Shannon Donnelly

Welcome to my online portfolio. Use the links above to navigate the sections. I can be reached via...

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Welcome to my online portfolio. Use the links above to navigate the sections. I can be reached via e-mail at shannondonnelly [at] gmail [dot] com for more information and additional clips and references.

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Other Work

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Résumé

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EDUCATION

Columbia University, New York, NY
B.A., Literature/Writing, Departmental Honors

Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ
A.A., Liberal Arts: English, Highest Honors

WORK EXPERIENCE

The Daily Beast, online, New York City, NY - 2009 - present
Video Editor

Write copy and make videos for video blogs and video galleries
Fulfill video requests for stories.
Keep the video cheat sheet constantly updated with breaking news clips and celebrity interviews.

Gawker Media, online, New York City, NY - 2008 - 2009
Video Intern

Scouted, pitched, and edited videos for Gawker.com, Defamer.com, Jezebel.com, io9.com, etc.
Imported videos from television and streaming internet using Sling Player and Snapz Pro X.
Used Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Sorensen Squeeze 4.5, VisualHub, and TransmitFTP to ready videos for embedding.

GOOD Magazine, magazine, New York City, NY - 2008
Freelance Fact Checker

Verified facts and figures for magazine articles using online research.

Inside New York, guidebook, New York City, NY - 2006 - 2007
Neighborhoods Editor

Edited and fact-checked all of the neighborhood introductions for the 2007 edition.
Wrote the arts and transportation sections and assorted nightlife/restaurant reviews.
Copyedited the full manuscript.

Columbia Daily Spectator/The Eye, Columbia University newspaper and magazine, New York City, NY - 2006-2007
Lead Story Editor (The Eye), Humor Editor (The Eye), Off-Lead Beat Chief (Spectator)

Led weekly meetings with staff writers, developed and edited the weekly 3000-word cover story for The Eye.
Collaborated with the photo and graphics department to develop the design for each story.
Created The Eye’s humor section from scratch with co-editor, developed content and cultivated staff.
Pitched and wrote feature stories for the off-lead page of the Spectator.

Overlook Press, publishing house, New York City, NY - 2006
Editorial Intern

Read manuscripts (slush and agent-submitted), wrote reader reports and rejection letters.
Assembled pull-quotes for press packets, worked with contract files, and copyedited manuscripts.

Guaranteed Staffing, Karltin, Connections, Office Team, CareerBlazers, temp agencies - 2007-2009

Nationals Inc. – Pageant Assistant – Handled contestant registration, including payment of balances, for Miss Newark and Miss Trenton 2008 pageants.
Medical Marketing Studies – Research Analyst – Conducted phone surveys with doctors on behalf of pharmaceutical companies, maintained Excel database of doctors, verified publication credits.
Total Lubricants – Overhauled the filing system.
Tumi Luggage – Reception – Worked the primary switchboard and signed in visitors.
S & M Electric – Filed expense reports.
Advanced Health Media – Mailroom Assistant – Assembled press packets and reimbursement forms.

American Cancer Society/Relay For Life, Woodbridge, NJ - 2004-2005
Marketing and Publicity Chair

Assembled press kits and wrote newsletters.
Conducted media interviews and managed VIP/press check-in at event.

Theatre Stuff Inc. with Dodger Theatricals, New York City, NY - 2001
Merchandising Manager

Oversaw a merchandising staff of five for Blast! at the Broadway Theatre.
Worked selling merchandise for The Music Man at the Neil Simon Theatre and for 42nd Street at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

Bat Boy the Musical, New York City, NY - 2001
Promotions

Prior to September 11th, worked handing out audience surveys and ushering at the Union Square Theatre.
Post-September 11th, worked handing out posters and postcards at various midtown locations to raise awareness of downtown theatre.

Walt Disney Theatrical Merchandise, New York City, NY - 2000-2001
Merchandise

Sold merchandise for the musical Aida at the Palace Theatre.

Binder Casting, New York City, NY - 2000
Audition Monitor

Oversaw the children who attended the open casting calls for The Lion King in all five boroughs.
Ran interference between casting directors and irate stage moms.

ACTIVITIES

Columbia University Glee Club (President) - 2006
Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society (Upsilon Gamma Vice President) - 2003-2005
Middlesex County College Academic Assembly (Educational Resources Task Force) - 2004-2005

AWARDS

Columbia University Undergraduate Writing Department – Departmental Honors – May 2008
Middlesex County College – The Larry L. Cohen Award for Excellence in the Study of Literature – April 2005

SKILLS

Language: Knowledge of French
Computer: Word/Excel/PowerPoint, PC/Mac OS, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Quark, Snapz, Flash conversion (Sorensen Squeeze, Episode, Flix, VisualHub), HTML (intermediate, hand-coding), FTP (FileZilla, Transmit, Cute), iMovie, Moveable Type/Blogger interface, standard CMS, Adobe InCopy, K4, Final Draft, 45WPM typing

Gawker

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Video clips assembled for Gawker Media. Click on the thumbnails to view the post.

Daily Show: Bill O’Reilly Will Not Be Placated By Mr. Snuggles

Welcome Back Barney Frank: Barney Frank Yells At Ford CEO Mulally

Carpocalypse Now: Barney Frank Does Not Want To Drive Your Chick Magnet

Harry Smith Shows Jennifer Aniston The Dark Side Of Posing In Only Neckwear

Chris Rock Never Believed A Black President Was Possible

Great Moments In FCC Baiting Presents: ‘The Office’ Training Call

Jennifer Aniston On 30 Rock: “Staunchly In Favor Of Cocoa Puffs”

The Hills : The Last Episode You’ll Ever Watch Until Next Season

Kathy Griffin vs. Dick Clark In NYE Hell-Off

Griffin Vs. Clark: Dicks A-Plenty On New Year’s Eve

Amy Sedaris Discusses Naked Barbies, “Vitamin P” With Dashing Scotsman

“Duggar Style”: 18 Puppies Born In One Batch

The Daily Beast

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Articles Sex on the Kindle
Sony recently unveiled its new e-reader into a market that’s red-hot—in part, thanks to closet fans of cheesy romance novels and tween lit who don’t want you to see what they’re reading.

Revenge of the Scream Queens
Horror heroines have come a long way since King Kong’s helpless Fay Wray. Today, Megan Fox eats men in Jennifer’s Body—and it’s up to her best girlfriend to stop her.

Stephen King’s First Comic Book
Stephen King is finally taking the plunge into comics with American Vampire. Its creator, Scott Snyder, speaks exclusively with The Daily Beast about the high-profile guest writer.

V Makes First Contact
ABC’s V remake has the geek world abuzz, but is that enough to keep it from joining its network sci-fi predecessors in the cancellation graveyard?

The Next Twilight
From fallen angels to zombies, publishers and movie producers are on the hunt for the next big young adult series that will dominate the market.

Video Blogs / Galleries

Television/Movies

14 TV Shows We Want Back

12 Best and Worst TV Musicals

14 Zombie Movie Dos and Don’ts

Hollywood’s 15 Sexiest Vampires

The VMAs: Music’s Wild Night

Summer’s 25 Hottest Movies

Fall’s 25 Hottest Movies

9 Movies Too Awful for the Theatre

12 Best Foreign Celebrity Ads

11 Most Awkward Dancing Stars

Before They Were Twilight

Television’s Big Night: The Top 10 Emmy Moments

13 Most Awkward TV Weddings

Mea Culpa! The Seven Best Late-Night Apologies

Project Runway’s Craziest Contestants

TV’s Best (and Worst) Moms

Monty Python at 40

Trailer Park (October 1, 2009)

The Week in TV (May 2, 2009)

Falling Stars: The 14 Best Celebrity Stumbles

The 9 Most Obsessed Female Movie Characters

Highlight’s From Leno’s Last Tonight Show

Divas: Then and Now

5 Shameless Celebrity Endorsements

The Year’s Funniest Commercials

The 8 Sexiest Commercials

Theatre

Tony Awards Preview: Watch Highlights of the Nominated Shows

Media/Politics

The Madness of Glenn Beck

Shep Smith, Man of Anger

10 Craziest Media Hoaxes

7 Craziest Guinness Records

Anatomy of a Feud: Limbaugh vs. Powell

Best of the Olbermann/O’Reilly Feud

The History of O’Reilly vs. Tiller

Obama’s 6 Funniest Moments from the Correspondents’ Dinner

Dancing with the Pols: The Best Dancing Politicians

10 Touching Tributes from the Kennedy Memorials

Obamas Abroad: 9 Great Video Moments

Guerrilla Footage of the Uighur Unrest in China

Music

11 Rock Reunion Dos and Don’ts

The 9 Worst Duets of All Time

Celebrity

Six Hilarious Celebrity Meltdowns

9 Great Celebrity Comebacks

The 6 Craziest Carrie Prejean Moments

Farrah Fawcett: A Video Tribute

Caught on Tape: Michael Jackson’s Troubled Life

Seven Memorable Walter Cronkite Broadcasts

11 Craziest Commercial Pitchmen

Videos

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Other Publications

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Going Gentle into that Good Night: The Seduction of Suicide in Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Academic literary paper that was published in a national journal.

Inside New York 2007
Guidebook I edited, copyedited, and wrote for. Clips are available on request - shannondonnelly [at] gmail [dot] com

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Articles for The Daily Spectator

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A selection of articles I wrote for The Columbia Daily Spectator.

No Business Like Scrubs Business A funny thing happened on the way to the millennium: the movie musicals which had been a cinematic staple since the 1930s started slowing down to a trickle through the 1980s and 1990s. Hollywood seemed unwilling to embrace acted-out musical sequences that didn’t involve a cartoon teapot or lion.

Hunter S. Thompson’s Legend Lives On By his being in the public eye, much of Hunter’s life experiences have become ingrained in popular culture. But much of his fame came before you met him. What was it like experiencing the life experiences of someone you’re so close to through the filter of celebrity and of the past?

CW, Fusion of UPN and WB, Targets Teens “The college-age, 18-22, is a critical foundation of the demographic we are targeting,” said Executive Vice President of Communications for The CW Paul McGuire. “I think the WB was always pretty aggressive in the college arena-we did several tours with actors. The new network needs to keep this demographic in mind.”

Watching What You Watch In an effort to expand its coverage of the coveted 18-to-34 television demographic, Nielsen Media Research announced that, beginning in 2007, it will start to include college students who do not live at home in its survey.

Revealing the Sexy Side of Hamilton But what goes down in Hamilton after dark? Nocturnal admissions from those lurking around after hours might give the impression that Hamilton ranks just after the Butler stacks and Mudd roof for sexy Columbia spaces.

Hedda Gobbler, Park Turkey, Lost and Found So if you find yourself stumbling down College Walk after a night of bar-hopping, the turkey you see running around might not be a vodka-fueled hallucination. As Benepe said, “They’re becoming so used to humans that they’re just gonna go where they want to go. It wouldn’t surprise me if one came up and sat on the lap of Alma Mater.”

Night Prowl: On MacDougal, an Escape from Deserted Streets Steps away from Washington Square Park and the West 4th subway stop is MacDougal Street, a throbbing artery in the heart of Greenwich Village. As day tumbles into night, the quaint shopping paradise gives way to a rollicking year-round carnival atmosphere that rivals Bourbon Street, as people wander from bar to bar or simply linger in the streets and enjoy the ambiance.

Having Sex With Robots While Searching for Earth Imagine how much trouble humans would be in if our iPods suddenly became sentient and banded together to overthrow us. Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz would probably be elected Supreme Leader of the Galaxy.

Look Uptown to Toast to a Different Place Since the summer of 1999, Toast has provided Columbia students with a hip restaurant and bar alternative to the usual Heights and West End scene. So why don’t more Columbia undergraduates know about it?

Bored of Butler? Give Lehman a Try If you have that “humanities major” look about you, be aware that the ultra-serious business school students may make you feel like a dirty hippie interloper, but it’s worthwhile even without Uris dining hall’s now-defunct bubble tea stand.

Not Just for the Beach: Spring Break Parties Happen in Temple Too Part of this ironic atmosphere includes dressing up in costume. But you don’t have to stock up on fake blood to party down Purim-style.

CTV Show Heats Up Airwaves There are still a few kinks - of the technical variety - to work out with the new format.

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Photoshop Samples

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