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Portrait of Rosemary Ponnekanti

Honor Society® member

Rosemary Ponnekanti

Arts and features reporter at The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA

  • University of Washington
  • Master of Communication in Digital Media
  • Class of 2014
  • Tacoma, WA

Member since August 2014

About

• Multimedia content creator (writing, photo, video, music) with 14 years experience across platforms in the digital and print publishing world
• Graduate experience in content strategy, metrics and UX design
• Independent worker, team player, constant learner, excellent communicator, works to deadline

Education

  • University of Washington

    Communications in Digital Media

    2013 – 2014

  • University of Melbourne

    Arts/Philosophy

    1998 – 2000

  • Royal Conservatory of Music, The Hague, Holland

    Certificaat, double bass

    1993 – 1994

  • University of Melbourne (college of arts)

    Music (double bass/piano)

    1989 – 1991

Honors and awards

  • Golden Key Honour Society

    International honor society

Goals and interests

Career goal

A successful journalist and student in the Master’s in Communication for Digital Media program seeking to transition into a content creation and strategy position, aligning great content with business goals.

Graduate school interests

Photography, videography, composition and classical music.

Outside the classroom

yoga, aerial circus, music, gardening, skateboarding

Experience

  • Arts and features reporter

    The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA

    May 2006 – Aug 2014

  • Editor and writer

    HDI Publishing, Houston, TX

    Aug 2000 – Aug 2004

  • Freelance musician

    Melbourne Symphony and others

    Jan 1992 – Jul 2000

Volunteering

  • Art and garden teacher

    Washington-Hoyt elementary, Tacoma WA

    Sep 2007 – Aug 2014

Languages

  • French (France) Intermediate

Additional information