Amanda Zamora's Profile
Multimedia Editor, Huffington Post Investigative Fund
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- My Expertise & Interests: U.S., accountability, new media, multimedia, investigative journalism, social media, crowd-sourcing
- My Sites: Huffington Post Investigative Fund
Bio
Amanda Zamora is the Multimedia Editor for the Huffington Post Investigative Fund. Before joining the Investigative Fund, Zamora spent six years at The Washington Post as an online editor and producer, developing enterprise projects with the investigative unit after stints on the foreign and metro desks. She was previously an online content producer and reporter for the Austin American-Statesman. Zamora was a fellow with the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in Latino media studies from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2008, Zamora spent six months examining Virginia’s mental health system as a Knight Digital Media Fellow with the Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism at Ohio State University.
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Recent Experience
- Knight Fellow for Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism
- Projects Editor / various for washingtonpost.com
- Producer for Austin American-Statesman / statesman.com
Where I Publish
Site
Description
| Huffington Post Investigative Fund | The Huffington Post Investigative Fund is an independent nonprofit journalism venture based in Washington, D.C. We aim to be an online innovator of investigative reporting by merging the classic watchdog function and traditional values of the press with the best tools of new media. |
Experience
| Company: | Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism |
| Title: | Knight Fellow |
| Dates: | December 2007 to June 2008 |
| Company: | washingtonpost.com |
| Title: | Projects Editor / various |
| Dates: | December 2002 to December 2008 |
| Company: | Austin American-Statesman / statesman.com |
| Title: | Producer |
| Dates: | December 2002 to September 2003 |
Education & Professional Development
School
Course of Study
Completed
| University of Texas at Austin | Bachelor of Journalism / Latino Media Studies | May 2002 |