Imana

Gunawan

imanagunawan@gmail.com
imanagunawan.com
@imanafg

SUMMARY
Strong background and professional experience in journalistic writing, audio
reporting, AP style and breaking news reporting for a digital platform.
Native proficiency in English and Bahasa Indonesia; minimal Arabic skills.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Editor at Breaking News, an NBC News start-up
Seattle, WA. | August 2015-present
Send 24-hour news updates on BreakingNews.com and Breaking News app.
Monitor Twitter, wire services and news outlets for up-to-date, accurate news.
Use news judgment to weed out fake news, rank stories by importance and
send mobile push alerts accordingly through a content management system.
Update social media including Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Tumblr.
Producer at Humanosphere
Seattle, WA. | January 2015-present
Produce and book guests for Humanospheres weekly podcast covering
international politics, poverty and inequity.
Manage Google Analytics and social media including Facebook and Twitter.
Grow Facebook reach within a year from approximately 700 to 5,000 people
reached per week by using in-site analytics.
Write news and analysis on the global fight against poverty and inequity.
Freelance journalist
Greater Seattle area | September 2012-present
Contribute work to NBC News, International Examiner, Northwest Asian
Weekly, The Seattle Lesbian, The Seattle Times Education Lab, On the
Boards blog and SeattleDances.
Cover underrepresented communities, global development and the arts.
Member, communications director for Au Collective
Seattle, WA. | July 2015-present
Perform and choreograph dance works for Au Collective, a nonprofit working
to make dance accessible to people of color, queer people and women.
Write and edit press releases, newsletters, grants and social media posts.
Facilitate dance workshops to youth of color in Seattles Yesler Terrace.
Facilitate anti-oppression, social justice workshops for Seattle communities.
Journalist at NPRs Next Generation Radio Program
Seattle, WA. | October 2014
Produced a 4-minute character-driven radio story on Native American twospirit identities during the week-long College Broadcasters Inc. conference.
Intern Reporter at The Jordan Times
Amman, Jordan | June-August 2014
Conducted assignment and enterprise reporting, monitored news wires for
Jordans only English daily newspaper.
Podcast Editor, News Editor at The Daily of the University of Washington
Seattle, WA. | April 2014 -June 2015
Managed the news department at Seattle's second-largest daily newspaper.
Established and produced The Dailys 30-minute podcast the Sound Bite.
EDUCATION
University of Washington, Seattle, WA. | September 2012-June 2015
B.A in Communication (Journalism) and Dance, magna cum laude

RELEVANT
TECHNICAL
SKILLS
Software - Adobe
Creative Suite (Premiere
Pro, Audition and
Photoshop), Microsoft
Office, Apple iWork,
Apple iLife Suite,
Hindenburg, Wordpress,
Blogspot, Tumblr,
Tableau, iNews, PACER
Skills - audio
production, social
media, analytics,
photography,
videography
AWARDS
Foreign Intrigue
Endowed Scholarship
Dept. of Communication
May 2014
Pioneer Newsgroup
Excellence in
Journalism Award:
Community journalism
Dept. of Communication
June 2014
Dance Program
Scholarship
Dance Program
June 2014
REFERENCES
Tom Paulson
Founder and editor at
Humanosphere
206.718.0344
tom@humanosphere.org
Stephanie Clary
Managing editor at
Breaking News
617.686.5133
clarystephanie@gmail.
com