Robin Urevich

Los Angeles, CA USA
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Professional Experience

I am a creative, thorough and accurate reporter and writer. I love to dig deeply and explain complex subjects simply and concisely. My work has appeared on NPR, Marketplace radio, and local affiliates KPCC and KQED. My print stories have been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Oakland Tribune, the Las Vegas Sun and the PBS Frontline and the Center for Investigative Reporting websites. Among my favorite assignments are a story about former gang members who formed their own Hollywood casting agency specializing in bad guys, a piece on Ely, Nevada residents who opened their own department store after failing to attract a big chain and a recent story for the California Health Report about police officers training to work with gang members-turned-peacemakers to fight crime.

Expertise

Reporter
15 Years
Writer
15 Years
Researcher
15 Years

Specialty

Education
15 Years
Business (general)
15 Years
Crime
15 Years

Industries


Broadcasting - Ent - Radio (Local)
10 Years
Broadcasting - Ent - Radio (National)
10 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
3 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

15 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

California Health Report (10+), NPR (10+), Marketplace radio (10+), Latino USA radio (10+)

Other Work History

I have worked as a staff writer for the Monterey County Weekly and as an intern for the Las Vegas Sun

Technical Skills

Audio editing, Photography, Video editing - final cut pro

Foreign Language Skills

fluent in Spanish

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, ProTools

Equipment

Canon Rebel EOS camera

References

available upon request

Awards

1998 –Golden Mic award for best reporting by a network from Southern California Radio and Television News Directors Association 2002 –Golden Mic for best investigative reporting from Southern California Radio and Television News Directors Association 2002 – Associated Press Television and Radio Association award – as part of a KPCC team for a documentary on the emergency room crisis in Los Angeles County. 2006 – Casey Foundation Fellowship – Crossing Divides – Reporting on Diverse Communities 2009 – News 21 Fellow, Graduate School of Journalism, University of California Berkeley 2009 - Mark Felt scholarship for investigative reporting, University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

Associations

Association of Health Care Journalists, Investigative Reporters and Editors

Showcase

General

Student soldiers at Monterey's Naval Postgraduate School developed an Iphone app that acts like a Lonely Planet guide for those deploying to Afghanistan. The app explains everything from the opium trade to local politics and culture.
State officials appeared to cave to industry pressure when they approved methyl iodide, a controversial pesticide, for use at levels much higher than those their own scientists said were safe.
Los Angeles police officers learn to work with former gangsters-turned-peacemakers to fight crime