Resume

Caitlin Wittlif

caitwitt AT gmail DOT com

Education

The University of Texas at Austin – College of Communication

BS, Radio/TV/Film and B of J, Multimedia Journalism

Senior Fellows Honors Program Participant

Grade Average:  3.8, graduated with high honors December 2009

Music Journalism – Experience

Ramser Media

Editorial Intern, September 2009 – December 2009; Editor/Writer/Office staff December 2009 – March 2010; Managing editor/Writer/Office staff March 2010 – Present

  • Managing editor for Horns Illustrated and Texas Music magazines
  • Field phone calls for magazine and online web store clients
  • Process magazine subscriptions and maintain Excel list
  • Write for Texas Music
  • Brainstorm marketing ideas for the magazines and our two online stores, Texas Gifts and Bevo Depot

San Antonio Current

Writer, September 2010 – Present

  • Write record reviews (approx. one/week)

RollingStone.com

Online Editorial Intern, Summer 2009

  • Pitched and reported for 2 stories on the website – here and here
  • Fact-checked articles and trivia
  • Compiled important dates and organized them in Excel calendar
  • Converted articles with HTML codes for the website

The Daily Texan

Issue Staff, Fall 2006 – Spring 2008

  • Conducted interviews with musicians, including Sondre Lerche, Thomas D’Arcy of the Small Sins, Ethan Kennedy, Sahara Smith
  • Pitched and wrote previews and reviews of performances and CDs

KVRX 91.7 FM

Disc Jockey, Fall 2005 – Fall 2007

  • Jockeyed a 2-hour show, playing a mix of indie and local pop, rock, rap, jazz, world, country and folk

Music Journalism – Academic Projects

Web Publishing

Multimedia Journalism

  • Produced a full flash package, including video, audio/photo slideshow, and the flash presentation itself
  • Researched successful music blogs and proposed hyperlocal interactive self-published music website

Women in News

Fundamentals of Multimedia Journalism

Writing for Online Publication

  • Worked on group blog, producing photos and videos for a multimedia experience

Notable University Experiences

Study Abroad Program, Albert Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg, Deutschland

  • Studied in Freiburg, Germany for the Spring 2008 semester
  • Lived with 3 Germans and one fellow international student
  • Took 3 upper-level English Literature courses, one German Literature course, and beginner’s Swedish (conducted in German)
  • Traveled alone to Köln (Cologne) and Berlin, Germany, and London, England
  • Worked for four weeks as an English teacher for a 4 year old German boy

University New Student Services – Orientation

Committee Member Spring 2006 – Fall 2006, Committee Leader Spring 2007 – Fall 2007

  • Helped incoming freshmen and transfer students become familiar with campus, learn about services and register for classes
  • Extensively trained in social justice
  • Produced play about alcohol use and abuse, campus safety and relationship violence/rape

Longhorn Confidential

Student Blogger, Fall 2006 – Spring 2007

  • Blogged about experiences as a UT student
  • Attended “Longhorn Saturday” events, fielding questions and welcoming prospective students
  • Took pictures and uploaded them to the blog

Association of Women in Communications

Member, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006

  • Worked a table at a professional women’s convention in downtown Austin

The Vagina Monologues

Cast member, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006

  • Performed at 3 productions in front of over 500 people

Sprachfest

Judge, Spring 2007

  • Judged beginning German students’ puppet plays

Skills

Online - HTML hand-coding, Dreamweaver, CMS, Wordpress, Blogger, link journalism, SEO, social media including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter

Multimedia - Final Cut Pro, Audacity, Soundslides, Windows Movie Maker

Managerial - Microsoft Word, Excel

Awards and Honors

Dean’s Honor List

  • Academic achievement, recognized each semester.  Recipient Fall 2006 – Fall 2007, Fall 2008

Alpha Lambda Delta

  • Honor society; member Fall 2005 – present

Phi Eta Sigma

  • Honor society; member Fall 2005 – present

German Excellence

  • Top students chosen in each class every semester; chosen Spring 2006, Spring 2007

KVRX Volunteer of the Month

  • DJs with most volunteer hours recognized each month; received 3 times in Spring 2006

J. L. Fly Endowed Presidential Scholarship

  • 2 chosen in RTF department; received for the academic year, 2008-2009

BELO Scholarship

  • Received for 2 academic years, 2007-2008 and 2008-2009

Distinguished College Scholar for 2008

  • GPA of 3.8 or above required; achieved Spring 2008

Jean Longwith RTF Scholarship

  • Scholarship received each semester for four years