National Copy Reader at Dow Jones Newswires
Greater New York City Area
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- National Copy Reader at Dow Jones Newswires
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- Editorial intern at Dow Jones Newswires
- Student Intern at Village Voice Media
- Support Staff Intern at Newsday
- Freelance reporter at Times of Middle Country
- Education
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- Hofstra University
- Temple University
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Samuel Rubenfeld’s Summary
Copyeditor for a daily newsletter covering the business/investment side of clean technology. Wealth of experience covering national politics and the federal government. As a college student, experience covering campaigns, elections, conventions as both a beat and as an investigative reporter. Experience as a Copy Editor for a real-time business news service.
Samuel Rubenfeld’s Specialties:
Fluent with AP Style, Web photo/video production, Document analysis, Adobe InDesign/InCopy, U.S. politics
Samuel Rubenfeld’s Experience
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National Copy Reader
Dow Jones Newswires
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DJ; Writing and Editing industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Reading the wire and finding stories for reporters to cover for Clean Technology Insight, a daily newsletter published by Dow Jones Newswires. After the reporter files the story, I copyedit it. Also, I compile and edit the newsletter "Tomorrow's Headlines Today," a compendium of the day's biggest stories written by Newswires reporters. In addition, I'll soon be working on a yet-to-launch newsletter about business corruption, doing similar work as I do for the Cleantech newsletter. Oh, and I might be working on helping the Newswires adapt their platform for the Web.
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Student Intern
Hearst
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
May 2009 — June 2009 (2 months)
* Compiled morning news links focusing on Texas news, national news and items from Texas bloggers
* Wrote and reported for the Houston Chronicle's Texas on the Potomac blog
* Enterprise and contributed reporting to a lead story for the San Francisco Chronicle about subprime mortgages
* Enterprise, reported and wrote a feature on student loan reform -
Student Intern
The Hill
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)
* Interviewed press secretaries and members of Congress for stories and for the "Big Question" feature
* Maintained and solicited posts, and moderated comments, for The Hill's Congress blog
* Wrote stories and monitored other media outlets for content to post on The Hill's Briefing Room blog
* Covered a Cabinet-level confirmation hearing, other local DC events
* Wrote an article about freshman Congressman on reality TV that was the features section cover -
Senior News Editor
Hofstra Chronicle
(Newspapers industry)
February 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 11 months)
* Assigned and edited stories, wrote headlines, responsible for layout of news pages
* Wrote cover story announcing presidential debate; covered related events and lectures by public officials
* Wrote articles about campus issues: housing, public safety, alumni, student government
* Blog coverage of New Hampshire presidential primary, both national conventions and Election Night
* Continuing online coverage of 2008 elections
* Supervise three assistants
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Editorial intern
Dow Jones Newswires
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DJ; Writing and Editing industry)
June 2008 — August 2008 (3 months)
features and market commentary for style, clarity, substance
* Edited equities, resources, money and general news for real-time news service; stories turned around in minutes
* Took dictation and phoned-in headlines, produced breaking news features
* Compiled top economic stories for news summaries published on the wires at the top of the hour
* Internship earned by taking the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund editing exam and selected from large applicant pool
* Attended two-week residency at Temple University with Ed Trayes
The Village Voice; Fall 2007
* Reported to, and worked directly with; Contributed research/reporting to cover articles, received special reporting credit on two national stories
* Conducted interviews with state senators and spokespeople, other public officials
* Covered national politics and government
* Learned investigative reporting techniques: analyzed campaign finance disclosures, conducted database searches -
Student Intern
Village Voice Media
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2007 — December 2007 (5 months)
Conducted research for investigative reporter Wayne Barrett. Included interviewing public officials, document hunts and analysis, in-the-field reportage and more. Received special reporting credit on two stories.
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Support Staff Intern
Newsday
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRB; Newspapers industry)
June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)
Enterprise and contributed reporting to a page-one story
* Contributor: Spin Cycle political blog
* Proofed pages for copy desk -
Freelance reporter
Times of Middle Country
(Newspapers industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
* Covered initial press conference for proposed local law, profiled local business leader
Samuel Rubenfeld’s Education
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Hofstra University
BA , Print Journalism, Political Science , 2005 — 2009
Enrolled in Honors College, Print Journalism Student of the Year, Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society, Co-winner of Best Political Science Paper of the Year 2009, Graduated cum laude.
- Activities and Societies:
- Senior News Editor: The Chronicle, FORENSICS Speech and Debate Team
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Temple University
Journalism 2008 — 2008
Temple University Residency for Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Editing Internship. Attended a two-week "boot camp" for copy editors.
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Samuel Rubenfeld’s Interests:
politics, debate, live music, concerts, sports
Samuel Rubenfeld’s Groups:
Society of Professional Journalists
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Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Alumni
Samuel Rubenfeld’s Honors:
Scripps Howard Top Ten Journalism Scholar, Hofstra School of Communication Print Journalism Student of the Year 2009, Provost's Scholar, Cum Laude graduate
Samuel Rubenfeld’s Contact Settings
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