ABOUT ARANYA, FOR SERIOUS
Posted by aranya
For those of you wondering if I have any REAL credentials… here they be, yo!
WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Editor — Playboy Magazine
Editor | Online Community Manager — Playboy.com
Editorial Assistant — Chicago Home + Garden Magazine
Reporter | Staff Writer — Connection Newspapers
Tour Publicist | Publicity Coordinator — RCA Records
Editorial Intern — Rolling Stone Magazine
Contributing Writer | Freelancer — DVM Magazine, Mixer Magazine, InkblotMagazine.com, MusicToday.com, GothamGrooves.com, Monkeystyle Records
EDUCATION
Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism | Masters of Science, Journalism
University of Virginia | Bachelor of Arts, English Literature and Creative Writing
AWARDS
Recipient of 12 Virginia Press Association Awards:
- First Place — Business and Financial Writing 2007
- First Place — General News Writing 2007
- First Place — General Makeup 2007
- Second Place — Government Writing and Public Safety Writing 2007
- First Place — General News Writing 2006
- First Place — General Makeup 2006
- Second Place — Public Safety Writing 2006
- Second Place — Education Writing 2006
- Second Place — Feature Series or Continuing Story 2006
- Third Place — Combination Picture and Story 2006
- First Place — General News Writing 1999
- First Place — Local Election Coverage 1999
Nominee for the Medill School of Journalism’s Robert Wieder Award
ORGANIZATIONS
Member of the Asian American Journalists Association
