Noelle Chun

Internet aggregator, Editor, Writer

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Assistant Editor at UCSF
  • Evangelist/Content Manager at Alltop
Past
  • Blog Editor at Guy Kawasaki
  • Residence Hall Coordinator at Northwestern University Residential Life
  • Truemorist at Truemors
Education
  • Northwestern University
  • Punahou School
Connections
65 connections
Industry
Writing and Editing
Websites

Noelle Chun’s Summary

Noelle Chun is a writer with additional specialties in reporting and research, news and internet aggregation, audio and video editing, blogging, and social media. She is experienced in bizarrely wide range of news media—from newspapers to magazines, from TV news to radio, from blogs to magazine web sites. She’s written for such sites as Newsweek International, Newsweek.com, VentureBeat, Guy Kawasaki’s blog, The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu magazine, and The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, among others.

Noelle currently serves Alltop, working closely with founder Guy Kawasaki and Chief Evangelist Neenz Falafine to think about ways to revolutionize web browsing and create dynamic new marketing techniques using Twitter, Facebook and blogs.

In the past, Noelle worked as a mid-level manager, directly supervising a staff of six people, three buildings, three hall boards, and more than 330 students at Northwestern University.

Two of Noelle’s favorite articles include the story she pitched and reported on for Newsweek.com’s lead following the Virginia Tech Shootings, as well as her coverage of life in a Chinese orphanage for Newsweek.com and Newsweek International.

Noelle Chun’s Specialties:

Internet content, writing, editing, reporting, page design, photography, producing video and audio, aggregation, multimedia journalism.


Noelle Chun’s Experience

  • Assistant Editor

    UCSF

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    November 2008Present (9 months)

    Edits articles and produces podcasts for premier websites in the patient safety movement, AHRQ The Patient Safety Network and AHRQ WebM&M--both projects started by field leader Bob Wachter.

  • Evangelist/Content Manager

    Alltop

    (Internet industry)

    September 2008Present (11 months)

    Collects the Internet's best RSS feeds on various topics to build Alltop.com pages. Builds pages. Maintains databases and identifies new sites to include. Markets using twitter, facebook and other social media.

  • Blog Editor

    Guy Kawasaki

    (Writing and Editing industry)

    September 2008December 2008 (4 months)

    Helped produce posts on business lessons.
    Copyedited interviews and formats them into HTML. Generated display copy, introductions and kickers.

  • Residence Hall Coordinator

    Northwestern University Residential Life

    (Education Management industry)

    September 2007June 2008 (10 months)

    Trained, managed and mentored a staff of six community assistants and supervised three residential colleges, three student executive boards, and 330 student residents–responsible for more residents, buildings and community assistants than any other student on campus.
    Oversaw educational, safety and fun programming for residents.
    Streamlined communication among community assistants, hall government leaders, residential college master staff, and
    Residential Life and Residential College administrators.

  • Truemorist

    Truemors

    (Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)

    March 2007June 2008 (1 year 4 months)

    Helped set the tone and style as the first citizen journalist for one of Guy Kawasaki’s recent enterprises. Work created
    the model for a dozen other employees at Truemors.
    Grabbed breaking news stories off the web every day and punched them into short, entertaining parcels for immediate
    online publication.

  • Newsweek.com Video intern

    Newsweek

    (Public Company; WPO; Publishing industry)

    March 2007June 2007 (4 months)

    Pitched the story idea and then led writing and reporting for the main follow-up after the Virginia Tech shootings.
    Expanded responsibilities beyond producing audio/video packages and podcasts for the website and proved myself as a regular writer for the health section among others. Continued to freelance for the website and international Newsweek editions after leaving.
    Wrote an in-depth piece from China, covering the inner-workings of an orphan-care NGO.

  • Anchor/Reporter

    Radio - WNUR News

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    January 2006March 2007 (1 year 3 months)

    Wrote, edited and produced radio news packages. Re-packaged for broadcast five to six AP wire stories in half an hour every Tuesday.

  • Editorial intern

    Honolulu Magazine

    (Newspapers industry)

    June 2006August 2006 (3 months)

    Full-time editorial intern who was involved at every stage of magazine production. Wrote dozens of articles, including the September 2006 cover story, and also produced display copy, copyedited, assisted with photoshoots, helped plan editorial content, and shepherded to-be-reviewed products from their manufacturers.

  • Intern

    The Honolulu Advertiser

    (Public Company; Newspapers industry)

    June 2004August 2004 (3 months)

    For this Gannet paper, I wrote three front-page stories and produced weekly centerpieces for the features and TGIF sections. Copyedited proofs and edited freelance submissions, including one story from celebrity ballet dancer Amanda Schull (from the movie "Centerstage").

  • Intern

    The Honolulu Advertiser

    (Public Company; Newspapers industry)

    June 2003August 2003 (3 months)

    Wrote features centerpieces and daily newsbytes for the Island Life section. Also maintained the TGIF calendar.

  • Intern

    TV - FOX News

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    June 2002August 2002 (3 months)

    At this highest-rated Fox station in the country, I helped edit news packages, cued tapes, supervised the police beat, and prepared teleprompters for commericial breaks.


Noelle Chun’s Education

  • Northwestern University

    B.S. , Journalism & History , 20042008

    Activities and Societies:
    Multiethnic Intervarsity, Mustardseed
  • Punahou School

    19932004

    As evidence of my coolness at even a young age, I'd like to note that I co-founded the school's chemistry club with one of my besties.


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