Resume
Keach Hagey
keach.hagey@gmail.com
JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE:
The National, Abu Dhabi, UAE (March
2008 - present)
Senior Business Reporter. Cover media and marketing beat for business section of daily English-language newspaper. File daily news stories as well as regular features, investigative pieces and occasional videos. Co-founded the paper's first business blog, Crane Country and went on to launch its media blog, Mixed Media.
CBSNews.com, New York, NY (June
2007 - Dec. 2007)
Writer/News Producer. Wrote The
Skinny, a take on the day's newspaper headlines. Produced news stories for website.
Village Voice, New York, NY (October
2006 - May 2007)
Staff Writer. Wrote weekly "Press Clips" media column.
New York Magazine, New York, NY(March
2005 - March 2008)
Freelance Writer. Wrote restaurant and bar reviews for magazine's online
edition.
Greenwich Time, Greenwich, CT (April
2005 - October 2006)
Reporter. Covered education and youth issues for the city desk of daily
newspaper. Responsible for generating daily ideas, filing more in-depth stories
for the Sunday edition as well as long-term enterprise projects.
Queens Chronicle, Queens, NY (Feb.
2003 - Dec. 2004)
Assistant Managing Editor, Southeast/Eastern Queens Editor, Arts Editor,
Reporter.
Started as reporter covering politics, crime, courts, education, land use and
health for eight editions of 160,000-circulation weekly newspaper. Won New York
Press Association award for spot news coverage of runaway train. Created position
of arts editor, overhauling weekly entertainment section and monthly arts magazine
to greatly increase local arts coverage. As assistant managing editor, helped oversee newsroom
of six writers and managed quarterly special editions.
New York Press, New York, NY (Sept.
2002 - Feb. 2003)
Editorial Assistant. Wrote weekly listings picks. Helped conduct research
and check facts for columnists.
Courier-Life Publications, Brooklyn,
NY (Jan. 2001 - March 2001)
Freelance Reporter. Wrote articles for weekly community newspaper.
EDUCATION:
Stanford University, Palo Alto,
CA (Sept. 1995 - June 2000)
M.A. in English Literature
B.A. in English and French Literature, with distinction
Minor in Music, Science and Technology
LANGUAGES:
Fluent in French, some Spanish, some Arabic