Justin Katz
Alexandria,VA
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Reporter
Breaking Defense
07.2021 - Current
- Reported on and wrote stories under deadline about the U.S Navy and Marine Corps’ policies, operations and budget request, shipbuilding industrial base and relevant congressional committees.
- Brainstormed, planned, drafted and edited numerous long-form enterprise stories encapsulating and distilling complicated issues impacting the Pentagon and broader defense industrial base.
- Maintained a thorough understanding of the challenges facing key shipbuilding, aerospace and technology programs as well as the companies that execute them.
Cybersecurity Reporter
Federal Computer Week
11.2020 - 06.2021
- Developed sources and wrote news stories primarily focused on the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency, the cybersecurity industry and the modernization of the federal government’s IT.
Associate Editor
Inside Defense
08.2017 - 10.2020
- Covered U.S Navy and Marine Corps spending on shipbuilding, aviation and new technologies, Pentagon and Capitol Hill policy-making and the defense industrial base.
General Assignment Reporter/Photojournalist
Mid-Atlantic Media
05.2015 - 07.2017
- Wrote feature and breaking news stories for the Baltimore Jewish Times’ newly established Howard County beat as well as Northern Virginia for Washington Jewish Week.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communications - Journalism
Flagler College
St. Augustine, Fla.05.2015
Skills
WordPress
- AP style
- Interviewing
- Source development
- Copy editing
- Photojournalism
Timeline
Staff Reporter
Breaking Defense
07.2021 - Current
Cybersecurity Reporter
Federal Computer Week
11.2020 - 06.2021
Associate Editor
Inside Defense
08.2017 - 10.2020
General Assignment Reporter/Photojournalist
Mid-Atlantic Media
05.2015 - 07.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Communications - Journalism
Flagler College
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