Date: March 24th, 2009
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Resume

Informal Resume

Journalism Fellow

Spot.Us

  • Director and founder

NewAssignment.Net

  • Director of distributed reporting.

Beat Blogging

  • Lead blogger
  • Left to start Spot.Us but remained an adviser

OffTheBus.Net – a project of Huffington Post

  • NewAssignment.Net Associate/Editor

Broowaha

  • Founding Editor and Chief of a citizen journalism Network.
  • Has stepped down and is now a regular editor along with several other volunteers.

NewsTrust.Net

  • Contributing editor – now a member of the nonprofit board.

Assignment Zero

  • Associate Editor

Networked Journalism Summits

  • Organized: A conference that brought together the best practices and practitioners of citizen journalism. This conference is three years running at CUNY’s J-school lead by Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine.

Adviser to

  • Publish2.com, NewsWire21, CoPress, Public-Press, and anyone that contacts me.

FREELANCE WRITING

In Other Media

DAVID COHN
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Email: Dcohn1 at gmail dot com
Phone: C. (310) 365-3600

Education
Columbia University
M.S. Journalism: Graduated July 2007
University of California, Berkeley (Overall GPA:  3.62)
B.A. Rhetoric, Graduated with Honors 5/04,
B.A. Philosophy 5/04

Reynolds Institute of Journalism Fellow 2010-2010

Work Experience

Contributing Writer
• Associated Content, BeyondChron.org, Block Magazine, Columbia Journalism Review, The Daily Californian, L Magazine, LiveDigitally.com, Mobile PC Magazine, New York Academy of Science Magazine, NewAssignment.Net, Nieman Reports, New York Times, NYC24.org, Personal Democracy Forum, Plenty Magazine, Press Gazette, Sacramento Bee, Seedmagazine.com and Wired News

Spot.Us
Founder and president – November 2008 – present
• Spot.Us is a nonprofit trying to pioneer the art of “community funded reporting.” This organization got its start with a grant from the Knight Foundation through their competitive Knight News Challenge grant.

NewsTrust.Net
Contributing Editor  September 2007 – August 2008, Current Advisor
• NewsTrust is a nonprofit that seeks to rate the news based on quality rather than popularity. I helped with NewsTrust’s blogging and social media efforts as well as helping shape its 2.0 launch.

BeatBlogging.org
Lead Advisor  November 2007 – Present
• Helped to form a coalition of 13 news organizations including the San Jose Mercury News, ESPN, MTV, Houston Chronicle, and the Chronicle of Higher Education to participate in an experiment in online journalism
• Advise one report from each news organization on how to build and effectively use social networks in their beat reporting.

Networked Journalism Summit
Lead Organizer and Reporter   October 2007
• Organized the first Networked Journalism Summit at the City University of New York’s Journalism school with Jeff Jarvis. The event was designed to bring together the best practices and practitioners of the emerging art of networked journalism. I helped create the attendee list.
• In an effort to make the day about “next steps” in journalism, I pre-reported on some of the key attendees, so everyone could start with a certain amount of foundational knowledge. These reports were published at http://www.newsinnovation.com

OffTheBus.Net
NewAssignment.Net Editor/Advisor  June 2007 – November 2008
• Brainstorm on how OffTheBus.Net can use citizen journalism to create better coverage of the United States presidential campaigns.
• Assist in the management of distributed reporting projects
• Assist with the social media campaign for OffTheBus.net

NewAssignment.Net
Editor and Director of Distributed Reporting October 2006 – Present
• NewAssignment.Net is an NYU journalism project led by Jay Rosen. It is an experiment in open source journalism, to find ways for news organizations to work on the emerging art of networked journalism.
• As editor I am responsible for creating and editing daily content for the blog.
• As Director of Distributed Reporting I helped to develop the first project, Assignment Zero, using the content management system Drupal, to help test the theory of network journalism.

Netscape/Propeller
Expert Social Bookmarker, January 2007 to January 2009
• After becoming a top 50 contributor to Digg I was hired by Netscape as an “expert social bookmarker.”
• I submit links to news stories, engage and monitor the community and make sure that Netscape’s home page remains dynamic and up to date.
• Navigators also consult on how Netscape can shape itself for the future of Web 2.0.

Wired News   (415) 846-6143   660 3rd St 4th Floor • San Francisco, CA 94107
Contributing Writer, September 2004 to present
• Contributed content directly to Wired News as a freelancer, pitching stories and working under deadlines
• Compiled business briefs that appeared daily on the front page of www.wired.com. This involves researching current and relevant AP stories, editing them for content and copy and loading them into Wired’s Internet tool. In addition to this I assembled the “Rants and Raves” that appeared daily on the website.
• Responsible for picking the “Elsewhere Today” section of Wired; an important tool that links viewers to other trustworthy and timely tech news stories

Seed Magazine            (646) 502-7050     12 West 21st Street, 7th Floor
Contributing Writer, February 2006 to June 2006
• This is a science and culture website that requires writers to grasp scientific jargon and trends. The goal is to tell the best stories that show how “science is culture.”
• Web interns are treated as staff writers. Without guidance I found and wrote science and culture features
• I continue to freelance for the website
• Brainstorm on how to best cover up and coming calendar or scientific events

Columbia Journalism Review    (212) 854-1881     Journalism Building, 2950 Broadway, Columbia University
Editorial Intern, September 2005
• Contributed full length articles for the “Scene” section of the magazine
• Contributed sidebar content to the magazine
• Researched possible future stories and fact checked stories about to be published
• Found and fact checked candidates for the “Darts and Laurels” section of the magazine

Commonwealth Club of California         (415) 597-4848     595 Market St, 2nd floor • San Francisco, CA 94103
Editorial Intern, August 2004
• Involved in every aspect of the magazine, including transcription, fact checking, editing, proofreading and layout of the magazine’s content
• Develop and write advertisements for upcoming Commonwealth Club events that appear in the magazine, as well as manage the layout and consistency of the event calendar
• The small staff allowed me to gain practical skills, such as InDesign and adherence to AP style, as well as a real sense of how a monthly magazine is put together

Nob Hill Gazette                      5 Third Street, Suite No 222 • San Francisco, CA 94103
Intern, Spring 2004 – Summer 2004
• Managed and reorganized outdated filing system for this notable local magazine
• Responsible for proofreading, copyediting and fact checking soon-to-be-published articles

Speaker
I regularly give talks and consultation. Below are just a few.
University of Souther California
• February 2-6th, Hearst Professional Fellowship
Columbia University
• Changing Media Landscape – 2008
Wissenwerte 2007, Bremen Germany: Science Journalism and Web 2.0
• November 26th, 2007
Media and the Law Seminar, Calgary, Canada, “Bans, Blogs and Boundaries”
• November 15th 2007, the Law Society of Alberta
Vibe Wire’s 2007 e-Festival of Ideas
• April 14h-19th 2007, VibeWire.com
Playing Well with Others: New York, Community Journalism & Social Networking
• March 15th-17th 2007, College Media Advisers, Spring National Conference.
Welcome to the Blogosphere, New York
• January 2007, South Florida Sun-Sentinel. A crash course on how to engage local bloggers.
Personal Democracy Forum, New York
• Ideas Market. The Art of Distributed Reporting

External Writing Activities
Digidave.org,
• A personal blog started November 2005. A collection of writings, musings, thoughts and activities.
Resident Blogger for LiveDigitally.Com, February 2005 to present
• First resident blogger for LiveDigitally.com. I was given free range to choose the sites content, developing the blog from the ground up.

Chief Editor of “Satellite,” U.C. Berkeley’s literary arts magazine. Fall 2003 – Spring 2004
• Responsible for both the creative and administrative side of this magazine
• Managed the budget of several thousand dollars and found new sources of income
• Actively found writers and artists, working with them to produce content that fit the tone of the magazine
• Accountable for the creative layout of the magazine and acquired InDesign and HTML skills

Chief Editor of “Harvest Moon,” Berkeley’s undergraduate philosophy journal. Fall 2003 – Spring 2004
• Acquired the position after a year as managing editor. This position was administrative, managerial and writing intensive. I was also a contributing writer
• Assisted managing editors in finding new sources of funds, as well as effectively allocating current funds
• Assisted writers in the production of articles that displayed rigor and clarity on particular philosophical subjects
• Chief Editors are ultimately responsible for the layout and creative endeavors of the journal

Extracurricular Activities
Order of the Golden Bear, Member and Council Member
• One of the oldest organizations at U.C. Berkeley, students are brought in as lifetime members after demonstrating leadership that improves the campus community. I was brought in for my work with student publications. I was also a member of the council responsible for planning future meetings, events, and discussion topics.

Volunteer Camp Councilor, West Los Angeles YMCA                   Summers and Winter since 1999
• Responsible for the safety of 10-12 young boys for a week at a time. Encouraged to help them mature and build in character. Some of my oldest campers now come to me for advice on applying to college.

Advisor to: Public-Press, Publish2,com, NewsWire21,


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