Nicole

Mooradian

Online Editor and Producer

Researcher

Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, CA - United States(Temporary Work - Since August 2010)

• Verified teachers' identities for value-added ratings database
• Geocoded thousands of locations for Crime L.A. project (part of Mapping L.A. project)
• Wrote generic copy and looked up police department contact information for large cities for Crime L.A. project
• Researched city contracts

Freelancer

self-employed(Since April 2010)

• Freelance website design and development.

KPHO.com Web News Editor

Internet Broadcasting - Phoenix(June 2008 - April 2010)

• Wrote articles based on reporters' notes and information received from the assignment desk on a daily basis
• Kept website on top of breaking news
• Prepared and uploaded video for website
• Wrote articles based on reporters' scripts
• Copy edited reporter-posted stories
• Designed interactive features
• Increased online presence with new Twitter feeds, headlines widget e-mail signature
• Assisted in site graphics conversion and redesign
• Prepared sidebar material (e.g. slideshows, uncut video, maps) for stories
• Answered viewer e-mail and telephone calls
• Trained and supervised web interns
• Trained majority of newsroom staff on ibPublish CMS.
• Beta-tested early and later versions of ibPublish
• Worked with producers and reporters to drive content from broadcast to Web and vice-versa
• Updated social media services like Twitter and Facebook

• Won 2009 Rocky Mountain Emmy Award for Advanced Media - Investigative Report by working with investigative reporter and producer to put together a comprehensive web package on the U.S. Border Patrol.
• Re-vamped politics, slideshows, serial killings special sections
• Maintained morning show section
• Maintained and wrote articles for investigative team's website section
• Implemented CBS 5 Community Calendar, KPHO.com Entertainment Calendar
• Converted freelancer's design for new health channel into objects compatible with ibPublish's drag-and-drop Page Builder.
• Created and maintained Sheriff Joe Arpaio blog
• Administered off-site services like MaxPreps, Blogger, Feedburner, YouTube
• Created Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Baby Gabriel, Interactive, Solution Center and Verminator special sections, among many others

Press-Telegram Intern

MediaNews Group(July 2007 - August 2007)

• - Reported and wrote stories for the Metro desk; two appeared on A1
  - Helped produce (wrote, edited and/or taped) numerous online videos for presstelegram.com and other MediaNews Group websites

Salesperson

Sunday's Child - Lexington, Va.(Part-time - September 2005 - June 2008)

• Helped customers find unique gifts
• rang up transactions
• calculated end-of-date sales totals
• cared for store pets (finches and fish)

NBC10.com Intern

Internet Broadcasting / NBC Universal(June 2007 - July 2007)

• Maintained editorial content of the website by converting AP broadcast scripts into print stories and writing copy
• Created slideshows that appeared across entire network of NBC O&O TV station websites
• Wrote quizzes

Summer employee

West Semitic Research Project(January 2006 - January 2007)

• - Used Adobe Photoshop to color-correct high-resolution photographs of ancient artifacts
  - Organized photographic negatives of archaelogical finds
  - Helped with Maarav (journal) mailing
  - Updated and maintained Inscriptifact.com
  - Updated and maintained official West Semitic Research Project website