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                                                                                                      SIRAN BABAYAN

                                                                                1234 Stanley Ave., #108, Glendale, CA. 91206

                                                                                                        (818) 497-8499                  

                                                                               siran.babayan@gmail.com/siranbabayan.org

 
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Freelance Writer, 2002-Present
LA WEEKLY         
-Write ongoing picks on art, music, film, literary, comedy and pop culture events.
-Write cover stories and features on art, music, film, literature, comedy and pop culture.
-Upload editorial content online, including art.
-Regularly contribute to blogs.
-Nominated for Southern California Journalism Award for Group Blog, 2013.
 
Freelance Writer, 2018-Present
Los Angeles Magazine
Write features on art, culture and pop culture.

Freelance Writer, 2014-Present
LAist
Write features on art, culture and pop culture.
 
Listings Editor, 2002-2012
LA WEEKLY
-Researched, compiled, wrote and edited listings on art, music, film, literary, comedy and pop culture events.
-Uploaded editorial content online, including art.
-Assisted other editors in matters regarding content and design.     
 
Fact-checker
LA WEEKLY
 
Writer                                                                                                                                         
University of Southern California/Daily Trojan
                                            
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
 
SKILLS
Windows & Mac, MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel), Photoshop, Movable Type, CMS, Dropbox, Google Docs, HTML
 
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Editing, Researching, Interviewing, Transcribing, Photography, AP Style, Type 60 wpm, Fluent in Armenian
 
REFERENCES
Shana Nys Dambrot, Fine Arts Editor, LA Weekly, shana@laweekly.com
Lisa Horowitz, Lead Copy Editor, Features, Los Angeles Times, horowitz.lisa@yahoo.com
Gwynedd Stuart, Digital Managing Editor, Los Angeles Magazine, gstuart@lamag.com
Zachary Pincus-Roth, Pop Culture Editor, Washington Post, zpincusroth@gmail.com

 
 


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