EXPERIENCE:
Freelance Journalist, December 2011 – Present
- Cover politics, social movements, and the far right in the US, UK, and France for publications including Al Jazeera America, The American Prospect, Gothamist, The Guardian, Harper’s, In These Times, The Intercept, MTV News, n+1, The Nation, The New Republic, The New Yorker, The Progressive, Rolling Stone, Salon, Teen Vogue, VICE, and the Village Voice.
- Honorable Mention, American Society of Journalists and Authors’ 2021 Annual Writing Awards, social change category, for The Next Generation of the French Far Right (VICE, October 2020).
- Completed the online course “How to report safely: Strategies for women journalists & their allies,” organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, May 2021.
- Finalist for a 2014-15 Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship.
The Week, New York, NY
Senior Editor, August 2022 – Present
- Write U.S. news stories for The Week, a weekly print magazine.
The Week, New York, NY
Researcher, March 2022 – August 2022
- Fact-checked every issue of The Week, a weekly print magazine, front to back. This included international news, U.S. news, arts & culture, business, and technology sections.
Cultures of Resistance Network, New York, NY
Communications and Research Assistant, February 2015 – March 2022
- Assisted the Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation and Cultures of Resistance Films with social media, research, and website content and maintenance. This included writing website and newsletter copy, overseeing a website redesign, and assessing potential grant recipients.
Kim Phillips-Fein, New York University, New York, NY
Research Assistant, June 2014 – August 2017; June 2019 – March 2022
- Conducted archival research for historian Kim Phillips-Fein, including research for Fear City: New York City’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics, a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in History.
The Nation, New York, NY
Web Editorial Intern, June 2013 – August 2013
- Fact-checked, copy-edited, proofread, and produced articles and blogs for TheNation.com.
- Pitched and wrote articles for web and print.
Verso Books, Brooklyn, NY
Intern, May 2012 – August 2012
- Wrote blog posts for Verso’s website, did editorial research, wrote press releases, designed publicity material using InDesign, and assisted with the production process.
- Passed Verso’s proofreading test and worked as a freelance proofreader in addition to my internship duties.
NYU Local, New York, NY
National Staff Writer, January 2011 – May 2012
- Wrote weekly blog posts and features about labor and student organizing for nyulocal.com, NYU’s independent student blog.
Village Voice – Runnin’ Scared, New York, NY
Editorial Intern, September 2011 – December 2011
- Wrote for Runnin’ Scared, the paper’s New York City news blog. My pieces included coverage of Occupy Wall Street, student protests, and the New York City SlutWalk.
EDUCATION:
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- MSc Sociology, September 2018
- Thesis was an ethnographic study of why well-educated young people in Paris are joining the far-right National Front
New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York, NY
- Bachelor of Arts in history and social movements, May 2014
- Minor in French
- GPA: 3.9; Magna cum laude
- Awarded honors on a senior project that combined history and original reporting on student organizing at Cooper Union and CUNY
- Awarded a Dean’s Award for Graduating Seniors to research housing organizing and urban social movements in Paris in summer 2014
SKILLS:
- Proficient in WordPress, Movable Type, Drupal, InDesign, Photoshop, and basic HTML
- Fluent in French
- Conversational in Spanish (Studied at Proyecto Linguistico Quetzalteco de Español in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala)
Rebecca Nathanson 