The Fulbright Program - Gaborone, Botswana Oct 2010 - Jul 2011
U.S. Student Fulbright Fellow
The Seattle Times - Greater Seattle Area Sep 2008 - Jul 2010
Web Producer
St Petersburg Times - Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area May 2003 - Sep 2008
Reporting Intern and Freelance writer
The Boston Globe - Greater Boston Area Oct 2006 - Oct 2007
Reporter
The New York Times - Greater New York City Area May 2006 - Aug 2006
Reporting Intern
Education:
London School of Economics and Political Science 2011 - 2012
Master of Science, Media, Communication and Development
London School of Economics and Political Science 2011 - 2012
Modern Foreign Language Certificate, Spanish
Smith College 2003 - 2006
Bachelor of Arts, American Studies, Government
Skills:
Journalism Editing Blogging Newspaper Writing Social Media Interviewing New Media Content Management HTML Stories Breaking News News Writing SPSS International Development Quantitative Research Qualitative Research Internet Governance Media Production WordPress Newspapers Storytelling Feature Articles
Jan 2008 to 2000 Freelance Writer and EditorThe J. William Fulbright Program Gaborone Oct 2010 to Jul 2011 U.S. Student Fulbright ScholarThe Seattle Times Seattle, WA Sep 2008 to Jul 2010 Web ProducerThe Boston Globe Boston, MA Oct 2006 to Oct 2007 ReporterThe New York Times New York, NY May 2006 to Aug 2006 Reporter, Intern
Education:
London School of Economics and Political Science London 2011 to 2012 Master of Science in Media, Communication and DevelopmentSmith College Northampton, MA 2003 to 2006 Bachelor of Arts in Government, American Studies
Skills:
Journalism, writing, editing, blogging, social media, media production, Spanish, development communication, content management systems, breaking news, feature writing, international journalism, interviewing, HTML, news writing, SPSS, quantitative and qualitative research
Fort Lauderdale, FL Homosassa, FL Yonkers, NY Seattle, WA Gaborone, Botswana Cape Town, South Africa Cambridge, MA London, United Kingdom
Work:
Food for the Poor - Staff Writer (2013) U.S. Student Fulbright Scholar, Gaborone, Botswana - Researching new media; teaching journalism (2010-2011) Seattle Times - Web Producer (2008-2010) Boston Globe - Reporter (2006-2007)
Education:
London School of Economics - Media, Communication and Development, Smith College - American Studies, Government
About:
Journalist. Traveler. Born a New Yorker, but raised a Floridian.
April Simpson
Work:
Bj's Beauty & Barber College - Manager/Instructor
Education:
Curtis High School
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Youtube
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Duration:
38m 31s
April Simpson's Recovery Update
Tim Ezell updates FOX2 on April Simpson's recovery.
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3m
Life After News,Wendy Williams, Battling Canc...
TV personality April Simpson talks about life after being on a largely...
Duration:
14m 35s
The Simpsons - April Fools
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Duration:
3m 49s
April Simpson Runs for her life off the set!
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John Wood Elementary School Merrillville IN 1963-1965, Ainsworth Elementary School Merrillville IN 1965-1967, Merrillville Junior High School Merrillville IN 1967-1970
Community:
Cindee Stanley, Andrea Kroner
Biography:
Life
I was divorced from my first husband after 15 years. We had 5 children together...