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Charlotte Varnes

[email protected] | charlottevarnes.weebly.com | Twitter: @charvarnes11 |


linkedin.com/in/charlotte-varnes

EDUCATION
Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois | September 2020-June 2024
B.S. in Journalism and double major in History; minor in Environmental Policy & Culture

JOURNALISM AND MEDIA EXPERIENCE


USA Lacrosse Magazine | Remote | Freelance Women’s Lacrosse Contributor, January 2022-present
● One of a handful of NCAA women’s lacrosse contributors at the sport’s leading publication
● Pitches and reports two to three stories each week profiling NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse
programs around the country (also did so from February through May 2022)
● Wrote features and a weekly story on Tewaaraton Award frontrunners from February-May 2023
● Pitched and contributed features and notebooks about Athletes Unlimited and the Women’s World
Championship from June-August 2022

Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Atlanta, Georgia | Sports Intern, September-December 2023


● Wrote game stories, sidebars and more while covering teams including the Atlanta Falcons,
Atlanta Braves, Georgia Tech football and basketball, Atlanta United and Georgia football
● Led the front page of the AJC with a scene story from the SEC Championship on Dec. 3
● Anchored the print sports section with a "day in the life" story about Georgia Tech's mascot and
spirit teams on Nov. 25, the day of the Georgia-Georgia Tech rivalry game

Tampa Bay Times | Tampa, Florida | Sports Reporting Intern, June-August 2023
● Wrote and pitched features, sidebars, notebooks and more on MLB, NFL and college teams
● Garnered more than 51,000 views on 28 stories published to tampabay.com
● Led the print sports section with a profile of Rays’ interpreter Manny Navarro
● Among the first nationally to confirm the American Athletic Conference’s interest in expansion

The Daily Northwestern | Evanston, Illinois | September 2020-December 2022


Sports Editor, September-December 2022
● Oversaw the publication of 126 articles, including features, columns and game stories, about 13
Northwestern athletic programs
● Organized and edited a 12-page issue dedicated to 50 Years of Title IX and a four-page
Northwestern basketball preview
Managing Editor, June-August 2022
● Edited three to four stories for content, clarity and copy four nights each week
● Assisted with breaking coverage including the Highland Park Fourth of July shooting
Beat Writer, September 2020-December 2022; March 2023-May 2023
● Pitched and wrote briefs, game stories, sidebars, columns and features about Northwestern
football, women’s basketball, cross country, volleyball and lacrosse
● Received two first-place Illinois College Press Association awards: game story for coverage of
Northwestern lacrosse’s 2022 NCAA semifinal loss and sports news story for an investigation
into allegations of body shaming and safety concerns on Northwestern’s cheer team in 2023

SKILLS
Technical/Social Media: Wordpress, Mailchimp, SEO, Arc Publishing, Adobe Photoshop, AP Style,
Canva, Hootsuite, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and LinkedIn

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