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A regular participant in journalism education seminars, Catherine Baum learned to broaden her storytelling through video. She purchased a video camera and equipment, in addition to multimedia trainings by Newspaper Next, Society of Professional Journalists, Poynter Institute and Easthampton Community Access Television.
Baum added videography to her job description. Her editors have emailed the newsroom links to her videos, using her work as an example.
Attached is a video report she made on the Daily Hampshire Gazette's multimedia mission. Below is a link to her editor's recommendation for the "Essential Skills for the Digital Journalist" seminar at the Poynter Institute.
http://www.catherinebaum.com/Recommendations/Loisel%20recommendation.pdf
The Associated Press followed my article on the pet chickens, using my reporting from the Zoning Board of Appeals hearing. The AP article was published on the region page of the Boston Globe the day after mine was published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/09/27/girl_10_wins_pass_for_4_pet_chickens/
Catherine Baum's first page one story at the Daily Hampshire Gazette was about a local family that made an appeal to keep their pet chickens to the Easthampton Zoning Board.
Baum flipped through the phone book for neighbors' input, attended the night hearing and covered the details on deadline.
http://www.catherinebaum.com/Clips/A%20civics%20lesson%20before%20Easthampton%20Zoning%20Board.pdf
Catherine Baum learned HTML code in a basic Web design course she completed at Springfield Technical Community College.
Using Microsoft Expression Web, Baum and a partner created CatherineBaum.com, an online portfolio of her work.
www.catherinebaum.com
Upon receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in newspaper and political science from Syracuse University, Catherine Baum returned to her native Massachusetts, where she was hired as a staff writer for the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Baum started out as a general assignment news reporter, covering Easthampton city schools and Southampton and Westhampton town news. She later became a videographer, shooting, producing and editing two to five-minute video reports for GazetteNET.com. In summer 2009, Baum picked up the Northampton city schools beat.
Published in Northampton, Mass., the Daily Hampshire Gazette is the second oldest continuously published newspaper in the nation. First published Sept. 6, 1786 -- with a news item about Shays' Rebellion -- the Gazette had been owned by the DeRose family since 1929 before being sold for an undisclosed amount of money in 2005. The paper was sold to Newspapers of New England, said then-publisher and co-owner Peter L. DeRose, because there were no younger members of the family willing to take over the business.
The paper serves the Five College Area, which includes UMass Amherst, Smith College, Hampshire College, Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College.
www.gazettenet.com
While taking advanced reporting and newspaper editing her senior year of college, Catherine Baum freelanced for the City Eagle, a weekly newspaper in Central New York.
Below is a link to an article she wrote on online scams.
http://www.catherinebaum.com/Clips/online%20scams.pdf
Catherine Baum covered the north suburbs of Syracuse for The Post-Standard. She wrote news articles, people profiles and feature stories. An internship for college credit, Baum received an "A" in Syracuse University's newspaper practicum.
Below is an article about a local native serving as a Navy officer stationed in the
Philippines whose ship had rescued stranded fishermen.
http://www.catherinebaum.com/Clips/swift%20reaction%20saves%20fishermen.pdf
Catherine Baum interned for the Independent's home news desk, working in teams and contributing research for reports published in The Independent on Sunday, a national newspaper in London.
Assignments included children and online networking; class of 2006 A-Level results; the state of British childhood, and the reopening of the Lawrence murder case.
Below is a link to the piece on the state of British childhood.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/children-on-happiness-divorce-sex-playing-heroes-and-depression-409006.html
Catherine Baum completed Politics and Media in England, a seminar hosted by the Division of International Programs Abroad at Syracuse University. Based in London, the seminar included lectures on British politics and media as well as interviews with more than 32 individuals who are key figures in government and in the opposition to government, or from think tanks, media and universities. Interviewees had strong convictions drawn from their involvement in practice, and wanted to convince others of the rightness of their views.
Issues for summer 2006 include the succession issue within the Labour Party, the reinvention of the Conservative Party, security versus civil liberties post 7/7/05, education policy, enlargement of the European Union, globalization, ethnic cleavages, the continuing war in Iraq and a broad range of topics in the media.
Baum absorbed and critiqued the views interviewees offered in academic papers, journals and exams.
http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/mborouje/Courses/PSC473.htm
Catherine Baum researched still images and copyright for use in Anthropology 101, an international education documentary. She also photographed images to be used in the film.
Baum worked with Wayne Brittenden, an award-winning journalist and film director, Lee Herrick, a co‐producer at Pinewood studios, and other professionals normally engaged in Hollywood feature films. Film narration is by Mark Ryland, director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
The docu drama subsequently won Hollywood’s
Artivist Award for the best short film on environmental preservation in 2007. It also inspired a version by the Young Vic theatre in London.
Click the link below to see a short clip of the film.
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=5033223788134272267&hl=en-GB
While studying at Syracuse University for her degree in newspaper and political science, Catherine Baum joined the Society of Professional Journalists and wrote for student publications including the Daily Orange, Student Voice and JERK Magazine.
Below is a link to her enterprise story on low-income housing in the city of Syracuse, published in the Student Voice.
Baum transferred from the University of Tampa to Syracuse University after her freshmen year.
http://www.catherinebaum.com/Clips/A%20healthy%20community%20is%20a%20home-owning%20community.pdf
Catherine Baum served as editor of public relations and student government representative for the Delta Beta chapter of the Delta Zeta sorority at the University of Tampa.
As a college freshman, Baum reported chapter news to the University of Tampa student government and activities board; maintained the chapter's Web site, and submitted articles for publication in The Lamp of Delta Zeta magazine. She also reported national DZ news and news regarding the University of Tampa student body at chapter meetings.
http://lamp.deltazeta.org/
Prom, college preparation and graduation are a few of the topics Catherine Baum covered in her last year at UNlisted.
Baum left the paper with experience, an award and connections who would provide her an opportunity to write for The Republican's plus papers during her college breaks.
http://www.catherinebaum.com/Clips/Sky%20High.pdf
In 2002, UNlisted won two honorable mentions in the 5th annual Youth Editors Association of America competition. One of the awards was a group recognition of UNlisted teen board members' writings and illustrations associated with the events of Sept. 11.
Catherine Baum's contribution to the award-winning package was her tribute to slain journalist Daniel Pearl.
http://www.catherinebaum.com/Clips/Recognition%20for%20Daniel%20Pearl%20story.pdf
Catherine Baum started her journalism career as a high school freshman writing articles for the school newspaper, The Mirror.
One year later, she joined teens throughout the region writing for the newspaper in education section of The Republican, a daily newspaper serving western Massachusetts.
Click the picture to see a couple of her beginning articles.
http://www.catherinebaum.com/Clips/UNlisted%20cover.pdf
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