Megan Taylor's Profile
Freelancer, n/a
Bronx, New York, United States
- My Expertise & Interests: Local, Journalism, multimedia, video, writing, programming, data, flash, actionscript, mapping, HTML, CSS, xml
- My Sites: Megan Taylor, Web Journalist, Tomorrow's News, Tomorrow's Journalists, Twitter, Norwood News, PBS MediaShift, Poynter E-Media Tidbits
Bio
I am a web journalist. That means a lot of things, but mostly that I tell stories online, in whatever medium necessary.
Currently, while looking for permanent work, I am freelancing in various areas. I write for Poynter's E-Media Tidbits blog, PBS's MediaShift blog, volunteer at the Norwood News, contribute to CoPress and also sell my services as a web developer to individuals and small businesses.
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Currently, while looking for permanent work, I am freelancing in various areas. I write for Poynter's E-Media Tidbits blog, PBS's MediaShift blog, volunteer at the Norwood News, contribute to CoPress and also sell my services as a web developer to individuals and small businesses.
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Recent Experience
- Intern for Stream57
- Digital Media Intern for Quinn & Co. Public Relations
- Multimedia Intern for The Miami Herald
- Online Managing Editor for The Independent Florida Alligator
Where I Publish
Site
Description
| Megan Taylor, Web Journalist | Personal blog, resume and portfolio. |
| Tomorrow's News, Tomorrow's Journalists | This is a blog ring for young journalists around the world. Each month, we will debate a set topic by posting here and on our own blogs. |
| Norwood News | The Norwood News is part of the West Bronx News Network, a collective of community papers giving a voice to Bronx residents. |
| PBS MediaShift | MediaShift tracks how new media -- from weblogs to podcasts to citizen journalism -- are changing society and culture. |
| Poynter E-Media Tidbits | A group weblog about the intersection of news & technology. |
Experience
| Company: | PBS Mediashift |
| Title: | Blogger |
| Dates: | November 2008 to Present |
| Description: | responsible for regular column on innovation/trends in journalism columns covered various overlaps between technology and journalism interviewed journalists about their work built contacts at news organizations across the U.S. |
| Company: | Stream57 |
| Title: | Intern |
| Dates: | November 2008 to May 2009 |
| Description: | create branding for web pages and the S57 Flash application and build standards compliant web pages for clients ranging from small production companies to Fortune 100 corporations |
| Company: | Quinn & Co. Public Relations |
| Title: | Digital Media Intern |
| Dates: | September 2008 to January 2009 |
| Description: | re-engineered the Web site for boutique public relations firm to follow modern Web standards helped Digital Media Specialist create and made recommendations for the firm’s Digital Media Services set up internal Wiki to cut down on company e-mail and increase communication set up company blog using Wordpress |
| Company: | The Miami Herald |
| Title: | Multimedia Intern |
| Dates: | May 2008 to September 2008 |
| Description: | produced and packaged multimedia in HTML, CSS and Flash built microsites for investigative stories and serial stories collected data and worked with MySQL and PHP for investigative stories collaborated on Flash AS3 XML-loading video player |
| Company: | The Independent Florida Alligator |
| Title: | Online Managing Editor |
| Dates: | April 2006 to April 2008 |
| Description: | worked with a small team to redesign the website lead implementation and management of the paper’s first content management system collaborated with staff and managed stringers for multimedia and special reports inspired print staff to think about the Web, taught video and audio collection edited copy for spelling, grammar, AP Style and fact errors |
Education & Professional Development
School
Course of Study
Completed
| University of Florida | Journalism, Online Media | April 2008 |