ADRIA WATSON
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Audience Editor
The Boston Globe
08.2023 - Current
- Enhanced the Globe's social video program across TikTok and Instagram to help reach younger, and more diverse audiences.
- Successfully created informative, first-person mobile videos for stories impacting underrepresented people and communities to ensure more people could see themselves in the off-platform work of the Globe.
- Worked across the audience team to help launch community and newsletter initiatives.
- Managed multiple social media platforms, ensuring a consistent brand voice and message.
Education Producer and Reporter
The Boston Globe
04.2022 - 08.2023
- Covered breaking news on the beat and wrote explainers and feature stories.
- Oversaw the education team digital strategy, which included assisting with headline writing and working with the homepage team to send out email and app alerts for stories.
- Curated a weekly newsletter that highlighted stories published by the team.
- Collaborated with the audience team to promote education stories across various social media platforms.
Education and Community Reporter
The Connecticut Mirror
08.2020 - 03.2022
- Published stories focused on education issues in Connecticut, balancing both daily and enterprise work.
- Attended and covered press conferences, State Board of Education meetings and reported breaking news in a timely manner.
- Pitched stories focused on how K-12 and college students are directly and indirectly impacted by state policies, proposed legislation and decision-making.
Reporting Intern
The Marshall Project
06.2020 - 08.2020
- Collaborated with reporters on stories focused on criminal justice while working remotely due to the pandemic.
- Researched and connected with state department of corrections agencies weekly to collect data on COVID-19 deaths, tests and positive cases in prisons across the United States.
- Filed and followed up on public records requests for projects with other reporters.
Part-Time Reporter
CalMatters
05.2019 - 05.2020
- Spotlighted statewide health disparities among Black mothers that resulted in the California governor signing legislation to help track outcomes.
- Covered a wide range of stories on bills in the California legislature from health to criminal justice.
- Started as a summer intern through the Emma Bowen Foundation and stayed on as a part-time reporter and assisted with content distribution while attending school.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism
California State University
05.2020
Skills
- Mobile video editing on Instagram, TikTok, CapCut, and Adobe Premiere
- Experience using Canva to create visuals and info graphics for social media
- Social media strategy
- Community engagement
- Social media analytics
- Copywriting
- Project management
Timeline
Audience Editor
The Boston Globe
08.2023 - Current
Education Producer and Reporter
The Boston Globe
04.2022 - 08.2023
Education and Community Reporter
The Connecticut Mirror
08.2020 - 03.2022
Reporting Intern
The Marshall Project
06.2020 - 08.2020
Part-Time Reporter
CalMatters
05.2019 - 05.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism
California State University
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