About Me.
Hello, and welcome to my website! If you've come this far, you're probably professionally stalking me, so I'll take a moment to (humble) brag and list my various roles and career accomplishments.
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To sum it up, I'm an award-winning West Coast-based arts & culture journalist with nearly 10 years of experience in lifestyle reporting, feature writing and (copy) editing for digital-first publications and — if you can believe it — print magazines and newspapers. I cut my teeth covering local news and events in West Los Angeles as a cub reporter for the nautically named Argonaut newsweekly and then moved up the ranks to helm the whole ship, so to speak, during the COVID-19 pandemic. From there, I made my way to Northern California, where I was one of five early employees at The San Francisco Standard, now the Bay Area's fastest-growing news organization. It being a startup, I wore many hats from copy editor to newsletter writer to eventually full-time arts & culture reporter — a role I pitched and created for myself.
Scaling the hills of San Francisco as a roving lifestyle reporter, I traipsed through techie toga parties, stress-tested startups for friendship and even dated an AI robot for a week. My work has received nods from the California News Publishers Association, the National Arts and Entertainment Awards and The San Francisco Press Club. My curiosities lie at the intersection of art, technology and human relationships. If you're excited about those spaces, too, feel free to give me a follow or drop me a line at christinacampodonico (at) gmail.com.
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Experience
2020-2024
Senior Arts & Culture Reporter, Newsletter Writer/Editor, Interim Copy Chief
The San Francisco Standard San Francisco, CA
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Co-launched lifestyle and entertainment verticals as first staff arts and culture reporter
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Wrote hundreds of high-traffic, SEO-driven articles on San Francisco lifestyle, culture, tech, arts, dating and food
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Collaborated with multimedia team to video, script and produce high-performing Reels and TikToks based on reporting
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Authored The Standard's first-ever style guide, enhancing content cohesion across platforms and establishing inclusive language norms
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Developed and launched weekly and daily newsletter products, increasing daily open rates and doubling weekly subscriptions to 23,000
2015-2020
Managing Editor, Chief Arts & Entertainment Reporter/Editor, Copy Editor, Social Media Manager
The Argonaut | Playa Vista Direct | Times Media Group
Los Angeles, CA
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Managed editorial content calendar for food, news, arts and entertainment section, coordinating with photographers, graphic designers, freelance writers and interns to produce weekly print newspaper for 30,000+ readers
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Launched events newsletter, attracting 10K subscribers and creating new revenue streams
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Led remote editorial team during COVID-19, securing $10K Google grant for critical news coverage
2015-2020
Freelance Writer, Copy Editor, Researcher & Fact-Checker
Los Angeles, CA
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Contributed performing arts previews, reviews and features to the Los Angeles Times and KCET Los Angeles.
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Fact-checked and copy edited 30+ posts for TheWrap, ensuring 100% accuracy & high editorial standards
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Penned a unique, nine-part series on the resilience of Los Angeles' dance community during the COVID-19 pandemic for KCET's Southland Sessions
Education
2014 - 2015
MA Specialized Journalism - The Arts
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Annenberg Fellow
Outstanding Student in the Arts Award Winner
2009-2013
BA English, Certificate Dance
Princeton University, Princeton NJ
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Inaugural Oxford Princeton Bread Loaf Fellow
Thomas H. Maren Prize Senior Thesis Award Winner
christinacampodonico (at) gmail.com
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