Kate Cheney Davidson
Kate@CheneyDavidson.com

 

EXPERIENCE

U.S. Editor, China Dialogue, Mountain View, CA
June 2007-June 2009
Contributed and commissioned original articles for chinadialogue.net. Coordinated with London headquarters on fundraising, business development and brand building within the U.S. Now member of the U.S. Advisory Board.

Freelance Journalist, San Francisco Bay Area
June 2003-June 2007
Published stories in numerous national and regional outlets, including: Anchorage Daily News, Salon.com, MotherJones.com, Living on Earth and National Geographic Adventure. See Complete works

Reporter, Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska, AK
May-August 2006
Reported and wrote stories for the city desk and features department. Produced audio content for adn.com, and co-taught a newsroom tutorial on producing audio slideshows for the web.

Editorial Intern, Mother Jones, San Francisco, CA
February-May 2004.
Researched and reported stories for magazine editors and contributing writers. Wrote news briefings and sidebars for MotherJones.com.

Contributing Editor, Sports Guide Magazine, Salt Lake City, UT
March 2002-June 2003.
Designed and wrote a monthly profile column on local athletes and outdoor tourism issues in Utah. Wrote feature articles, assigned and pitched, on timely news and events.

Editorial Intern, National Geographic Adventure New York, NY
May-September 2001.
Wrote and researched news items and profiles published in the front of the book. Provided additional research and reporting support for editorial staff and contributing editors on feature stories.

 

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Masters in Journalism, May 2007

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
BA in double major Anthropology and Art History, May 1996

AWARDS

2007 Robert S. Whittington Award for Exceptional Reporting - awarded for "Hard Choices: Can Conservation Easements Save the Family Farm?"

2006 George Polk Award for Radio Reporting - member of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism reporting team for "Early Signs: Reports from a Warming Planet"

University of California, Berkeley Journalism Departmental Fellowship, 2005-2006

Bowdoin College: Magna Cum Laude, Anthropology Departmental Honors

SKILLS

Basic French, Spanish; Microsoft Office, ProTools, Soundtrack Pro, Final Cut Pro, Lexis-Nexis and Internet research; digital recording devices: audio recorders and still/video cameras.

 

REFERENCES

Isabel Hilton, Editor, China Dialogue, isabel.hilton@chinadialogue.net

Michael Pollan, Professor, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, mp@michaelpollan.com

Kathleen McCoy, Life Editor, Anchorage Daily News, kmccoy@adn.com

 

 
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