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Kate Feldman

Kate Feldman
4151 Grandchamp Circle, Palm Harbor, FL 34685
727-244-6165
[email protected]
katefeldman.wordpress.com
Experience
January 2013 - present
Freelance reporter. The Gainesville Sun
I work on various articles for the Sun when they need help, including art show openings at the local museum.
May 2012 – August 2012
Reporting intern. Creative Loafing newspaper
I spent my summer working with the news editor at Creative Loafing,
covering county commission and school board meetings and working on pre-coverage of the Republican National Convention.
May 2012 – August 2012
Reporting intern. Tampa Bay Newspapers
I worked primarily for the Palm Harbor Beacon, writing feature articles that
pertained to a small area of Pinellas County and its residents.
April 2012 – present
Correspondent. Tampa Bay Times
I pitched a story, arranged photos and interviews, and kept in contact with
a copy editor and the business editor until the story was published; the
article eventually ran on the front page of the business section in February 2012.
January 2012 – April 2012
Reporting intern. The Gainesville Sun
I worked for the daily Gainesville newspaper, writing articles and taking
photographs. I wrote about three or four stories a week, covering everything
from the county spelling bee to the launch of not-for-profit organizations in Gainesville that collect iPods and iPhones for children with autism.
September 2010 – December 2011
Freelance reporter. The Independent Florida Alligator newspaper
I wrote for both the news section and the Avenue section, which is the
arts and entertainment section. My articles ranged from the body image
issues associated with Barbie to previews of the plays opening at the local Hippodrome Theatre.
August 2009 – present
Customer service staff. Publix
I’ve been promoted from bagger to cashier to customer service staff in
under three years. As part of the customer service staff, I am in charge of running the customer service desk and keeping track of all cash flow throughout the day.
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Education: University of Florida
Bachelor of Science
Expected graduation
May 2013
Major: Journalism
Outside concentration: Psychology
Special skills/awards: Proficient in Spanish
Proficient in Adobe
Creative Suite program,
Audacity and
Soundslides
Customer service
Career Journalism
Scholarship from the
Tampa Bay Times
Activities:
Vice president of UF
chapter of Society of
Professional Journalists
References: Lane DeGregory,
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Mike Foley,
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GAINESVILLE — Bay area natives Shane
Mooney and Austin Cooley went to the
University of Florida with big dreams,
none of which included creating a social
network run by a new company
bankrolled by one of Facebook's
founders.
But that's just what they've done.
The story began last March at an allnight food market in San Francisco
where Cooley had a good time with
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friends. He wanted to post photos of the
evening on Facebook and grew
frustrated when he couldn't tag all his
friends because he didn't have their
contact information.
This led to the idea behind Quillt, a
social network that allows users to
stitch "quillts," small private groups for
sharing experiences in the cloud. The
user and up to five spectators can add
photographs, audio, video or written
posts to the quillt, which can be viewed
and created on computers and
smartphones.
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The name Quillt, Cooley said, came
from a combination of a quill pen and a
quilt. It's writing and piecing together a
life.
Now, Cooley, 25, Mooney, 24, and
partner Niko Ralf Cunningham, 34, are
focusing on mini-launches to see how
Quillt thrives among different user
environments. Before they release Quillt
to the world, Cunningham said he
wanted to see which groups of people
would benefit best from the product,
whether it's students, musicians,
couples or others.
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Currently, new Quillt users must be
invited by someone already on the
website. The venture's success over the
next few months will determine how
soon the site is opened to everyone.
In November, Quillt opened to students
at UF, where Cooley and Mooney met
and many of their investors called
home.
Cooley graduated from UF in 2008 with
a bachelor's degree in computer
engineering. Mooney graduated from UF
in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in
computer science.
With the idea for Quillt in mind, Cooley
recalled, they had called Facebook co-founder Andrew McCollum last April to get technical
advice on creating and advertising a social network. An exchange of emails led to a video
conference via Skype.
"That led to an awesome conversation, and at the end he's kind of like, 'Well, you know,
would you guys mind if I put in some money?' " Cooley said. "We were okay with that."
Cooley would not reveal how much McCollum or other investors put into the new venture.
McCollum still plays a role in the production in Quillt, and recently decided to double his
investment based on the success of the product. More than that, Cooley said, McCollum was
excited about the future of Quillt.
McCollum did not return calls seeking comment.
While quillts can be created for any subject, Cunningham suggested starting with events, such
as a birthday party or a road trip.
One of the most appealing aspects is that quillts are private. Only creators and spectators can
view them.
"The central theme is segmenting your lives into buckets," he said.
On one end of the social spectrum, Cooley said, text messages are intimate. On the other end
is Facebook, a means of broadcasting to the world.
"Quillt is for people who are actually social," he said. "It's for people you engage with on a
day-to-day basis and share experiences with."
In March, Cooley, Cunningham and Mooney are taking Quillt to the South by Southwest
Festival in Austin, Texas, to market their creation to a group of independent musicians.
"We want to know if they would use Quillt to connect with fans in a more intimate space,"
Cunningham said. "It would be a group private Twitter."
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attended the speech as Sowell's friend, but said that his message
should provide even more incentive for action.
"Kids are doing stupid things and not realizing the power of the
Internet," Theriac said. "Things can change for the better if you will
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Sowell, who presented his speech as a historic picture of Black
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"In lieu of hate," Sowell said in his speech, "you showed love."
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The race for Republican nomination for Pinellas County sheriff is
drawing to an end, but the attacks have only gotten stronger.
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At the Pinellas County Sheriff candidates debate Tuesday night in
Clearwater, current sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Republican, former
sheriff and state legislator Everett Rice, Republican, independent
candidate Greg Pound and lone Democrat Scott Swope argued
themselves in circles.
In response to the budget shortfall for fiscal year 2013, Pound
argued that it was a moot question.
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“We don’t have a budget problem,” he said. “We have a corruption problem.”
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The numbers show that there clearly is a budget shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year.
Hosted by Bay News 9 anchor Al Ruechel, most of the debate seemed to revolve around
clarifying conflicting stances.
The candidates covered topics ranging from immigration to open-carry legislation, but
few offered solid answers.
In Ruechel’s “Clearing the Air” segment of the debate, he asked the candidates to clarify
issues most frequently in the press.
Rice addressed his potential double-dipping with a pension and a salary during his term.
His solution is to donate his pension to the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch and keep his
salary. But taxpayers would still be paying for his pension, even if he didn’t keep it.
Gualtieri faced fire about investigations into four detectives accused of trespassing to
gather evidence against indoor marijuana growers. Three of the detectives resigned in
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June and the fourth was fired in the same month. But this doesn’t say anything about
the sheriff’s office, he said.
“It’s not a corrupt agency. It’s not a rogue agency. It’s not an agency out of control,”
Gualtieri said. “Four people did something wrong and we’re holding them accountable.”
Of 2,700 employees, four corrupt officers isn’t cause for concern, he said.
Swope fielded questions about his stand on the decriminalization of marijuana. The
costs of housing and feeding inmates arrested for possession are far too high, he said.
Instead, Swope suggested issuing citations and fines for possession of marijuana. The
sheriff’s office would be gaining money instead of losing it.
Gualtieri argued that Swope was simplifying the matter though.
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“It’s not about the person smoking a joint on a Saturday night,” he said.
Instead, it’s about the grow houses and public disruption.
Write-in candidate Greg Pound had one answer to every question he was asked: the
government is corrupt and he is the only candidate who can legally run.
Pound was insistent that lawyers cannot legally serve as sheriff. As Gualtieri, Swope and
Rice have all served as lawyers at some point, Pound said they are automatically
disqualified from office.
Ruechel gave Pound little opportunity to quote the Constitution, however.
Gualtieri, dressed in his sheriff’s uniform as a stark reminder of his experience in the
position, implored voters to focus on the future of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
Rice, Gualtieri said, is stuck in the past.
“Just because you were doesn’t mean you should be,” he said.
Gualtieri will go head to head in the Aug. 14 primary with Rice in the GOP primary, with
the winner facing Swope and Pound in the November elections.
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Caren Gorenberg, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2006, began the Run Amuck
with the Duck benefit race in 2010. This year's walk/run begins at 9 a.m. on March 31.
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Published: Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 23, 2012 at 10:16 p.m.
For Caren Gorenberg, Dec. 12, 2006 started out as a normal day.
She went in for a routine mammogram, and, on a whim, picked up
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After working at her husband's
with her health.
The X-ray revealed a spot on her
lung.
“It didn't feel like there was
anything wrong,” Gorenberg said.
“Not a sign, not a symptom.”
A PET scan and lung biopsy
What: The third annual Run
Amuck with the Duck Walk/Run
When: Walk/run begins at 9 a.m.
on March 31. Runners should
meet at the Runner Registration
area 7:30-8:30 a.m. to receive
race bib numbers and timing
chips. Children's 10- and 20meter dashes begin 10:30.
Celebration takes place following
the race until noon.
Where: North Florida Regional
Medical Center, 6500 Newberry
Road
revealed that she had
adenocarcinoma with
bronchioloalveolar features. Simply,
she had non-small cell lung cancer.
Registration: $25 before the
event or $30 on March 31; $15
seniors
Contact: Caren Gorenberg, 2566263 or
[email protected]
An oncologist at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in
New York was optimistic that surgery would be a cure.
In February 2007, Gorenberg had the right upper and right middle
lobes of her lung removed, but the cancer had traveled to the other
side of her lung. She was diagnosed with metastatic stage 4 lung
cancer — the most advanced stage of lung cancer.
Back in Gainesville, Gorenberg began chemotherapy with Dr. Lucio
Gordan, an oncologist at the North Florida Regional Medical Center.
He told her she had between 12 and 14 months to live. A new drug,
Avastin, might give her another two months.
Gorenberg's cell specimens were sent for genetic testing, which
revealed that she had an exon 21 mutation. Gordan told her that
Tarceva, an oral chemotherapy, might help, if only for about two
years before the cancer cells stopped responding to it.
“I'm still taking it,” she said. “It's still working.”
In January 2008, Gorenberg had her first clear scan since her
diagnosis.
Not everyone is as lucky. About 450 people die each day in the
United States from lung cancer, and the overall survival rate after
five years is only 15.5 percent, according to the Lung Cancer
Alliance.
Contrary to popular belief, lung cancer is not always caused by
smoking. In fact, nearly 80 percent of new lung cancer cases either
never smoked or quit decades ago, according to the Lung Cancer
Alliance.
As a non-smoker, Gorenberg said the stigma is one of the worst
parts of lung cancer.
“If you have lungs, you can get lung cancer,” she said. “It's an
epidemic.”
In November 2009, Gorenberg flew to San Francisco for the annual
Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation gala. Her invitation
labeled her a lung cancer survivor.
It was then that Gorenberg said she realized she needed to do
something to help.
“And so, Run Amuck with the Duck was born,” she said. “A funny
name for a very serious cause.”
On April 24, 2010, Gorenberg held the first Run Amuck with the
Duck race.
In its first year, Run Amuck raised more than $40,000. Last year,
more than 300 people participated in the race and raised about
$60,000. This year, Gorenberg hopes to raise $100,000.
“We get bigger and better every year,” Gorenberg said.
The reason behind the name, she said, is Crackers the Duck, MD.
“Crackers has been with me since the beginning,” Gorenberg said.
“Everyone knows him.”
After Gorenberg's diagnosis, her son Pete sent her a stuffed animal
duck named Crackers, dressed in green scrubs, a mask and an IV
pole with a note that said “Tell Dr. Gordan I'll have what she's
having.”
Sandy Solomon has been helping Gorenberg with the Run Amuck
race since the first year. She and her husband, Steve, own
Leonardo's 706 and initially planned on donating snacks to the race
in 2010. Then, her participation because more personal.
“In March (2010), my left lung collapsed and I ended up in the
hospital,” she said. “Through all the tests and scans, they discovered
a mass on my right lung.”
The mass turned out to be an inoperable tumor, and Solomon
began chemotherapy. Gordan added Tarceva, the drug that had
shown so much success for Gorenberg, to her drug regimen.
Solomon's tumor shrunk from 6.4 centimeters to 2.1.
The third event organizer, Dianne Caridi, died on Feb. 2 after
battling lung cancer for over three years.
The mother of two boys, Caridi had never smoked. In an essay on
the Run Amuck website, she wrote that she originally thought she
had acid reflux. On Sept. 2, 2008, she found out that it was a 3centimeter tumor instead.
“The truth is no one deserves this,” she wrote. “Not smokers, not
anyone.”
Lung cancer, Gorenberg said, united them as sisters in the battle.
“Dianne will be with us every step of the way,” she said.
The money raised by races like Gorenberg's goes to the Addario
Lung Cancer Medical Institute, which then funds ongoing resultsoriented projects or programs that focus on early detection and
genetic testing.
“Last year, we gave $1 million to fund research that has the ability
to impact patients now, rather than five years down the road,” said
Bonnie Addario, the founder of the Addario Lung Cancer
Foundation. “We're hoping to double that this year.”
Currently, the Addario Foundation is working on a comprehensive
guide for people with lung cancer, including their options for
treatment.
“Our main focus is creating personalized treatments for each
patient,” Addario said.
Individual stories like Gorenberg's, Addario said, are how she knows
her foundation is working.
“We have patients all the time telling us that they believe they're
still alive because of us,” Addario said.
Sheila Von Driska, the communication director at the Addario Lung
Cancer Foundation, said she finds it simple to gauge the impact of
their work.
“Success,” she said, “is extending people's lives.”
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