JESSICA DaSILVA

Resume

Available here in PDF format.

Skills

Education

University of Florida

Bachelor of Science in Journalism & Political Science, August 2005-present

Journalism specializations in reporting and online media

Political courses significantly based in United States government and policy

Scholarships finance 100 percent of education


Georgetown University

Captital Semester on Political Journalism, April 2008

Received 12 credits in government and political journalism from Georgetown University while interning at Roll call Newspaper under The Fund for American Studies' Capital Semester on Political Journalism


Indian River State College

Associate of Arts, May 2005

Earned during high school without receiving high-school credit.

Experience

UF Web Administration

Blog Manager, January-May 2009

Managing public relations for UF's Web community through posts on the Web Administration's blog. In my first month on the job, I increased traffic to the blog by about 300 percent.

The Independent Florida Alligator

Editor-in-chief, August-December 2008

Led The Independent Florida Alligator, billed as the largest student-run newspaper in the U.S. Trained a print-centric staff to think about the Web first, spearheaded by the creation of multimedia and blog editors.


NYTimes.com

Guest blogger, September-October 2008

I was one of 20 college newspaper editors selected to blog the first and last presidential debates and the vice presidential debate for NYTimes.com to provide student perspective.


The Tampa Tribune

Metro intern, June-August 2008

Wrote on a general assignment basis for the metro desk. Live-blogged from an all-day music festival, sending text and photos via mobile phone.


Roll Call Newspaper

Features intern, January-April 2008

Wrote stories on the happenings on and around Capitol Hill, including political hearings to art shows and book reviews.


The Independent Florida Alligator

University Editor, May-December 2007

Oversaw four writers, assigning and editing stories regarding the goings on of the University of Florida. Sent related links and documents to the online staff. Also blogged from UF Board of Trustees meetings and during student government elections.


The Independent Florida Alligator

Reporter, July 2006-May 2007

Covered student government for six months before being promoted to the administration beat.