Ariana Aspuru
Audio Journalist
RESUME
Work​
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Audio Producer/Temporary Host, The Wall Street Journal
July 2023- Present
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Led beginning-to-end production of over 400 daily podcast episodes, handling everything from pitching to mixing and hosting.
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Researched and reported for long-term projects, producing over nine special multi-part series and two newsroom-wide multi-platform projects on the 2024 election.
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Excelled in field reporting, sourcing, writing, and storytelling to create compelling, high-quality audio that resulted in over 1,000,000 downloads.
Associate Producer, The Wall Street Journal
August 2022- July 2023
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Reported, produced, and hosted long-form, heavily reported narrative science podcast episodes for WSJ’s The Future of Everything.
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Produced consistent social media content, sourced archival tape, supported other producers, and created production schedules, among other administrative tasks for the show.
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Pitched over 30 feature stories, based on breaking research and technological developments.
Newsroom Intern, The Miami Herald
June 2021- August 2021
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Covered the Surfside condominium collapse as part of the breaking news team, contributing to the Miami Herald’s 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News.
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Sourced reliable city officials and local leaders, which resulted in multiple scoops and feature stories. Assisted senior reporters with research, reporting, and fact-checking.
Intern + News Assistant, National Public Radio
January 2021- June 2021
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Pitched, reported, and produced segments for Weekend All Things Considered and Weekend Edition. Researched and conducted pre-interviews for potential show guests, preparing briefing documents for hosts, senior producers, and editors.
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Managed and edited multiple remote interviews and roundtables on a breaking news deadline.
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Skills
Education
University of Florida Graduation: May 2022
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Major: Bachelor of Science in Journalism
Minors: Innovation and Anthropology
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Student Involvement:
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GHQ: As an on-air host, I curate and host a weekly 3-hour show called “Afternoons with Ari” on UF’s top 40 music station. During the show, I reported local and national news to our audience across Gainesville.
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She’s the First: As the Vice President of Public Relations, I use tools to market our non-profit organization to other students. I also create virtual fundraisers to raise money for the education of girls in low-income countries.
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Alpha Kappa Psi: Director of Photography
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Audio Editing: ProTools, Audition, Descript, iZotope RX 11
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Video Editing: Premiere Pro
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Data Analysis: R Studio, SQL, Google Analytics
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Project Management: Airtable, Trello, Excel
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Writing: AP Style