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Lauren Williams

Lauren Williams

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Communications Counsel at California State University, Long Beach

  • Education

    • California State University, Long Beach

      2004 - 2008
      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) journalism and political science

  • Experience

    • Los Angeles Times

      Apr 2008 - Jan 2010
      Editorial assistant

    • City News Service

      Aug 2009 - Dec 2010
      Police reporter

    • MERCY Malaysia

      Mar 2010 - Apr 2010
      Translator

      I translated between doctors and nurses from Malaysia and patients and hospital staff after the Feb. 27, 2010 earthquake in Chile.

    • Lingua Group

      Sept 2010 - Apr 2011
      Editor of TeaTime-Mag

    • Daily Pilot

      Apr 2011 - Aug 2013
      Public safety reporter

      Find and report breaking news stories, culling through court documents and talking to police.Establish a rapport with police officers to find interesting and important stories that affect the Newport-Mesa community.Tweet breaking news verdicts from courtrooms, while keeping editors abreast of story developments.Race to report out stories, including the Seal Beach shooting, Kobe Bryant’s divorce and a jailhouse interview with a man accused of murdering a 14-year-old cheerleader.Find unique details for feature stories Show less

    • Orange County Register

      Jan 2013 - Mar 2018

      I cover our relationship with the environment and scientific discoveries being made across Southern California. As a business reporter, I covered a range of topics, from the newest startups in the county, programs that are launching to foster an entrepreneurial ecosystem locally and non-profits that are working in minority communities to help them set up businesses. I covered issues facing youth at Long Beach schools using public data and records, interviewing parents, teachers and administrators and attending meetings. Among the issues I covered included Khmer children finding a voice at high school, trans youth navigating high school and the closure of Los Angeles County's only single room school house.

      • environment and science reporter

        Aug 2016 - Mar 2018

      • breaking news reporter

        May 2016 - Aug 2016

      • small business reporter

        Jan 2015 - May 2016

      • education reporter

        Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

    • Self-Employed

      Mar 2018 - now
      Freelance Journalist

    • California State University, Long Beach

      Jul 2018 - now

      I serve as a senior aide to the associate vice president. In this role, I monitor, research and track news media coverage, social media traffic and emerging campus and community-relations issues.

      • Senior Communications Counsel

        Jun 2019 - now

      • Senior Staff Writer - Strategic Communications

        Jul 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Language Testing International - Spanish proficiency intermediate high

      The ACTFL Language Testing Office
      Jan 2013

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Lauren Williams
      CSU Leadership Development Pilot Program - Jan 2020 I was one of 20 people nominated and chosen to participate in a systemwide course on leadership skills and techniques for motivating and inspiring a team.