Elizabeth Davies

elizabeth.davies@me.com • (646) 465-4636 • http://elizabethdavies.net

610 W 115th St #95C, New York, NY 10025

Journalism Experience
Independent Television News (Channel 4 News evening bulletin)
Assistant news editor (regular eelance) • London, United Kingdom • October 2009–August 2010
✦ handled all production logistics for live interviews around the world
✦ responsible for following international breaking news and video wires, and logged tape/conducted research for
producers and correspondents
✦ first point of contact for all foreign teams in field, and dealt with the necessary logistics for their deployments
Intern • Washington, DC • June–September 2008
✦ booked interviews, conducted research and pitched story ideas
✦ sent to Democratic and Republican conventions (Denver & Minneapolis-St Paul) to assist with live-anchoring of
program

Sky News (24-hour international TV news broadcaster)

Overnight foreign news editor (regular eelance) • London, United Kingdom • April–August 2010
✦ solely responsible for co-ordinating all operations with international bureaus from 6.30PM to 6.30AM
✦ dealt with news agencies and international partners to bring in video and worked with producers and other
editors to research and pitch stories for air

Education
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY
M.S. in Journalism • broadcast concentration • expected May 2011 • Hugh Fulton Byas Memorial Fellow
Covered public housing projects for NYCinFocus.org. Built website on WordPress platform and taught classmates to
use. Contributed video and radio pieces, print articles, blog posts and photos. Additional classes in photojournalism.

Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

BA (Hons) in Social and Political Sciences • politics concentration • graduated 2009
Focus on international politics, e.g. truth and reconciliation commissions in post-conflict situations. Dissertation on
Hillary Clinton's presidential primary campaign. Additional coursework in sociology, psychology and social
anthropology. Hooper Senior Scholarship and Zainab Aziz Prize for first-class exam results.

Skills and Interests

Multimedia production: experience in shooting and editing video, audio and photos; proficient in Final Cut
Pro, Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator. Web skills: proficient in WordPress and basic HTML; experienced
with social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Languages: conversational French; basic Spanish.

Referees
Details of referees are available upon request. Please email me at the above address.