Resume

Email: zsagalow@terpmail.umd.edu

Experience

• S&P Global Market Intelligence – D.C. metro area, July 2021–present
  • Reporter covering bank regulation
• CQ Roll Call (FiscalNote) – D.C. metro area, November 2018–June 2021
  • Reporter covering insurance regulation and policy – state and federal
• Tax Notes Today (Tax Analysts) – D.C. metro area, May 2016–August 2018
  • Federal tax and data reporter
    • Reported and wrote data-driven and general assignment stories on a variety of federal tax topics
    • Spoke about my reporting for episodes of the “Tax Notes Talk” podcast (“Chained CPI in the Tax Reform Bills” and “TCJA’s Effect on Law Firms’ Tax Practices”) – hosted one episode and was part of the team that developed the podcast
• Capital News Service – College Park, Maryland, September 2015–May 2016
  • Multimedia Business Journalist
    • January 2016-May 2016: Reported and analyzed data as a key member of a business reporting team investigating nursing homes in Maryland
    • September 2015-December 2015: Created data visualizations – alone, in pairs or with journalists in other CNS bureaus; served shifts as a social media editor and a graphics editor

• Washington Business Journal – D.C. metro area, June 2015–August 2015
  • American City Business Journals / Dow Jones News Fund Business Reporting Intern
    • Reported, wrote and copyedited stories covering business, including banking, tech and government
• WTOP News – D.C., June 2014–August 2014
  • Intern
    • Conducted research and interviews, edited audio and wrote stories for the web and on-air

Skills

• Proficient in SPSS, Access, MySQL Workbench, Excel (including for statistical analysis on financial data), Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, Audition and InCopy), WordPress.com, HTML, CSS and jQuery
• Ability to interpret and report on corporate financial statements, including SEC filings and earnings releases
• Ability to report on state and national economic data, e.g. Labor Dept., Federal Reserve statistical releases
• Fluency with financial and managerial accounting concepts as well as macroeconomic and microeconomic concepts, history and trends

Awards

• Winner of two first place MDDC Press Association awards, in the investigative reporting and public service categories – team investigation of nursing homes in Maryland for Capital News Service
• Finalist for an Investigative Reporters and Editors award – team investigation of nursing homes in Maryland

Education and Training

• University of Maryland, College Park – GPA 3.5
  • Philip Merrill College of Journalism, B.A. Broadcast Journalism, May 2016
  • Robert H. Smith School of Business, B.S. Marketing, December 2015
• Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ Goldschmidt Data Immersion Workshop – Fellow, January 2016
  • Completed a one-week training in D.C. in economic, investment and labor data, with experts at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and more
• American City Business Journals / Dow Jones News Fund Business Residency – June 2015
  • Completed a one week-long residency at New York University: a thorough training session in business reporting and writing

References

Available upon request