Resume
HENRY GASS
hgass271@gmail.com; @henrygass
EDUCATION
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY May 2013
Coursework in news reporting, feature writing, photography, video; business, science, data reporting. Covered South Bronx and environmental issues; Hurricane Sandy; negligent inspections in low-income housing; climate change; 2012 election night for The Columbia Journalism Review. Feature project on disappearing Mohawk ironworker community in New York published in The Globe and Mail.
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec June 2012
B.A. in History; Minors in English and Communications
EXPERIENCE
(Editorial Intern) Staff Reporter; The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, MA Oct. 2014-Present
Beats range from Texas, the criminal justice system and the US Supreme Court to politics, education and climate change. Writes on average two stories a week while researching and reporting two or three more, for online and weekly magazine. Occasional photography and audio work. Research and pitch many of my own stories. Hired full-time after one year as intern. Promoted from GA reporter to Texas Correspondent.
Editorial Fellow; E&E Publishing, Washington, D.C. July 2013-August 2014
Wrote 2-6 stories/week on energy and environment issues. Covered politics, policy, business, finance, science. Breaking news reports from Capitol Hill; investigations of leaking Arctic oil pipelines and British Columbia natural gas drilling. Pitched and reported own stories. Re-hired after 6-month fellowship.
Freelancer, Montreal, QC and New York, NY May 2012–July 2013
Conceived, researched, pitched and published dozens of original stories and photographs for publications including The Globe and Mail, Scientific American, The Columbia Journalism Review, and Al Jazeera English. Wrote breaking crime news, analysis, features and documents-based investigations. Shot and edited video report on disabled access to New York subway system.
Reporter and photographer; DNAinfo.com, New York, NY April-July 2013
Covered crime, political events, and neighborhood news around New York as stringer. Contributed quotes and photos to breaking stories and slideshows. Reported, photographed and wrote multiple stories a day on one-day-a-week freelance contract.
(Coordinating) News Editor; McGill Daily, Montreal, QC Sept. 2010 (Feb. 2011)–May 2012
Editorial Intern; OnEarth Magazine, New York, NY January-May 2013
Reporter and copy editor; Prince George’s County Sentinel, Seabrook, MD (June–August 2007-08)
SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES
Digital: Final Cut Pro; Adobe suite; Excel; Twitter; Facebook; Signal; Gab; multiple CMS; SEO; CSS
Languages: Spanish and French; sports columnist for French language weekly Le Délit. UK and Canadian citizenship; U.S. permanent resident.
Other activities: McGill Varsity Wrestling Team (8th place national championships, MVP 2010); McGill Fight Band (VP Alumni Affairs, 2011-12); Trombone; Actor/producer/screenwriter Five Pounds (2010) – Silver Palm, Mexico International Film Festival 2011; Best Student Film 2011 Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival).