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D.
Armitage
susan.armitage@journalism.cuny.edu
http://susanarmitage.journalism.cuny.edu
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Freelance
Reporter,
New
York
(August
2012
present)
Contributor
to
The
Brooklyn
Eagle,
The
West
Side
Spirit,
New
York
City
News
Service,
iSnapNY.com.
International
Research
&
Exchanges
Board
(IREX),
Washington,
DC
(Dec.
2006
July
2012)
Senior
Program
Officer
(July
2011
July
2012),
Program
Officer
(April
2009
July
2011)
Managed
the
$1.2
million
Youth
Theater
for
Peace
programs
in
Kyrgyzstan
and
Tajikistan.
Prepared
and
submitted
all
quarterly,
annual
and
final
program
reports
to
USAID.
Wrote
feature
stories
and
blog
posts
for
the
IREX
website
and
annual
report.
Served
as
primary
communications
liaison
for
the
Education
Programs
Division,
coordinating
social
media
efforts
(Facebook,
Twitter,
LinkedIn,
YouTube,
Flickr)
for
a
portfolio
of
donor-funded
programs.
Pitched
and
edited
education
stories
for
IREX
central
communications.
Program
Manager,
based
in
Russia,
Tajikistan
and
Kazakhstan
(Jan.
2008
April
2009)
Produced
monthly
bulletin
and
web
content
for
Assistance
to
Russian
Orphans
Program.
Conducted
more
than
60
hours
of
training
for
youth
on
leadership
and
communication
skills
in
Tajikistan,
Kazakhstan,
Armenia,
Georgia,
Ukraine,
and
Moldova.
Program
Associate
(April
2007-Jan.
2008)
Managed
fellowships
funded
by
the
State
Department
for
more
than
50
Eurasian
students.
USAID-Funded
Volunteer,
Municipal
Youth
Center,
Chapaevsk,
Russia
(Sept.
2006
Nov.
2006)
Conducted
outreach
and
training
on
volunteer
management
and
healthy
lifestyles
topics.
Instructor,
International
Languages
Institute,
Washington,
DC
(Nov.
2005
June
2006)
Taught
English
as
a
Second
Language
to
adult
learners
from
diverse
cultural
backgrounds.
Secondary
Education
Volunteer,
Peace
Corps,
Ukraine
(Oct.
2004
Oct.
2005)
Taught
English
to
grades
7-11.
Facilitated
professional
development
for
English
teachers.
Editorial
Intern,
National
Geographic
Traveler
Magazine,
Washington,
DC
(Jan.
2004)
Researched
and
pitched
story
ideas.
Fact-checked
articles
through
phone
and
Internet
research.
EDUCATION
City
University
of
New
York,
Graduate
School
of
Journalism,
New
York,
NY
MA,
Journalism
(Expected
Dec.
2013)
School
of
Advanced
International
Studies
of
John
Hopkins
University,
Washington,
DC
Graduate-Level
Summer
Language
Institute,
Political
Russian
(2006)
Oberlin
College,
Oberlin,
OH
BA,
English
with
Creative
Writing
Concentration
(2004)
St.
Catherines
College,
Oxford
University,
Oxford,
England
Junior
year
abroad
with
coursework
in
British
literature
(2002-2003)
SKILLS Hardware: Canon EOS Rebel T2i DSLR (Photo), Marantz 660PMD (Audio), JVC HM 100U (Video) Software: Reaper audio editing, Final Cut Pro X video editing Languages: English (native), Russian (fluent), Spanish (intermediate)