BRIAN MASTROIANNI
@brimastroianni on Twitter
JOURNALISM/MEDIA EXPERIENCE
Freelance Journalist: January 2012- present
New York-based freelance journalist covering news and features for various outlets. Cover mainly health and science stories for The Atlantic, The New York Times For Kids, The Paris Review, The TODAY Show, Barron's PENTA, Engadget and Healthline, among others.
*Chosen to be a judge for the 2017 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest in Washington, D.C.
*Spoke on the High Tech ’17 media panel at the Cornell Club in New York.
*Spoke at the PRSA-NY and Affect "Meet the Media: Healthcare & Tech" panel, Sept. '17.
*Spoke at a Weber Shandwick "Meet the Media" Q&A in New York, June '18.
*Spoke on Weber Shandwick/IPG's panel on Media Trends During COVID-19, March '21.
*Covered Re:solve Global Health, Dalberg Media, and Northwell Health panel on digital trends in treating noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) -- particularly the global mental health crisis -- during 77th session of UNGA in 2022.
Content Producer: January 2019 - present
Create dynamic content for a range of freelance clients, from science and education communications to corporate ghostwriting.
Produce science stories for Weill Cornell Medicine's website -- profiling leading medical researchers and their work. Provide event coverage for the medical school while producing content for a range of outlets from Newsroom website to the school's alumni magazine.
Write clear, concise copy for 2U, an education technology company that partners with nonprofit colleges and universities. Write pieces on a range of education topics from online graduate degrees to overviews of professional careers in the healthcare and education spaces.
Produce reported stories and student/faculty profiles for the Duke Global Health Institute's (DGHI) website.
Contribute as a reporter and writer producing powerful profiles of the experiences of people living with endometriosis for The Blossom, the blog of the Endometriosis Foundation of America.
Ghostwrite for a number of corporate clients. Write and edit blog posts and Op-eds, create and revise press releases, helping industry leaders develop a compelling narrative voice to tell their own story.
Re:solve Global Health: Podcast Host, New York, NY. January 2023 - present
Host new podcast Re:solve Talks from Re:solve Global Health that spotlights candid and nuanced conversations with experts from a range of industries. In each episode, the podcast addresses what is holding us back from building healthier societies around the world.
Produce each episode. Reach out to and book guests -- including newsmakers, policy leaders, and luminaries in global health -- for the podcast and devise the scope and theme of each episode.
Episodes are available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Season 1 covered everything from how the world is preparing for the enduring realities of 'long COVID,' to what is being done to address maternal mortality rates across Latin American countries, to what the global health community can do to reach the UNAIDS 2030 global HIV targets, among other topics.
Season 2 launched June 2023.
Over the course of the series, guests have included: Physician-scientist, national best-selling author, and Every Cure co-founder Dr. David Fajgenbaum, endometriosis/chronic illness/women's health advocate Jenneh Rishe, RN, infectious disease expert Dr. Monica Gandhi, trans health pioneer Dr. Marci Bowers, BroadReach co-founder Dr. Ernest Darkoh, and Chronicon CEO, influencer, and advocate Nitika Chopra, among others.
University of Chicago: Science Writer, New York, NY. March 2019 -May 2019
Worked remotely for the Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM) at University of Chicago as a Science Writer for a temporary NIH-funded project. Created easily digestible summaries of research studies to connect possible candidates with clinical trials. Synthesized and condensed scientific content for the layperson, collaborated with researchers to ensure all content was accurate, produced reports that will ultimately be used in a giant database of clinical trial information shared across Chicago-area medical institutions.
CBS News: SciTech Editor-at-Large, New York, NY. September 2015-May 2017
Oversaw SciTech vertical for CBSNews.com. Reported on everything from Apple and Facebook to cybersecurity and Anonymous. Conducted interviews with high-profile sources like Buzz Aldrin, Bill Nye, and Neil deGrasse Tyson, medical researchers, and tech experts. Posted and edited stories as well as built photo and multimedia galleries using CBS’s CMS. Pitched long-form enterprise features and short web articles. Interviewed celebrities like Andy Roddick and Wendy Williams for CBS News Entertainment.
Fox News: Science and Technology Reporter/Editor, New York, NY. August 2014-September 2015
Edited and wrote content for FoxNews.com's SciTech vertical –– reported on science, technology, environmental, and military news. Regularly filled in for SciTech editor, which involved editing and producing articles by freelance and staff writers through Fox's CMS, as well as updating FoxNews.com's SciTech social media accounts.
Hancock Shaker Village: Public Relations Consultant March 2014-January 2017
Worked remotely from New York as a freelance Public Relations Consultant for living history museum in Massachusetts. Developed social media strategies to increase the museum's digital presence on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Organized an annual Instagram photo contest that generated a large increase in the number of followers for all of the museum's social media accounts. Launched social media promotion of Baby Animals on the Shaker Farm, the museum's official annual start of the spring/summer season. Sent out press releases and fielded media requests for the museum's programs and exhibits.
The Berkshire Eagle: Reporter/Designer/Editor, Pittsfield, Mass. August 2012-August 2013
Covered local news and wrote enterprise features, produced video and audio reports, designed pages for daily paper and weekly arts supplement, and frequently served as Online Editor. Created headlines and website captions, and ran paper’s social media accounts on the weekends. Served as interim Features section editor and designer for four months. Interviewed Tony Shalhoub and Olympia Dukakis, among others.
Berkshire Actors Theatre: Press Agent and Assistant to the Artistic Director, Pittsfield, Mass.
February 2012-August 2013
Fielded media requests and wrote press releases. Organized social media promotion of Berkshire Actors Theatre and its Summer 2012 Season on Facebook and Twitter. Conducted on-camera promotional interview with Artistic Director highlighting Summer Season announcement. Edited video promo for season, and released it on Youtube.
EDUCATION
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, May 2014
M.A., Journalism, with concentration in arts and culture.
Coursework included video, on-camera reporting, arts reporting, sociology, and anthropology. Graduate thesis was published by The Atlantic. Co-hosted a live, one-hour radio show for ArtsCultureBeat.com. Wrote script, interviewed singer-songwriter Jo Lawry live on-air, and answered listener calls.
Brown University, May 2011
A.B., double major in English and Literary Arts with honors.
Coursework included journalism, radio, and film. Features Editor for The Brown Daily Herald. Co-founded, produced, and reported for a live weekly talk show webcast that covered campus news and issues.
SKILLS
Social media and SEO. Podcast hosting and producing. Basic video shooting (Canon C100 EOS Cinema camera and Canon DSLR camera) and digital editing (Adobe Premiere CS6, Final Cut Pro). On-camera reporting. Basic audio editing (Pro Tools). HTML and web page design (WordPress). Content Management System (CMS). Newspaper/magazine page design (InDesign, InCopy). Research (LexisNexis). AP ENPS software.