This document is a resume for Carole Zimmer, an award-winning broadcaster and journalist. She has extensive experience as a host, producer, reporter, and contributor for various media organizations such as NPR, Bloomberg Television, and CBS Radio. She has received many awards for her work covering business, politics, and social issues. Her resume outlines her career accomplishments, skills, education, affiliations, and awards received over her decades-long career in journalism.

1. Carole Zimmer
61 Eighth Avenue Brooklyn, NewYork 11217
carzimmer@gmail.com @carole_zimmer
www.carolezimmer.com
Cell (917) 734-0864
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Skills Story Teller, Juggler of Deadlines, Project Initiator, Persistence in Getting the Job Done
With Excellence, Supervising, Mentoring, Cool Head Under Pressure,Sense of Humor
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BROADCASTER
Host, Award-Winning Podcast “Now What?” with Carole Zimmer
Contributor, NPR, September 2014 to present
Producer, Reporter,Bloomberg Television/Digital/Radio - March 2000 to September 2014.
Producer of Bloomberg Television’s Award-Winning Inside series creating specials on the most
innovative companies including Chipotle, Pixar, Disney, Whole Foods, from idea to broadcast,
researching and preparing interviews, supervising crews, writing scripts and overseeing editing.
Producer of Bloomberg Television’s Enterprise Series, with a focus on unique entrepreneurs and
their business strategy.
Producer of Billionaire series,convincing “Rags to Riches” billionaires John Paul Mitchell CEO
John Paul DeJoria and Continental Resources President Harold Hamm to be profiled.
Producer of visually intriguing digital video for Bloomberg.com
Reporter, WCBS Radio and CBS Radio Network, August 1998 to March 2000
I covered breaking stories on tight deadlines and reported live stories as well as taped in-depth
pieces. Those stories included the crash of Swiss Air Flt 103 in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, the
NBA basketball strike and New York City Hall.
Bureau Chief / New York Correspondent, NBC Radio Network and the Mutual Broadcasting
System, January 1991 to August 1998.
I supervised staff in New York, covering breaking news stories in New York and at the United
Nations including the Persian Gulf War, Fourth World Womens Conference in Beijing, China,
APEC summit in Jakarta,Indonesia and the White House.
WRITER
Contributor to the Washington Post,New York Times, New Yorker, New York Magazine. Articles
include social media, feminist issues, international affairs. Author of “The Natural Cook’s First
Book”
FELLOWSHIPS
International Conference on Family Planning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. December 2013
Sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the International Center for Journalists
Recipient of RIAS German American Fellowship to explore German culture. June 2002

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TEACHING
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism,Audio Bootcamp, Summer 2015
Job includes instructing graduate students in the ethical coverage of national and international
issues; approaches to hard news; how to tell a story through creative use of sound
EDUCATION
Hunter College, N.Y. - BA degree. Honors include Dean's List, Secretary,PsiSigma Delta
English Honor Society. Winner Grace Shulberg Essay Prize for "Poet W. B. Yeats."
AFFILIATIONS
Member of New York Press Club, Newswomens Club of New York, Inner Circle, United Nations
Correspondents Association, Society of Professional Journalists
AWARDS
2016 Gracie Award for “Now What?” With Carole Zimmer for the episode “At Home With
Gloria Steinem for Best Original Online Programming.
2015 New York Press Club Feature Award for “Blasting Through Bedrock: Here Comesthe
Second Avenue Subway,” the story of a 100-year old project that was often left for dead.
2015 Excellence in Financial Journalism Award for the 2-part series, “Fall Down, Turnaround:
Pivotal Moments in American Business,” which examines how companies handle crises.
2014 New York Press Club Special Reporting Award for the series “Emerging EconomiesRace
to Compete” exploring strategies for growth in the newly emerging democratic tilt of Myanmar
and the role of family planning and health care policies in Ethiopia.
2014 Gracie Award from American Women in Radio and Television for “Inside the Furious
Hurricane Lab.”
2014 New York Festivals Silver Medal for Radio Programming, “Emerging Economies Race to
Compete”
2014 Silurians Society Broadcast Award for “An Empire Built on Tacos,” an examination of
Chipotle’s business strategies
2013 New York Press Club Business Reporting Award for “The Elf on the Shelf” for Bloomberg
Television’s Enterprise Series
2013 New York Press Cub Entertainment Award for Bloomberg Television’s “Disney Stories”
2013 York Press Club award for the 2-part series “Jobs Explosion,Jobs Implosion” about the
abundance of oil-related jobs in North Dakota and the dearth of jobs in other industries

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2013 Newswomens Club of New York In-Depth Reporting for “Postponement Generation
Grows Up,” a 2-part series about college graduates looking for work in the heart of the worst
recession since World War 2.
2012 New York Press Club Award for Business Reporting for “Race for the Next Facebook” on
Bloomberg Television
2012 NYSSCPA Award for Best Television Special for “Race for the Next Facebook” on
Bloomberg Television
2012 Edward R. Murrow Award for Best documentary, “Stalking a Silent Killer,” a documentary
about the business and politics of ovarian cancer
2011 Alliance for Women in Media Best Feature award for “New Economics of Hollywood”
2011 National Womens Political Caucus Best Broadcast Award for “A Lender and a Borrower
Be,” a story about micro-lending program in Queens designed to support for low-income women
2010 National Headliner Award,NYS AP Broadcasters Award,Gracie Award from American
Women in Radio and Television and Silurians Society Award for Best Documentary Series
“Tilting at Windmills: Alternative Energy in New York City”
2010 Gracie Award from American Women in Radio and Television for Best Feature “Stalking
a Killer: The Search for an AIDS Vaccine,” a story about researchers at the Scripps Howard
Institute who are experimenting with an alternative approach to creating a vaccine.
2009 National Headliner Award,NYS AP Broadcasters Award,Gracie Award and Silurians
Society Award for“Tilting at Windmills: Alternative Energy in New York City,” a 2-part series
about hydro, solar and wind power projects that accelerate the development of green energy.
2009 Edward R. Murrow Award and New York Press Club Award for Business Reporting
“Wall Street Meltdown: The Lay-Offs,” a series about job losses in the financial industry.
2009 Gracie Award from American Women in Radio and Television for Best Feature
“Stalking a Killer: The Search for an AIDS Vaccine,” a story about researchers at the Scripps
Howard Institute who are experimenting with an alternative approach to creating a vaccine.
2008 National Headliner Award for Best Series, Deadline Club of New York and New York
Press Club Award for “Subprime Meltdown: The Families,” a 2-part series about families in
danger of losing their homes because of mortgage payments they couldn’t afford.
2008 New York Press Club Award and NYS Society of CPAs Best Feature Award for
“Breaking The Bank: Campaign Spending 2008” about attempts to regulate campaign spending.
2007 Newswomens Club of New York and New York Press Club Award for Best News Report
“Venture Capitalists Go Green,” on venture capitalists investing in alternative energy projects.
2007 Silurians Society and the Deadline Club of New York for Best News Feature for
“Two Moms of 9-11,” the story of an unusual friendship between the mother of a victim of the
World Trade Center disaster and the mother of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person ever tried in
the U.S. in connection with the attack.

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