Emily Kostic

Current

• Editor in Chief at The Whit

Past

• Digital Media Intern at BBC America
• Web Editor at The Whit
• Freelance Writer at Us Weekly Online

• Online Intern at Us Weekly Online
• Web Editorial Intern at Philadelphia Magazine

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Education

• Rowan University

Recommended

2 people have recommended Emily

Connections

47 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Blog

Emily Kostic’s Summary

• REPORTING — Experience writing on various topics from local collegiate news to urban and national events. Have covered trends in new media, entertainment and fashion and have experience creating.
• BLOGGING — Created an online journalism blog called Journalism 3.0 at emilykostic.com; contributor at Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists blog ring, contributed to CoPresss blog.
• ONLINE — HTML, several Content Management Systems and blogging softwares (including Drupal and Wordpress).
• SOFTWARE — Quark, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Apple Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Audacity, GarageBand, Soundslides, Microsoft Office.

Emily Kostic’s Experience

• Editor in Chief

  The Whit

  (Newspapers industry)

  April 2009 — Present (8 months)

• Digital Media Intern

  BBC America

  (Online Media industry)

  May 2009 — August 2009 (4 months)

  Moved and rebuilt hundreds of show sites pages from one platform to another, edited video clips on the site, assisted in editing HTML and CSS files, collaborated with full-time staffers in the day-to-day maintenance of show support site, selected images for photo galleries and for homepage, and assisted in writing supplemental content for show sites.

• Web Editor

  The Whit

  (Newspapers industry)

  July 2008 — April 2009 (10 months)

  Coordinated a redesign of the newspaper’s Web site, while increasing web traffic by adding blogs, video, audio and podcasts. Redesigned Web site is now a finalist for a 2009 ACP Online Pacemaker.

• Freelance Writer

  Us Weekly Online

  (Online Media industry)

  August 2008 — December 2008 (5 months)

  Wrote weekly episode recaps for The Hills and Project Runway

• Online Intern

  Us Weekly Online

  (Online Media industry)

  May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)

  Transcribed in-depth celebrity interviews, fact checked celebrity biographies for web site, assisted with HTML in site’s CMS, assisted editors in research for celebrity interviews, in addition to pitching story and slideshow ideas to blogs.

• Web Editorial Intern

  Philadelphia Magazine

  (Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)

  June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

  Assisted with HTML on Web site, updated restaurant reviews and listings, wrote articles for web, assisted in magazine photo shoots, did extensive fact checking for magazine and web site, etc.

Emily Kostic’s Education

• Rowan University

  BA , Journalism , 2006 — 2010 (expected)

  Activities and Societies:

  The Whit, Venue Magazine, Bureau of Student Publications

Additional Information

Emily Kostic’s Websites:

• My Blog

Emily Kostic’s Groups:

•    Facebook.com
•    Web 2.0
•    ThoseinMedia
•    Online reporters and editors
•    Tweeple
•    Linked Journalists
•    The Next Newsroom Project
•    Magazine
•    Women in New Media
•    CoPress Network

Emily Kostic’s Honors:

UWIRE 100: Named one of the top 100 student journalists in the country (2009)

2009 ACP Online Pacemaker Award for The Whit's Redesigned Web site

2nd Place in the Best Independent Blog category — 2009 Society of Professional Journalists-NJ Excellence in Journalism Awards

Emily Kostic’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch