JACKIE HAJDENBERG
Journalism Experience
JEWISH LIFE AND RELIGION REPORTER AT JTA
March 2022-present
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PRODUCTION ASSISTANT AT MSNBC
March 2021-November 2021
Logged and transcribed breaking news events and guest interviews. Researched, selected, and ysed Avid and iNews in order to locate required footage for broadcast. Gathered information on breaking news stories for anchors to relay on air. Byline in Meet The Press blog.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING FELLOW, COLUMBIA JOURNALISM INVESTIGATIONS/USA TODAY + PBS FRONTLINE
July 2020-December 2020
Co-reported and co-wrote three front-page investigative and data stories for USA Today/PBS Frontline on absentee ballot rejection and voter fraud allegations. Contributed reporting to three Detroit Free Press articles on the 2020 Michigan primary elections and election administration. Investigative work on absentee ballot rejections in the 2020 General Election. Reporting featured in PBS Frontline documentary, “Whose Vote Counts”.
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL
August 2019 - May 2020
Master of Science with coursework in investigative techniques, documentary video production, environmental writing, and history. Covered public housing, homeless shelters, and nonprofits in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Documentary work on Modern Orthodox Jewish dating practices. Documentary work on the novel coronavirus. Master’s thesis on voter suppression of youth vote-by-mail ballots.
HONEYSUCKLE MAGAZINE
February 2019 - August 2019
Copyedited articles for upload to Honeysuckle website. Contributed reporting and research on cannabis law and subculture. Conducted interviews. Created and managed the new humor column, HoneyChuckle. Social media management and engagement. Developed concepts for new magazine, The HoneyPot.
WHOWHATWHY
March 2019 - June 2019
Online investigative news publication. Assisted Editor-in-Chief with special projects, recruiting, and editorial departments. Contributed research to WhoWhatWhy articles.
NBCUNIVERSAL
SEPTEMBER 2017 - DECEMBER 2017
Pitched, researched and reported on national clients for more than 20 sponsored content articles for publication across various NBC Owned Television Stations websites. Image formatting for upload to CMS, using Adobe Photoshop. Edited online content in Spanish for Telemundo.
COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOR
(Various) 2015 - 2017
Trainee, Spectrum (2017)
Lifestyle section. Pitched and wrote five articles on life at Columbia. Reported on housing for a live streamed data visualization project.
Opinion Columnist, Spectator (2016)
Pitched and wrote bi-weekly columns on campus politics, health, and Judaism. Collaborated with editors in real time.
Featured op-ed columnist, Spectator (2015-2016)
Wrote two op-eds on campus politics, one featured in the weekly print edition of Spectator. Collaborated with editors in real-time.