Maddie Shoop-Gardner
San Carlos,CA
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Staff Writer
Scot Scoop News
Belmont, California
08.2024 - Current
- Wrote and submitted accurate, engaging, and fact-checked stories every three weeks.
- Collaborated with editors to refine content, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and cohesiveness for publication.
- Managed multiple assignments simultaneously while maintaining consistent quality in writing and editing tasks.
- Consistently met tight deadlines while maintaining high levels of accuracy in writing style.
- Pitched engaging feature stories that highlighted community members or events.
- Assisted with social media promotion efforts, driving traffic to published articles and boosting site visibility.
- Developed strong working relationships with sources, resulting in successful interviews and unique article content.
- Fostered a positive work environment through effective communication and collaboration with fellow writers.
Editor Intern
Scot Scoop News
Belmont, California
01.2025 - Current
- Managed multiple writers simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality editorial work that is AP Style compliant.
- Enforced adherence to publication deadlines, ensuring consistent content output.
- Mentored junior editors, enhancing their editing skills and professional development.
- Oversaw editing and publication of more than two articles a week.
Multimedia and Journalism Workshop Writer
The Stanford Daily
Stanford, California
12.2024 - 01.2025
- Interviewed individuals by phone, video chat and in-person to write news stories.
- Attended workshops with current field journalists and Stanford college students writing for their school.
- Met deadlines a-synchronously, communicated on platforms like Notion, Slack, and Microsoft Teams.
- Organized material to research and complete writing task.
- Received feedback on my writing from the current editorial staff of the Stanford Daily.
Education
Carlmont High School
Belmont, CA06-2027
Skills
- Tri-weekly news beat writing
- Feature writing
- Opinion writing
- Editing and proofreading
- Multimedia production
- Attention to detail
- Critical thinking
- Creativity
- Collaboration and communication
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Editor Intern
Scot Scoop News
01.2025 - Current
Multimedia and Journalism Workshop Writer
The Stanford Daily
12.2024 - 01.2025
Staff Writer
Scot Scoop News
08.2024 - Current
Carlmont High School