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Work Experience

Resume

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Oct. 2025 - Current

Animation Reviewer & Editorial Staff Writer, OFFBLXXK Magazine

  • Wrote and published monthly articles covering pop culture, gaming, anime, sci-fi, fantasy, and fandom news

  • Conducted interviews with high-profile creators, voice actors, and developers

  • Pitched editorial calendars aligned with upcoming fandom events, premieres, and game launches

Data & News Reporter, The Eagle

Sept. 2025 - Current

  • Translated technical jargon to easy-to-understand frameworks for impactful investigative reporting on student affairs

  • Cleaned, structured, and analyzed large datasets using tools like Python, R, Excel, and SQL to ensure accuracy, reproducibility, and transparency

  • Presented findings in accessible formats for both technical and non-technical audiences, supporting editorial decision-making with data insights

Jan. 2025  - Jul. 2025

Contributing News/Editorial Writer, GEN-ZiNE

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  • Covered breaking news with speed and accuracy, filing clean copy on tight deadlines 

  • Adapted stories for multiple formats, including newsletters, social media, and special digital projects

  • Pitched and developed enterprise stories, delivering strong sourcing, data analysis, and narrative clarity

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Education

 

 

 

Adaobi Nwatu is pursuing a B.Sc. in Data Science for Political Science and Journalism at the American University. As an interdisciplinary thinker, working at the intersection of journalism, technology, and public interest innovation is the core principle of their work.

 

With a strong foundation in data visualization and analytics, they explore how storytelling and empirical insight can inform ethical decision-making in fields like AI governance and digital media.

 

Equally comfortable in a newsroom, a research lab, or a grassroots organizing space, Nwatu bridges the gap between technical complexity and public understanding. Nwatu is dedicated to humanizing data and ensuring that the stories of marginalized communities are not just told, but are backed by the empirical evidence necessary to influence modern policy.

2023 - 2027

Journalism, focus in Media Studies (B.S.)

School of Communications, American University

Extracurriculars:

  • Undergraduate Fellow, Newsreel

  • Undergraduate Tutor, Writing Center

  • Editorial/Culture Writer, The Blackprint Magazine

  • MVP Award Recipient, Student Media Board

  • Presented research on how television, and visual representation, can act bring communities together in the face of grief at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (2026)

2023 - 2027

Data Sciences for Political Sciences (B.S.)

School of Public Affairs, American University

Extracurriculars

  • Data Analyst Intern, American University Repository for Open Source Research & Analysis (AURORA)

  • Undergraduate Polling Group Advisory Member, Sine Institute of Policy & Politics

  • The Examined Life Program Lead, Lincoln Scholars Program at School of Public Affairs

  • Invited to present research on the dehumanizing social forces and its effects on education at the SPA Undergraduate Research Symposium

 

JOURNALISM SKILLS:​

  • Adobe Creative Cloud + Video Editing Software

  • Digital Photography & Broadcasting

  • Editorial & Culture Writing​

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PUBLIC POLICY SKILLS:

  • Non-partisan Writing 

  • Political Research & Analysis

  • Cybersecurity Law​​​

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DATA SCIENCE, ANALYTICS, & VISUALIZATION SKILLS:

  • Data Privacy & Technology Policy Analysis

  • R/R-Studio, Python, HTML/CSS, Git/GitHub, SPSS

  • ​Database Management & Cleaning

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