Robyn Meurkson

• Accurately document public governance meetings and civic events.
• Use data collected from official reports and community dialogue to provide context to pressing citywide issues.
• Assist in the planning and execution of public events produced by the City Bureau.
• Compose written reflections featured on City Bureau's blog.

• Reported on civic and community issues through in-depth research, fact-checking, and interviewing diverse sources.
• Produced accurate, engaging stories that amplified underrepresented voices, and strengthened community engagement.
• Collaborated with editors, reporters, and fellows to meet tight deadlines while maintaining high editorial standards.
• Developed multimedia storytelling skills, and contributed to projects that increased reader awareness and civic participation.

Highlight: Selected as one out of 60 reporters for the City Bureau Civic Reporting Fellowship.

• Assisted the communications director with voter outreach strategies, research, and other tasks to implement the campaign's overall goals.
• Organized timely campaign information, including social media content and political questionnaires.
• Developed and helped design campaign literature on Adobe Illustrator.

• Organized both inbound and outbound customer orders to ensure accuracy of item and quantity.
• Completed tasks while adhering to safety and quality standards.

• Managed agency social media accounts (including Facebook and Twitter); regularly posted content to agency blog.
• Conducted research on new authors to ensure accuracy of biographical information disseminated to media outlets; maintained research accounts on Cision and produced keyword tracking for women entrepreneurs.
• Created successful media pitches for clients.