Resume : darleeneisms

Darleene M. Powells
darleene -at- gmail -dot- com

MediaNews Group, Content Strategy, 10/22 – present

CBS News Los Angeles, Online Producer, 10/05 – 10/22

CBSLA.com, Interim Features Editor, 9/12 – 19/13

The Wedding Decorator, Editor, 01/05 – 09/13

Glendale News-Press (A Times Community Newspaper), Reporter, 2/03 – 9/05

City News Service, Century City, CA, Part-time cops reporter, 11/02 – 2/03

The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, West Covina, CA, Freelance reporter, 10/02 – 2/03

The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, Features Reporter, 6/02 – 8/02

The Orange County Register, Lake Forest, CA, Freelance reporter/intern, 3/02 – 5/02

Brana Fine Art, Pacific Palisades, CA,Webmaster, 5/01 – 5/02

The Daily Titan, Cal State Fullerton, CA, Editor in Chief, 1/00-12/01

California State University, Fullerton
B.A. in journalism and Asian American studies, 06/02

Author of the blog, darleeneisms, 1998-2019
Alumnus of the Asian American Journalists Association
- 2009 Co-President, Los Angeles Chapter
- 2009 Trivia Bowl fundraising event coordinator
- 2008 Los Angeles Chapter Board Member, website redesign committee member
Best Writing and Best Spot News Story awards, Times Community News, 2003
2002 Pulliam Journalism Fellow
CSUF Asian American Studies Department Craig & Claire Ihara Outstanding Asian Pacific American Student of the Year, May 2002
CSUF Communications Department Award for Professional Promise in Journalism, May 2002
First Place Daily, Newspaper of the Year, 2002 Associated College Press Conference, Los Angeles
First Place Daily, Sept. 11 Special Coverage, 2002 Associated College Press Conference, Los Angeles
Eighth Place, 2001-2002, In-Depth Writing category, Hearst Journalism Competition
First Place Feature Story, 2001 On-Site competition, California Intercollegiate Press Association