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KARINA LONGWORTH |
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Brooklyn, NY 11215 - USA |
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WORK EXPERIENCE |
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Spout.com |
June 2007 - October 2009 |
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Wrote multiple blog posts each day, with emphasis on film culture "cool hunting," reviews, and coverage of indie film events. Hired and managed freelancers, assigned stories, formulated ideas for new features. Worked with larger Spout.com team to establish and maintain brand identity, and formulate and implement non-traditional marketing efforts. Produced coverage at 1-2 film festivals per month. Contributed a weekly segment to Spout's Webby-nominated podcast until its demise in March 2009.
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NewTeeVee.com, Online/remote |
March 2007 - October 2008 |
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Published weekly reviews of viral memes and web series for GigaOm's web video journal.
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Cinematical.com |
January 2005 - February 2007 |
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Built high-traffic film blog from the ground up. Served as EIC and public face for site, which attracted high-profile fans such as Roger Ebert and Kevin Smith by the end of its first year. Wrote 10 posts per day, including 3 film reviews or features per week. Wrote and starred in daily news vlog. Hired and managed freelancers, assigned stories and edited all copy on the site. Produced film festival coverage.
In October 2005, the site was bought by AOL as part of the Weblogs, Inc network; it's now a subsidiary of Moviefone. - |
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Freelance |
2003 - Present |
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Contribute freelance reviews and reported stories to outlets including TimeOut NY, New York Magazine, Slate, indieWIRE, The Daily Beast, Filmmaker, Cineaste, The Huffington Post and more.
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EDUCATION |
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New York University, August 2003 - June 2005 |
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Masters of Arts in Cinema Studies |
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San Francisco Art Institute, January 2001 - December 2002 |
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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film |
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago, August 1998 - December 2000 |
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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Video |
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MEDIA APPEARANCES |
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The Takeaway (NPR), The Rotten Tomatoes Show (Current.TV), CNN.com Live, Attack of the Show!, Studio 360 (NPR), Movies That Shook The World (AMC), The 404 (CNET), Radio City (BBC Ecuador), Icicle Radio Network
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PANELS |
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Cannes Film Festival (2009), SXSW (2005-2009), AFI Dallas (2009), IFP Filmmaker Conference (2006-2007), AFI SilverDocs (2008), Denver Film Festival (2007-2008), Evil City Film Festival (2007), indieWIRE's Apple Store Talks (2005)
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JURIES |
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Sarasota Film Festival (2009), Denver Film Festival (2008), CineVegas Film Festival (2008), Cinema Eye Honors (2008-2009), SXSWClick (2005)
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AWARDS AND HONORS |
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Fellow, Moving Image Institute in Film Criticism and Feature Writing (2008)
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PUBLICATIONS |
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Freelance work has appeared in: TimeOut NY, The Daily Beast, Cineaste, FILMMAKER Magazine, TVSquad.com, The Huffington Post, Slashfood.com, The Raw Story, SXSWorld, REVOLVER
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KEYWORDS |
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blogger, film blogger, film critic, pop culture, web video, new media, web video critic, on camera
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