Gideon Resnick
Brooklyn
Summary
Motivated, creative and compassionate reporter and producer with 10 years of experience and a proven knowledge of audio journalism, original and investigative reporting, and producing daily news content on tight deadlines. Endlessly competitive but enjoy the collaborative nature of breaking news cycles, explanatory writing and rich audio storytelling. Aiming to be a driven, insightful journalist who can lead in informing the public and helping people become more engaged citizens.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Producer and Host
Apple News Today
07.2022 - Current
- Produce, edit, write, and supervise daily segments for Apple News' primary daily audio product. Responsible for managing the team temporarily, devising a daily and weekly plan, and executing on our best means of storytelling.
- Prepare audio and scripts for daily publication, make editorial calls on story selection, speak with reporters, and record and produce necessary audio.
- Sometimes host the show in the evening and early morning and prepare for publication during early morning hours.
- Coordinate across time zones and teams with the broader news team and infrastructure.
Host And Executive Producer
Crooked Media
10.2019 - 07.2022
- Wrote, produced, hosted and supervised editing of the flagship daily news podcast with over one million listeners a week.
- Pitched and conceived original story ideas and framing for the audience.
- Pitched, booked and conducted interviews with major newsmakers.
- Produced long-term segment ideas and feature stories.
- Collaborated with the company on cross-show promotion, growth strategies and marketing.
Political Reporter
The Daily Beast
08.2015 - 10.2019
- Wrote daily stories covering the 2020 presidential election, including exclusives on staffing hires, field reporting and thematic pieces on trends and policies.
- Worked collaboratively with reporters on other beats to deepen our storytelling, flesh out our sources and provide more expertise.
- Covered the 2016 Republican presidential primary, presidential election and the 2018 midterm cycle.
- Built portions of the website, including the Cheat Sheet, using the site's content management system.
- Created and continually executed a plan to coordinate coverage between the site's politics bureau in Washington D.C. and their New York headquarters.
- Worked and communicated with the D.C. bureau to delineate daily assignments.
- Wrote breaking news briefs for The Cheat Sheet, an essential component of readership for the website and developed skills in synthesizing important information and turning stories around quickly.
Editorial Intern
The Daily Beast
06.2014 - 08.2014
- Pitched and wrote original stories, often daily, which entailed communications with various members of The Daily Beast staff, including the publication's top editors.
- Cultivated lasting relationships with a variety of sources and built skills necessary for reporting both enterprise features and news on a tight deadline.
Politics Intern
BuzzFeed News
03.2014 - 06.2014
- Worked on daily research and enterprise pieces in a collaborative process with the politics team, including Andrew Kaczynski, who went on to lead CNN's KFILE.
- Learned tools of mining audio files, checking plagiarism, and discovering video clips that have become a hallmark of modern investigative political journalism.
Politics Intern
New York Observer
06.2013 - 08.2013
- Covered the New York mayoral race in the field on a daily basis with specific reporting and research on Anthony Weiner, including interviews with the candidate and his competitors.
- Developed an expertise with a specific beat, cultivating sources and reporting in competitive and contentious environments.
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) -
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Evanston, IL06.2015
Skills
- Audio Recording
- Audio Editing
- Storytelling
- Collaborative Thinking
- Source Development
Timeline
Senior Producer and Host
Apple News Today
07.2022 - Current
Host And Executive Producer
Crooked Media
10.2019 - 07.2022
Political Reporter
The Daily Beast
08.2015 - 10.2019
Editorial Intern
The Daily Beast
06.2014 - 08.2014
Politics Intern
BuzzFeed News
03.2014 - 06.2014
Politics Intern
New York Observer
06.2013 - 08.2013
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) -
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY