Martina Stewart

Current

• Associate Producer at CNN's Political Unit

Past

• Associate Producer -- Election Coverage at CNN's Political Unit
• Freelance Masters Fellow/Associate Producer at CNN's Political Unit
• Production Assistant, Political Unit at WNBC

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Education

• Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
• Harvard Law School
• Yale University

Connections

344 connections

Industry

Media Production

Martina Stewart’s Summary

Recent graduate of Columbia Journalism School with legal background. J.D. from Harvard Law School. Two federal court clerkships (one trial and one appellate). Experience litigating various types of civil cases in federal court and arguing cases in federal appeals court. Made recent career transition to journalism and currently focused on covering politics in online/multimedia and traditional news production environments. Interested in print, television (on-air and production), and online journalism.

Martina Stewart’s Specialties:

Political and National Affairs Reporting, Legal Affairs Reporting; Familiarity with Online Publishing Tools (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, & Soundslides); Basic Proficiency in Digital Video Shooting & Editing (Avid), in Sound Editing (Pro Tools), and in ENPS & iNews Rundown Programs; Expertise in Legal Research (Westlaw & Lexis/Nexis), constitutional law, and administrative law

Martina Stewart’s Experience

• Associate Producer

  CNN's Political Unit

  (Media Production industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  -Part of core team that runs the CNN Political Ticker blog
  -Report and write for the CNN Political Ticker blog
  -Produce all aspects of blog
  -Write for and produce blog solo Sundays during “State of the Union”
  -Back-up producer for CNN's daily video political podcast
  -Back-up producer for CNN’s online political video
  -Back-up package producer for Political Unit’s correspondents.

Additional Information

Martina Stewart’s Interests:

the Internet & politics, campaign finance, religion & politics, homeland security, constitutional law, First Amendment law, intellectual property law, the U.S. Supreme Court, presidential authority

Martina Stewart’s Honors:

-Reporter/Writer/Producer, Best Political News Blog, 2009 EPppy Awards;
-Contributor, 2009 National Headliner Award for best television-affiliated Web reporting honoring CNN's online political coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign;
-Contributor, 2009 Peabody Award for CNN's 2008 presidential election coverage;
-Contributor, Honoree in Political Blog category, 2009 Webby Awards

Martina Stewart’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• getting back in touch