Jessica Gold Haralson

Current

• Commentator at CBS Radio/WZLX

Past

• Writer-reporter at Time Inc.
• Program Assistant at Kelly Writers House
• Nerve Blogger/Essayist at Nerve Media

• Research and editorial assistant at Stephen Fried

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Education

• University of Pennsylvania

Connections

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Jessica Gold Haralson’s Summary

Top-tier college graduate with substantial administrative and creative experience seeks to leverage abilities in fast-paced growth industry.

Jessica Gold Haralson’s Experience

• Commentator

  CBS Radio/WZLX

  (Public Company; CBS; Broadcast Media industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Weekly commenter on Dr. Anthony Mazarrelli's program "1210 Tonight With Dr. Anthony Mazarrelli".

• Writer-reporter

  Time Inc.

  (Public Company; TWX; Publishing industry)

  May 2008 — March 2009 (11 months)

  • Contributed to People front-of-book sections Scoop and Star Tracks. Wrote for People.com.
  • Curated potential entries for People’s “Heroes Among Us” franchise honoring community leaders and non-profit advocates.
  • Assisted senior editors and associate editors with administrative work.
  • Fact-checked short and feature-length articles for accuracy; conducted additional back-reporting as needed.
  • Updated online articles using People’s in house content management system.
  • Coordinated product delivery for arts-and-entertainment reviews and gift guides.
  • Developed relationships with public relations and non-profit representatives.

• Program Assistant

  Kelly Writers House

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  September 2004 — May 2008 (3 years 9 months)

  • Assisted the Director of Development with fundraising projects for writing-based, university-based non-profit arts association.
  • Helped Program Coordinator with event set-up and follow-up.
  • Managed community listserv that reached over 3,000 Writers House “Hub” members.
  • Designed monthly events calendar for University of Pennsylvania students and West Philadelphia residents.
  • Maintained and updated donor database and reached out to potential donors.
  • Greeted incoming students, Writers House volunteers, and answered telephone inquiries.

• Nerve Blogger/Essayist

  Nerve Media

  (Internet industry)

  May 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  • Identified potential book markets and publishing niches for Nerve CEO Rufus Griscom.
  • Researched potential link-sharing and new media contacts for Babble, Nerve’s parenting brand.
  • Tracked author output and pageview shares per article on all Nerve properties.
  • Assisted senior editors with major research projects including an eco-friendly web magazine.
  • Edited the Nerve Video Blog for Nerve.com, which receives 1 million unique visitors monthly.

• Research and editorial assistant

  Stephen Fried

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)

  • Cultivated relationships with new media representatives to promote Stephen Fried’s book project Husbandry.
  • Performed academic research for Fried’s book on 19th century American historical figure Fred Harvey.
  • Researched and fact-checked Mr. Fried’s Ladies Home Journal and Glamour columns.
  • Updated Mr.Fried’s website and did basic content management.

Jessica Gold Haralson’s Education

• University of Pennsylvania

  BA , English Literature w/ Creative Writing emphasis , 2004 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  Contributor to award-winning newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian (specifically 34th Street, the DP's arts and culture magazine), Pilot Curriculum Advisory Board, founded an online sexuality and culture publication affiliated with the University

Additional Information

Jessica Gold Haralson’s Groups:

Kelly Writers House Hub, RAINN

Jessica Gold Haralson’s Honors:

2006 Joan Harrison Prize Winner: The Joan Harrison Award is an annual award/"writing scholarship" of $1500 for a current undergraduate who is affiliated with the Writers House. The scholarship is intended to encourage and support a student with financial need who is working on a writing project or projects.

Penn Leadership Scholar: Awarded to students of merit with financial need.

Jessica Gold Haralson’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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