Annalise Frank (586) 850-51791500 Glen Wood Dr., Leonard, MI 48367annalisehfrank@gmail.com | @annalise_frank

Education Work ExperienceNorthwestern University Medill School of Journalism June 2014

Bachelor’s of Science in Journalism

Bachelor’s of Arts in International Studies, Asia concentration

Student ActivitiesMedill Watchdog Initiative: Worked with Chicago Tri-bune reporters to unearth evidence of mistreatment for series of investigative stories

Medill Justice Project: Built 10,000-word story on possible wrongful conviction with team of students and advising professor

AwardsSPJ 2013 Mark of Excel-lence Award Finalist for In-depth Reporting

2013 NC Press Association, 2nd place for online break-ing news coverage

SkillsBasic Vietnamese

Copy editing

Photography

Writing headlines

Django web framework

Intermediate Adobe Photoshop and InDesign

Viet Nam News, Hanoi, Vietnam Sept. 2014 - May 2016Princeton in Asia Fellowship Recipient, Copy Editor• Edited, fact-checked and often rewrote national news and feature stories for

the 30,000-circulation, state-owned daily paper as a Princeton in Asia journalism fellow

• Contributed freelance lifestyle articles• Interviewed reporter candidates, and led training sessions on journalism

ethics and storytelling with new hires• Collaborated with editors to increase the diversity of content, and worked

with reporters to improve the quality of Sunday cover stories

Raleigh News & Observer, Raleigh, NC June - Aug. 2013State Politics Staff Writer• Covered state government stories as a member of the Capital Team for the

130,000-circulation daily paper and affiliated Charlotte Observer• Spent more than two months working from the legislative press room, track-

ing bills and statewide policy issues for the website, blog and print edition• Wrote breaking news and enterprise stories about a controversial abortion

bill, a governor’s veto and Clean Water Act rules on which North Carolina was four years behind

• Crafted a long-form feature about the effects of funding cuts on drug addic-tion treatment centers, balancing politics with real-world effects on addicts and facilities

Qatar Today, Doha, Qatar Jan. - March 2013Correspondent• Pitched and wrote enterprising stories of international interest about food

security, media freedom and air particle pollution’s effects on migrant workers• Interviewed top-level Ministry of Environment and communications council

officials, and a reporter detained by the government

North by Northwestern, Evanston, IL Dec. 2012 - June 2013Editor, reporter for online, independent, student-run campus magazine• As Managing Editor, oversaw story flow to keep the website engaging• Helped develop the publication’s response to campus outrage over racist

student behavior, and reported on the administration’s response• As News Co-editor, led a close team of writers and facilitated change in the

section’s goals

Quincy Herald-Whig, Quincy, IL June - Sept. 2012Staff Writer• Wrote seven stories per week during a full-time internship for the 15,000-

circulation daily paper• Shot and edited video to accompany stories on the paper’s website