio: www.mathewkatz.com
EDUCATION
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y.
M.S. in Journalism Expected May 2009
Member of Uptown Radio Workshop. Contribute radio stories and documentaries. Rotate through various positions including technical director and executive producer for weekly webcast. Selected for the Scripps Howard Religion Seminar, which includes reporting trip to Ireland. Web editor on the seminar’s website at CoveringReligion.org. Multiplatform journalist covering Hunts Point, Bronx in print, broadcast and on the web for the Borough Beat. Master’s thesis project on the impact of the recession on local food panties.
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Honors B.A., English and History. Graduated with High Distinction May 2008
JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
Freelance Reporter, The Toronto Star – Toronto, ON, Canada Nov. ‘07-Present
Canada’s largest-circulation daily, circulation 630,000
Pitched and wrote features on municipal affairs, neighborhood transformation and gentrification Wrote first stories about the gentrification of the Kensington Market area in Toronto. Freelanced stories from New York City.
Off-The-Bus Blogger, The Huffington Post – New York and Pennsylvania Oct. ’08-Nov. ’08 Covered voter attitudes in rural Pennsylvania during the final days of the 2008 election. Contributed election stories, podcasts and blog posts.
Writer/Editor, The Varsity – Toronto, Ontario, Canada Oct. ‘06–May ‘08
University of Toronto biweekly student newspaper, distribution of 35,000
Wrote stories and editorials ranging from 500-2500 words on campus issues and city news. Wrote features on restaurant trends. Spent a night with a secret engineering student society, revealing their operations and history of campus pranks. Interviewed media baron Conrad Black, which was quoted in The Globe and Mail.
Staff Writer, Torontoist.com, – Toronto, Ontario, Canada July ’07–May ‘08
Canada’s widest-read city blog, a member of the Gothamist Network
Covered breaking local news and contributed feature stories. Helped create a food and beer section for the site and wrote a series on the struggles of local brewers. Wrote a popular weekly satire column that revealed contradictions between politicians’ statements and policies during the 2007 Ontario Provincial Election.
SKILLS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Digital video and audio editing (ProTools, Adobe Premier); Website production (Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop, HTML); Digital Photography; Familiar with social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Myspace).
Speakers Director, Columbia University SPJ New York, NY, Sept. ’08–Present
Booked journalist, documentarians, and politicians for lectures, panels, and presentations.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
