Kalyn Belsha has been working as a National Education Reporter For Chalkbeat in Chalkbeat since 2019. Furthermore, the professional has on-the-job experience at more than 11 companies using similar skills. Kalyn has a total work experience of 19+ years. Kalyn studied at the Northwestern University from 2008 to 2009. This person has studied English and Spanish. Chicago, Illinois is the place where this person currently lives. You can contact with Kalyn by searching for phone or email address or find exhaustive information by requesting access to this expert's details from SoftwareOfficial.
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Last updated May 26, 2024
Contact Information
Last Update
Jul 7, 2022
Email
kb**@chalkbeat.org, kb**@gmail.com, kb**@chicagoreporter.com
Location
Chicago, IL
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Work History
National Education Reporter For Chalkbeat
New York
Write education stories for a national audience on topics such as school desegregation and integration, school improvement, school discipline, philanthropy in education and education issues ...
from Jul 2019
Spencer Fellow In Education Reporting
2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10002
Spent an academic year researching the out-migration of black families with children from Chicago and the impact of this significant demographic shift on communities and schools in Illinois ...
Sep 2018 — May 2019
Education Reporter
111 west Jackson Blvd SUITE 820, Chicago, IL 60604
Covered public education in Chicago and Illinois with a focus on racial and economic inequalities in schools. -Produced investigations on school discipline disparities in Illinois, deaths in...
Jun 2016 — May 2019
Adjunct Faculty
820 north Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Taught six undergraduate journalism courses that covered: news reporting, blogging, audio/video production, editing, social media, AP Style, HTML and data visualization
Jan 2012 — Dec 2017
Education Reporter
Illinois
Covered early education, K-12 issues and higher education in the city of Chicago
Wrote short features, longer-term investigations and weekly round-ups
Posted regularly to social media
Jun 1, 2015 — Jun 2016
Education Reporter at the Beacon-News
160 north Stetson Ave, Chicago, IL 60601
Cover three K-12 school districts and one community college in Chicago’s west suburbs
Report at least one story on daily deadline and write periodic investigative Sunday features
Shoot DS...
Feb 2013 — Jun 2015
Deputy Press Secretary
42 west Madison St, Chicago, IL 60602
Drafted op-eds, press releases, letters to parents, FAQs and internal memos for CPS officials
Responded to requests and coordinated interviews for Spanish-language newspapers and TV statio...
Aug 2012 — Feb 2013
Freelance Journalist
Wrote articles for Time Out Chicago, Hoy, RedEye, Crain’s Chicago Business, The Texas Observer
Covered women’s issues and profiled successful Latinas for Voxxi News and Mamiverse.com
Repo...
Mar 2011 — Feb 2013
General Assignment Reporter
380 Main St, Beaumont, TX 77657
Covered state and federal courts, immigration and demographic changes -Pitched and wrote A1 Sunday investigative features and daily stories for web and print
Aug 2010 — Feb 2011
Legislative Post-Graduate Fellow
Albany, NY
Helped draft and copyedit press materials and newsletters in English and Spanish for Albany office of State Senator Martin Dilan
Hosted 15-minute Brooklyn cable TV program about 2010 Censu...
Sep 2009 — Jul 2010
Contributing Writer; Investigative Reporting Intern
New York
Pitched and wrote online articles covering immigration, housing, welfare and food shortages -Assisted investigations editor with three issues of quarterly magazine, covering 30 years of camp...
Jun 2008 — Jun 2010
Education
2008 — 2009
2004 — 2008
Occupations
Journalist
Reporter
Philanthrope
Non-Profit
Skills
Blogging
Copy Editing
Editing
Journalism
Social Media
News Writing
Ap Style
Final Cut Pro
Storytelling
Press Releases
Photoshop
Interviews
Spanish
Interviewing
Wordpress
Cms
Html
Dreamweaver
Excel
Facebook
Research
New Media
Digital Photography
Westlaw
Fact Checking