Resume
elanaamorris@gmail.com | Twitter: @ElanaAnnMorris
Journalism Experience
Editor, WARC
WARC/warc.com/ July 2021 - Sept 2023
-Contribute content to Digital Commerce section of WARC’s digital offering
-Identify current and emerging media industry trends in digital commerce
-Commission regular content from industry leaders
-Contribute two data stories weekly on relevant trends in the marketing industry
-Cover retail media, social commerce, organizational shifts in advertising, and brand building
US Reporter, WARC
WARC/warc.com/ Jan 2021 - July 2021
-Wrote regular event report and case studies each week to guide marketers on advertising best practices
-Identified current and emerging media industry trends
-Worked alongside head of US and UK content and collaborate closely across various global markets
Diversions Reporter, The Diamondback
The Diamondback/ dbknews.com/ May 2020- May 2021
-Reported 3 stories biweekly on arts, culture, and entertainment for University of Maryland's student newspaper
-Wrote and pitched 30+ long-form features, TV reviews, humor pieces, editorials, and enterprise stories for the arts and culture section of the paper -Promoted work through social media
Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland
Philip Merrill College of Journalism/ Sept.- Dec. 2019 -Guided more than 60 students in concepts related to mass media and communication
-Graded weekly assignments and provided feedback on students' understanding of key concepts
-Provided content edits to students' writing
Documentary Production intern, Ciesla Foundation Ciesla Foundation/ cieslafoundation.org / Sept.- Dec 2019
-Worked closely alongside filmmaker Aviva Kempner
-Researched, wrote, and edited for upcoming documentary projects -Conducted research for documentary short "Pissed Off," which explores unequal access to bathroom facilities for women lawmakers, and Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting, a feature-length documentary about the use of racist imagery in sports.
Podcast Production Intern, At the Table with Jared Rizzi t The Table with Jared Rizzi/ May-Aug. 2019
-Contributed to roughly 20 live shows centered on local politics, presidential debates, immigration, scientific innovation, and the trending news of the day -Conducted and scheduled interviews for show
-Contributed to copywriting on podcast scripts
Skills
Technical
-Editing photo, copy, and multimedia packages -Digital illustration
-Social Media engagement (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
-Copywriting
-SEO
-Archival Research
-Proficient: Adobe Audition, Premiere Pro, Excel, HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Lightroom, Procreate
Awards and Honors
-John A. Jenkins Internship Award
-Student Entertainment Events (SEE) film festival selection for original documentary short A Queen on Campus, a profile of a student drag queen.
Education
University of Maryland, College Park Class of May 2021 | GPA: 3.8
B.A. Broadcast Journalism | B.A. Sociocultural History -Granted notation for participation in the Jimenez Porter Writers' House, a selective creative writing program consisting of fiction, poetry, and screenwriting workshops
Relevant Coursework
-Videography
-Oral History
-Intro to Computer Programming (HTML, CSS) -Media Law
-Photojournalism
-Video Innovation