Frederick Reese

Syracuse, NY USA
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Professional Experience

I am a former daily news and politics reporter, specializing in content creation, investigative reporting and explainer articles. I have covered everything from presidential elections to cryptocurrency. As such, I am known for digging deep into a story, finding everything that can be said or learned about it and presenting it fairly in a way that is conversational and engaging to read.

Expertise

Reporter
10 Years
Researcher
5 Years
Writer
15 Years

Specialty

Food
18 Years
Politics
15 Years
Crime
10 Years

Industries


Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
7 Years
Online/new media
15 Years
Nonprofit
10 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

19 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Huffington Post (3-5), The Tax Impact (3-5), Mint Press News (10+)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Food Lion (6-10)

Technical Skills

Web design, infographics design, desktop publishing, database maintenance/querying, software publishing, photo and video editing.

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office -- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access. Adobe Suite -- Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro. Programming -- C, C++, Javascript, HTML. Windows XP, ME, 7 and 8.

Equipment

Laptop computer, 18 megapixel DSLR camera, handheld audio recorder.

Awards

Honorable Mention, Financial Reporting to Disenfranchised Communities McGraw-Hill Data Journalism Program, International Center for Journalists March 2014

Associations

Association of Health Care Journalists, Society of Professional Journalists

Showcase

General

How Middle-Class Tax Cuts May Impact the 2016 Elections
(The Tax Impact 3/27/2015)
A look at how the states' recent push to challenge the income tax system may influence the 2016 elections.
The Bitcoin Hype Has Been Spent, So What's Next?
(Mint Press News 11/24/2014)
An analysis of the viability and future of bitcoins and cryptocurrencies, in light of the Mt. Gox collapse and the seizure of the Silk Road marketplace.
Can Baking Powder Replace Corn Starch?
(eHow food 7/28/2013)
Discussion concerning about ingredient substitution between baking powder and cornstarch.
The Realities of Racism Today
(Mint Press News 11/14/2013)
Infographic illustrating the realities of implicit and explicit racism in America today.
Cost of Dying: Demystifying the Estate Tax
(The Tax Impact 4/14/2015)
A discussion on what is the estate tax, what's the tax's effect on the average taxpayer and if the tax needed in the modern day.
Depleted Uranium and the Iraq War's Legacy of Cancer
(Mint Press News 7/2/2014)
A look at the legacy of depleted uranium contamination from American spent munitions from both Iraqi Wars and the political and logistic difficulties in cleaning up this controversy.
Reality of the National Defense Allocation
(Mint Press News 9/16/2013)
Infographic taking a critical look at the military allocation budget and what could be accomplished if the allocation was used progressively.