AYANA ARCHIE (470) 259-1432 | [email protected] | www.ayanaarchie.com SKILLS EXPERIENCE BREAKING NEWS REPORTER at The Courier Journal + Adobe Audition - Louisville, KY. ▪ Oct. 2020 – Present intermediate + Adobe Premiere Pro- + Write and publish breaking news on crime and courts, business, weather, etc. intermediate quickly and accurately + DSLR cameras - intermediate WASHINGTON REPORTER at Capital News Service + Microsoft Excel - Washington, D.C. ▪ Sep. 2019 – Dec. 2019 intermediate + Spanish – + Reported on congressional issues relevant to readers twice a week conversational + Basic HTML + Stories on payday loan regulation, Metro’s update to Congress picked up by AP, The + Basic CSS Washington Post

EDUCATION INTERN, METRO DESK at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta, GA ▪ June 2019 – Aug. 2019

B.A. in Multiplatform + Reported on local matters, such as city/county operations and gentrification by Journalism, University of forming relationships with council members, businesses and residents Maryland -- College Park + Analyzed, sorted data to reveal large Saudi donations made to top Georgia Class of 2020 universities + Mined social media, attended community events, resulting in increased coverage of A CTIVITIES underrepresented south Atlanta neighborhoods + Conducted audio interviews for paper’s “Breakdown” podcast Courier Journal Diversity and Inclusion Committee SENIOR STAFF WRITER at The Diamondback

College Park, MD ▪ Aug. 2017 – Sep. 2019 Maryland Association of

Black Journalists (MABJ) + Ideated, reported and published stories once a week about arts and culture for + President (2019-2020) + Membership Outreach campus newspaper Chair (2018-2019) REPORTER at Student Journalism Institute New York, NY ▪ May 2019 – June 2019 AWARDS + Spent two weeks covering New York’s hip-hop scene. Interviewed artists, record + 2019: MABJ awarded label rep, DJ university’s Pre- + Story placed on front page of Institute paper and in top stories on website Professional Organization of the INTERN, TRENDS TEAM at CNN Digital Year, national Student Atlanta, GA ▪ June 2018 – Aug. 2018 Chapter of the Year

finalist + Wrote more than 40 stories on various topics such as Mars, weather, immigration and crime + Contributed to breaking news on shooting, Pittsburgh protests in response to officer-involved shooting of Antwon Rose + Optimized audience engagement time and site traffic by pitching and executing high-impact stories featured prominently on CNN’s homepage, feed and app