Camille Duran

Sit on the 150th Managing Board of the Columbia Daily Spectator and manage the Opinion section, overseeing the full editorial process for Spectator Opinion content, including final decisions on piece selection, structural edits, and content direction prior to publication. Act as the primary liaison between the Opinion section and the broader Columbia community, handling sensitive correspondence, community feedback, and reputation management. Manage and mentor a team of senior editors, deputies, and associates, facilitating weekly editorial meetings, training sessions, and long-term development initiatives. Lead weekly all-staff and deputy board meetings, as well as conduct a 10-week editorial training for new section members. Attend regular Managing Board meetings consisting of weekly print scheduling and long-term content planning. Serve on the Audience Engagement working group aiming to expand Spectator's digital reach and launch audience surveys. Also sit on the Nonprofit Development Team conducting alumni outreach and communications. Coordinate editorial scheduling and budgeting of weekly content to balance timely commentary with strategic thematic coverage. Ensure the smooth orchestration of five nights of production weekly and edit all of Opinion's 100+ articles published each semester for argumentative clarity and strength, adherence to Spectator's stylistic requirements, and facticity. Expanding Opinions multi-media collaborations by producing three podcasts, monthly content recap reels, and producing 4+ vox pops. Manage the Opinion section's Instagram account (@specopinion), growing Opinion's digital reach by crafting a social media engagement strategy (target of 10+ reels and 50+ post production each semester, goal of 20% follower increase). Launch expedited editorial process for the production of breaking staff editorials.

Oversaw the production process for 30+ op-eds and weekly columns, ensuring they adhered to the Spectator's high publication standards. Responsibilities included coordinating with the copy editing team, Editor-in-Chief, and Managing Editor to uphold AP style guidelines while preserving our authors' editorial voices. Co-authored multiple staff editorials, including "Mamdani’s mandate: What the mayor-elect owes young New Yorkers and what his supporters owe him," our endorsement of Columbia student government candidates, and "Columbia’s corporate governance." Managed the newly-created National Politics beat, supervising a team of associate editors and trainees in the development of a sourcing network for op-ed recruitment reflecting the intersection of national politics and Columbia University. This involved regularly meeting with contributors, conducting secondary edits, and pitching op-eds to highlight key campus conversations such as freedom of speech, the Trump administration, and national political trends.

• Collaboratively author and edit staff editorials representing the Opinion Editorial Board • Conduct first-round edits on author's raw pieces, produce creative and topical Op-Ed pitches, conduct outreach to authors • Meet five hours per week to facilitate article production through copy and release, attend editorial training program and weekly pitch meetings

- Wrote and delivered persuasive opening arguments and prepared witness cross examinations. - Developing skills in public speaking, legal strategy, and witness training through collaborative case preparation and competitive trials. - Winning defense attorney for Fall 2024 criminal defense trial.

Oversaw team of 7 student interviewers in the production of multiple long-form transcribed interviews with academics alongside co-head. Co-led weekly meetings with 70% new staff, conducting pitch, interviewing, and editorial trainings. Independently learned audio recording skills and launched project of recording interviews for publication as a podcast. Conducted edits on staff interview questions pre-production and edited interview transcripts post-production for clarity, flow, and accuracy. Attending Executive Board meetings with fellow section heads, focusing on the production of our semesterly print edition. Coordinated with art team to produce content to accompany printed interviews, oversaw publication of interviews to website.

• Pitch, conduct background research, and perform national outreach to philosophers for potential interviews • Draft interview questions, conduct interviews, edit transcripts for Gadfly Online Magazine and seasonal Print Edition

Student of NYU's Writers of New York program, where a cohort of scholars participate in workshops, craft seminars, and evening colloquia with esteemed professors and authors.

Collaborate with a team of artists to design and produce cover art for University of Richmond’s Counterculture Magazine, the only social justice oriented magazine at the school. Delegate roles and work with editors to create feasible timelines. Produce photographic collages to be integrated throughout the magazine.

• Organized and categorized decades of case files in a database • Proposed and adopted approach for indexing tax related documents • Responsible for safeguarding sensitive legal information

• Worked with students from under-resourced Oakland public middle schools with the goal of furthering educational equity • Held positions as a teaching assistant (English and Dance), tutor (English) and college intern (Supervisor) • Supervised a team of eight assistant teachers