CHELSEA CONABOY

 

Professional Experience                                                           

  

   Reporter, Concord Monitor, Concord, NH.  (September 2004 – present)


  1. ‣    Hybrid beat (January 2008 – present): Write news and features about the environment, state energy issues and Concord’s refugee community.

  2. ‣    City hall beat (September 2006 – January 2008): Covered a city government grappling with costs rising faster than the tax base case support. Worked on several documentary projects including the “Remember me” series.

  3. ‣    New Hampshire Primary (February 2007 – January 2008): Covered John Edwards’s campaign and contributed to the Primary Monitor blog and general coverage.

  4. ‣    Environment and development beat (July 2005 – September 2006): Recreated a beat covering land use, transportation, housing, natural disasters and environmental policy in the fastest growing state in the northeast.

  5. ‣    Regional beat (September 2004 – July 2005): Covered nine rural towns.


Stringer, Money Magazine, (October 2007 – present): Local reporting on national trends.


Reporting and writing fellow, Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, Fla. (Summer 2004): Participated in six weeks of seminars on diversity, the writing process, ethics, narrative writing and accuracy. Wrote weekly for the Points South website.


Education


Triple major, University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. (May 2004) GPA: 3.93

  1. ‣    B.A. English/Journalism

  2. ‣    B.A. International Affairs

  3. ‣    B.A. Spanish


Study Abroad, Spain

  1. ‣    Centro de Lenguas Modernas, Granada (Spring 2003): Five courses in political science, art and literature

  2. ‣    University of Rhode Island, Salamanca (July 2003): Two graduate courses


Awards


2007 N.H. Press Association first place in feature writing for “Remember me” series

2006 N.H. Press Association third place in community journalism for “Remember me” series

2005 N.H. Press Association third place in spot news for coverage of a double murder

2004 N.H. Press Association community journalism, Concord Monitor staff 

2004 Richard M. Ford Award, given to one UNH senior for excellence in creative nonfiction

2003 George Esper Reporting Scholarship, awarded by the New England Associated Press News Executives Association


Other experience


Rotary International Group Study Exchange, Visayas, Philippines (Feb. 9 – March 10, 2009)

  1. ‣    Visited newsrooms, Rotary projects and historic sites while staying with host families.


Editor, The New Hampshire, UNH’s twice-weekly student newspaper.

  1. ‣    Editor-in-chief (Spring 2004): Guided the 35-person staff in all daily news and business activities.

  2. ‣    News editor (Spring 2001 – Fall 2003): Worked with writers on structure, reporting and ethics.    


Intern, Lewiston Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine (May – August 2002)


Academic mentor, Center for Academic Resources, University of New Hampshire, (May   

           2001 – May 2004)


Personal travel and service trips throughout Europe, Central America and the United States


References available on request