Resume

MADELYN GEE 

gee_maddie@yahoo.com 

713-614-7679

https://www.linkedin.com/in/madelyn-gee-670a53131/

EDUCATION 

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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Film and TV Essentials Program

Expected Graduation: December 2024

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TX

GPA 3.83

Master’s in Journalism

Graduation: December 2021

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, WACO, TX

GPA 3.53

Bachelor of Arts

Major: Journalism

Minor: Film and Digital Media

Graduation: May 2020

WORK EXPERIENCE 

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Gender and Culture Reporter

Reckon News

October 2023 to February 2024

Editorial Assistant

Thrillist

December 2022 to June 2023

Contributing Writer

Vexteo

November 2022 to Present

SEO Writer

theSkimm

February 2022 to August 2022

Contributing Writer

Mediaversity

December 2021 to Present

BlavityU Staff Writer

Blavity

December 2021 to September 2022

Copywriter/Junior Digital Marketer

Pure Firefly LLC

June 2021 to December 2021

Editorial Intern

Black Texas Magazine

May 2021 to October 2021

Contributing Writer

Black Girl Nerds

March 2021 to November 2022

Home and Lifestyle Intern

Austin Monthly

January 2021 to May 2021

Transcriptionist and Blog Intern

Mediaversity Reviews

December 2020 to December 2021

Staff Writer

Reporting Texas

October 2020 to May 2021

Lifestyle Writer

Sage Magazine

June 2019 to Present

Digital Marketing and Copywriting Intern

Black News Alerts

April 2019 to October 2019

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AWARDS, HONORS, AFFILIATIONS & SERVICE 

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• President’s Gold Scholarship (2016) 

• William and Joanne Moore Scholarship (2016 – 2019)

• National Society of Collegiate Scholars (Initiated 2017)

• Welton and Rosanna Owens Memorial Scholarship (2018) 

• Johnny L. Walker, Jr. and Geraldine Walker Leadership Award (2019) 

• “The Tribute of a Black Woman” Scholarship (2019) 

• Omega (Greek Honor Society) Initiated (2019) 

• Houston Association of Black Journalists (2020 – Present) 

• National Association of Black Journalists at Baylor University 

      ▪ President (2020)  

      ▪ Vice President (2019 – 2020)

      ▪ Public Relations Chair (2019 – 2020)

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. (2018 – Present) 

      ▪ Public Relations Chair (2018 – 2020)

      ▪ Ivy Leaf Reporter (sorority’s national magazine) (2018 – 2020)

      ▪ Boys & Girls Club weekly volunteer (2018-2020)

▪ Baylor University Parents’ Network (2019)

      ▪ Organized an incoming freshmen event and worked on a panel providing freshmen with information  

SKILLS 

• Experience with Microsoft Apps

• Publer

• Celtx

• Contentful

• Fact-Checking

• Figma

• Interviewing

• Basic Mailchimp Knowledge

• AP Style

• Digital Marketing

• Social Media Planning

• Copywriting and Copy Editing

• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)