VICTORIA BEKIEMPIS
Freelance reporter, writer, editor and translator
Victoriabekiempis@gmail.com
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EXPERIENCE
Freelance Reporting/Translating
September 2009-present
Report and write for various organizations, including the Christian Science Monitor, Skeptic and forthcoming work for Bitch magazine. Translation/interpretation on an individual basis.
Reporting Intern, Editorial Assistant, St. Petersburg Times, Tampa, Fla.
January 2009-August 2009
Report and write news and features, including an investigation of a polluted river, two to four days per week.
Reporting Intern, Bradenton Herald, Bradenton, Fla.
August 2008-present
Report and write news, including coverage of a landmark midwifery trial, two to three days per week.
Reporting Intern, The Associated Press, Lima, Peru
May 2008-August 2008
Report and write news and features, including rewrite from Spanish to English, topped by an in-depth trend piece on alpaca exports and a colorful business profile of Peru’s top chef.
Reporting Intern, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.
June 2007-August 2007
Reported and wrote over 60 news and feature stories for this 20,000-circulation daily, highlighted by award-winning coverage of questionable dealings in a $200 million redevelopment project.
Columnist, Staff Writer, Opinion Editor and Managing Editor, The Oracle, Tampa, Fla.
September 2006-December 2010
Edit and write several stories per week, including investigations of a failed university readership program, an abusive administrator and lawsuit-prone campus preachers.
EDUCATION/AWARDS
New England Associated Press News Executives Association writing contest, 1st place for investigative reporting 2008, class III newspaper, for Daily Hampshire Gazette series on crooked developer.
The University of South Florida, The Honors College at the University of South Florida,
B.A. in philosophy with minor concentrations in French and Spanish received May 2009, magna cum laude.
SKILLS
Fluent in French and Spanish, conducted interviews in both languages.
Knowledge of MS Word, MS PowerPoint and Adobe InDesign.
