1. PAIGE BASCHUK
Award-­‐winning
journalist,
website
creator,
social
media
guru
______________________
SKILLS
Content
writing
Social
media
optimization
HTML
coding
Publication
design
Proficient
in
French
EDUCATION
Bachelor
of
Arts
University
of
North
Carolina-­‐Chapel
Hill
2003-­‐2007
*George
B.
Wynn
Award
winner—goes
to
the
best
writer
in
the
senior
class
Master
of
Arts
University
of
South
Carolina-­‐Columbia
2007-­‐2010
(+41)
76.667.24.02
pbaschuk@gmail.com
bakersfieldblonde.com
EXPERIENCE
Editor
and
Senior
Writer
for
The
Daily
Briefing
The
Advisory
Board
Company
(2012-­‐2015)
• Wrote
and
edited
articles
on
U.S.
health
care
reform
for
daily,
subscriber-­‐based
newsletter
reaching
150,000+
subscribers
• Uploaded
and
laid
out
stories
to
website
using
SiteCore
• Designed
and
sent
daily
newsletter
using
HTML
code
• Tweeted
on
behalf
of
@daily_briefing
to
8,000+
followers,
which
was
voted
Washington
Business
Journal’s
“Twitters
to
Watch”
• Co-­‐creator
of
the
Medicaid
Expansion
Map
–featured
in
The
New
York
Times,
The
Washington
Post
and
"The
Daily
Show
with
Jon
Stewart"
Senior
Staff
Writer
Oz
World
Media
(2011-­‐2012)
• Created
content
for
monthly
print
magazines
Energy
Leaders
Today,
Architecture
Leaders
Today
and
Education
Leaders
Today
• Designed
and
laid
out
stories
using
Adobe
InDesign
• Managed
all
social
media
for
:
Twitter,
Facebook,
Instagram
Staff
Writer
Montgomery
County
Sentinel
Newspaper
(2010-­‐2011)
• Wrote
articles
on
news,
government
and
education
for
weekly
print
newspaper
serving
the
Washington,
D.C.
area
• Designed
and
laid
out
content
and
art
using
Quark
Xpress
• Awarded
Maryland-­‐Delaware
DC
Press
Association
"First
Place"
for
election
coverage
and
"First
Place"
for
investigative
reporting
Writer
Garden
&
Gun
Magazine
(2008)
• Wrote
and
edited
feature
stories
on
travel,
books,
cuisine
Asst.
Director
of
Media
Relations
The
American
Red
Cross
of
New
York (2007)
• Worked
under
the
Director
of
Disaster
Services
and
Media
Relations
for
the
largest
American
Red
Cross
in
the
U.S.
• Wrote
content
for
press
releases
and
press
conferences
regarding
New
York
City-­‐area
disasters