Doree Shafrir

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE	Sept 2007-June 2009
New York Observer, New York NY: Reporter
• Wrote long-form profiles, trend pieces, and reported essays on culture, entertainment, media, food and general New York topics • Article on the “Hipster Grifter” optioned for television by Sony; article on “How to Improve Your Boyfriend” optioned for film by Princess Pictures

Gawker, New York, NY: Associate Editor	Oct. 2006-Sept. 2007
• Reported on media and New York culture

Slate, New York, NY: Intern, Culture Department (paid); Contributor	May 2006-June 2007
• Wrote Summary Judgment column and other articles

Radar Magazine, New York, NY: Editorial Intern	Fall 2006
• Contributed several stories to Radaronline.com

The Crier, New York, NY: Editor	Oct. 2005-Dec. 2007
• Co-founder of national print literary non-fiction magazine • Assigned and edited critical and personal essays, and long-form reported pieces • Managed distribution, circulation, marketing, and publicity

Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia, PA: A&E Editor	Dec. 2003-Aug. 2005
• Oversaw Arts and Entertainment section, including pool of 50 freelancers • Assigned, copy edited and line edited A&E section and managed weekly production cycle: chose A&E cover; obtained images and permissions; created heds/subheds and captions. • Led redesign of section and created new A&E columns • Expanded books coverage and hosted monthly PW-sponsored reading series

FREELANCE EXPERIENCE
• Have contributed to publications including The New Yorker, New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Awl, Slate, Jezebel, Glamour.com, Publishers Weekly • Co-founder of Postcards From Yo Momma, which publishes emails, IM conversations and text messages from mothers to their adult children. Average of 200,000 visitors per month • Wrote Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home (Hyperion); covered in publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times, and DailyCandy

HONORS AND AWARDS
SXSW Web Awards: Postcards From Yo Momma, Finalist in Blog Category, 2009 New York Press Club: Best Entertainment News story, 2007 (“If She Did It”; story about Judith Regan) Society of Professional Journalists Philadelphia: 2nd Place, Features Headline Writing, 2005 Columbia Scholastic Press Association: Honorable Mention, Sports Feature Writing, 1997

SKILLS
HTML, Movable Type, Wordpress, Photoshop, InDesign

EDUCATION
Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY
MA, Arts and Culture concentration; Bollinger Scholarship Recipient	May 2006

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
MA, European History	May 2004
BA, English and History, magna cum laude	May 1999