Alexandra Marquez

Journalism Experience

Digital Associate

CNBC

July 2021 - present

• Produce informative breaking news videos designed for social media audiences focused on politics, weather, natural disasters and markets.
• Publish segments from cable television to the web by clipping interesting segments and using SEO best practices for online distribution.

Politics and Foreign Affairs Intern

NBC News

January 2021 - April 2021

• Assist with daily production and research for “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” a dayside politics and foreign affairs news program.
• Pitch and report digital stories across a wide range of beats, including health, technology and politics.
• Promptly transcribe and summarize newsmaker interviews for an internal news database.

Editorial Intern

Globe Post Media

June 2020 - September 2020

• Reported several long-form feature stories about a range of hard-hitting, contemporary issues like diversity on college campuses and police militarization.
• Wrote weekly stories on quick deadlines about the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Selected and compiled relevant wire stories for publication across two news sites.

Reporting Intern

McClatchy D.C. Bureau

September 2019 - December 2019

• Reported from Capitol Hill on the Texas congressional delegation for national audiences by speaking to sources in congressional offices and interviewing elected officials in hearing rooms, hallways and the House Speaker's Lobby.
• Mastered writing skills to quickly meet daily deadlines on stories about the House impeachment inquiry, gun control legislation and healthcare.
• Collaborated with a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter to write and research investigative stories.
• Live-tweeted and wrote about the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees' public impeachment hearings from the hearing room.

Editorial Intern

Washington Gardener Magazine

May 2019 - August 2019

• Reported on gardening events throughout the D.C. metropolitan area by speaking to attendees and writing detailed event summaries and analyses.
• Collaborated with the magazine's editor-in-chief to write book reviews, gardening tips and gardener profiles for monthly editions of the magazine.

News Reporter

The Diamondback

March 2019 - May 2019

• Wrote weekly news articles about STEM research at the University of Maryland as the science and technology beat reporter for the independent university newspaper.
• Communicated with editors daily about story developments, ideas, pitches and changes.

Health Section Editor

Unwind Magazine

February 2019 - May 2019

• Managed a team of 10+ writers and assisted them with student-focused articles by directing them to sources, consulting with them on ideas, checking in on progress and asking critical questions.
• Edited five articles per month related to health and fitness for online and print publication.
• Occassionally reported and wrote community-focused and human interest articles for the magazine's online edition.

Supplementary Experience

Student Co-chair

TerpsVote Coalition

December 2019 - present

• Lead a coalition of 40+ members in efforts to increase student voting rates at the University of Maryland.
• Collaborate with the TerpsVote staff and faculty chairs to coordinate voter registration and education messaging throughout the university.
• Communicate regularly with staff, administrators and students at other Big Ten universities about successful initiatives on each campus.
• Work with other campus student leaders to reach as large and as diverse a group of students as possible with messaging about voter registration, absentee ballots and planning to vote.

Director of Civic Engagement

University of Maryland Student Government Association

December 2019 - present

• Lead a team of student government legislators to plan events and messaging about civic engagement, including voting and participating in the census.
• Engage students in meaningful discussions about barriers to student voting, ballot accessibility and more, depending on current events on-campus and off-campus.

Visitor Center Associate

University of Maryland Conferences and Visitor Services

June 2019 - present

• Welcome visitors to the University of Maryland by handing out curated information to prospective students and answering questions about the student experience.

Corporate Relations Committee Member

Terp Thon

May 2018 - March 2019

• Worked with a committee of other dedicated students to plan events to help the University of Maryland community raise over $700,000 for Children’s National hospital in Washington, D.C.
• Obtained sponsorships from local businesses and organizations for Terp Thon, a 12-hour dance marathon and fundraiser benefiting Children’s National.

Civic Engagement Intern

TerpsVote Coalition

June 2018 - December 2018

• Worked with students, staff, university administrators and department heads to promote civic engagement and voting in the 2018 midterm elections through a coordinated messaging strategy.
• Orchestrated a daily social media campaign with reminders about election deadlines and requirements to help raise student voting rates on campus by 26.7 percent from the 2014 midterm elections.

Education

Skills

Awards and Honors