May Olvera

journalist

May
Olvera

mayolvera95@gmail.com | Based in New York, NY


about

Howdy! I’m a New York-based creative hailing from Mexico City by way of Texas. I am currently the Head of Marketing and Communications for tokenproof, a web3 startup providing traditional brands the tools to engage their fans using NFTs and blockchain technology. Prior to taking on corporate comms, I spent seven years working in various newsrooms, including as a reporter, columnist, editor and social media contributor. I received a graduate degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, earning the opportunity to serve as The 19th’s inaugural fellow and spending my final semester writing about the multilingual communication crisis at the heart of the COVID pandemic.

 

Awards

National Association of
College Media Pinnacle Awards

2017: Breaking News, 2nd Place

Texas Intercollegiate Press Association
2017: Feature Story, 1st Place
2018: Feature Story, Finalist










Education

Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Expected graduation date: May 2021
M.A. Journalism
Concentration: Arts & Culture
Specialty: Interactive Reporting

Capstone: Pirate radio proves invaluable to immigrant communities during the pandemic — but the FCC isn’t having it

Texas State University
Graduated Aug. 2019
B.S. Journalism
Minors: Political Science and Honors Studies

Honors Thesis: DISPOSABLE SIMULACRA: THE SEARCH FOR AUTHENTICITY THROUGH THE ANALOGUE VIEWFINDER OF THE DIGITAL AGE

 

Skills

Software + web
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Figma
HTML/CSS
Github
Datawrapper
Tableau

Hardware
Nikon D5000
Canon eos c100
marantz 661

Research
Lexis Nexis
pacer
state e-file systems
foia requests
JSTOR
Spokeo
Dataminr

Languages
Native spanish-speaker
English