Amanda Fiscina
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Amanda Fiscina is an Aol.com homepage editor at the Huffington Post Media Group. She is studying Digital Media at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and graduated from Fordham University in 2010, where she was editor-in-chief of The Ram, the university newspaper. She was formerly an editor at Patch.com, AOL's hyperlocal news websites and has written for Anton Community Newspapers, The New York Post, Investment News, and worked on the set of Inside Edition.
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Tweets
- RT @runnersworld: New York City could get another marathon: http://t.co/3oCAGhdycCMay 15, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Secret Fordham tradition! http://t.co/e3mq591lj2 @CFROST17 @Turkelton10 @lynnie619 @DejaGrew @MzzWish @HeyItsLTMay 13, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @kamore905 @CoachFiscina will arrange the alcohol and music
- RT @runnersworld: Today marks the 59th anniversary of the first sub-4:00 mile http://t.co/qBJhL3rz43May 06, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @mo_mo2022 @kerbear04 Please sign up, it's going to be a once in a lifetime experience!
- 26.2 miles later I still have the best family and friends #limarathon #bragtweet http://t.co/LdrLFqwiVK
- Is Texting Killing the English Language? http://t.co/6CSIyhRPpE via @TIMEIdeas
- So adorable - http://t.co/6UXhFIPVTG
- Running tips from three-year LI Marathon champion - http://t.co/16tXQEfK7m via @Newsday
- Apr 25, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Gotta love surprise photo credits - http://t.co/wU7sOEnbZp http://t.co/hq7EgjgOihApr 23, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Amazing! 'We can’t buy you lost sleep, so at least let us pick up lunch' Tribune sends lunch to Boston Globe newsroom http://t.co/ZYAXSWoTtP
- Apr 22, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Man sets record with THREE HOUR plank, should we try it tonight at kickboxing? @LynnNicole11 @kerbear04 @kakea107 http://t.co/SNdzEtsDCgApr 22, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- A Model of Restraint in the Race for News - http://t.co/iVOI117o33
- RT @maeisinger: Runners interested in helping #Boston victims, join the @NYCRUNS virtual 5K! Proceeds for #OneBoston http://t.co/rXsvZpjAYEApr 18, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @longislandpatch yes my first 26.2
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Info
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Specialties: Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, SoundSlides, ProTools, HTML, CSS, content management systems and social media.
Experience- Apr 2012 - PresentAssociate Homepage Editor / AOL Huffington Post Media Group
- May 2010 - Apr 2012Editor / Patch.com
• Launched and managed two community news websites updated hourly, seven days/week.
• Wrote on an array of subjects: all breaking news, crime, government, education and trend news and features.
• Coordinated more than 50 pieces of original/aggregated content per week: selected photos, copy edited, andwrote headlines for all pieces. Recruited and oversaw a team of bloggers and freelancers.
• Promoted content and engaged audience on social media. Grew Twitter and Facebook following by thousands.
• Met stretch site engagement and traffic goals quarterly and monitored site metrics daily.
• Selected for the Patch Regional Video Production team. Editor of the Quarter Spring 2010. - Jan 2010 - May 2010Investment News Intern / Crain Communications Inc
• Wrote/assisted on more than a dozen human interest pieces for the print/web editions.
• Researched and fact checked monthly exclusives on ETFs, RIAs and earnings reports. - Jan 2009 - Jan 2010Editor-in-Chief / The Ram, Fordham University
• Managed the content, copy stylebook, design, investigative projects, breaking news and production of FordhamUniversity’s 90-year-old journal of record reaching more than 15,000 student/faculty/alumni readers each week.
• Led both the print and web editions, including direct supervision of 15 section editors and 20 writers.
• Spearheaded social media additions and managed the redesign of website to include blogs, RSS, live updates. - Jun 2009 - Aug 2009Editorial Board Fellowship / New York Post
• Pitched ideas to editorial page editor and wrote several editorials on topics like the new design of Times Square plazas.
• Assisted in selection, editing and design of the daily Letters to the Editor page on InDesign CS4. - May 2008 - Jun 2009Freelance Writer / Anton Community Newspaper Group
• Reported and wrote for a chain of weekly community newspapers covering Nassau County.
• Produced coverage of land development controversies, local government and school board meetings and profiles of residents. - Sept 2008 - Dec 2008Intern / CBS Television Distribution
• Assisted on the set of the longest-running television newsmagazine.
• Helped the investigative unit with reports on Congressional travel stipend abuse and the AIG scandal.
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2011 - 2013Columbia University - Graduate School of JournalismMS in Digital Media
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2006 - 2010Fordham UniversityBachelor of Arts in American Studies and Journalism
Activities: Rose Hill Society Ambassador, Orientation Leader, Fordham Club, Alpha Sigma Nu and Phi Beta Kappa Membership
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Honors:Columbia Scholastic Press Gold Circle Award 2009 American Scholastic Press 1st Place Newspaper 2009 Edward A. Walsh Media Scholarship for excellence in journalism Newsweek- Featured in cover articles: “Top Colleges in America” (9/07), “Getting in Early” (8/06) by writer Jay Mathews
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Interests:digital media, baking, running, reading, decorating
