Olga A Belogolova

Associate Editor - Inside the Navy at Inside Defense

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Writing and Editing

Inside Defense - Arlington, Virginia since Feb 2013
Associate Editor - Inside the Navy
National Journal - Washington D.C. Metro Area Sep 2010 - Feb 2013
Staff Reporter, Energy and Environment Policy
First American Professional Real Estate Services - Irvine, California Oct 2009 - Aug 2010
Marketing Specialist
Encore Magazine - Greater Los Angeles Area Jun 2009 - Aug 2010
West Coast Editor
University Chic Media- UniversityChic.com Apr 2007 - Aug 2010
Author, Editorial Board Member, Blogger

Boston University 2005 - 2009
BS/BA, Magazine Journalism/Western European Studies University of Oxford 2008 - 2008

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- Boston Univeristy - Dean's List - Boston University - Four-year University Scholar merit scholarship - USA Synchronized Swimming - Collegiate All-Academic Honoree at U.S. Collegiate National Championships (2006-2009) - 2010 - One of 5 finalists chosen by MySpace and the Wall Street Journal for the MySpace Journal contest. Competed to cover the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland.

English
Russian
French
Italian
Hebrew

Fellowship - U.S.-Russia Young Media Professionals Exchange Program
International Center for Journalists, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Union of Journalists of Moscow.
Spent a month reporting from a Moscow newsroom (Ogoniok magazine), interviewing sources in both Russian and English, reporting from the Russian State Duma, and reporting from the annual press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The exchange program, an outgrowth of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission’s working group on media, had 12 selected U.S. journalists in Moscow and 12 Russian counterparts reporting from various newsrooms throughout the U.S.
Fellowship - Illuminating Today’s Japan for American Audiences
International Center for Journalists and the United States-Japan Foundation
One of three journalists chosen for a reporting tour in Japan aimed at shedding light on the relationship between the U.S. and Japan and the aftermath of the disasters in March 2011. Spent 12 days reporting from Japan, working with a Japanese fixer and interpreter. Interviewed locals and government officials in Tokyo, traveled to the northern prefecture of Aomori, interviewed the residents of the disaster-stricken prefecture of Fukushima and toured several nuclear facilities in the country.
Carnegie Mellon Media Fellowship
Carnegie Mellon Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research
Fellowship aimed at helping leading environmental science, technology and policy journalists to broaden and deepen their knowledge of environmental issues while interviewing Carnegie Mellon faculty members and learning about energy and environment developments in the local community in Pittsburgh.
Fellowship - Sixty Years of Friendship Journalism Press Trip to Jordan
Embassy of Jordan
One of ten students nominated from the top journalism schools in the United States to visit Jordan for a press trip aimed at exploring U.S.-Jordan bilateral relations and Jordan’s international role. Traveled to Amman, Petra, Madaba and the Dead Sea, interviewing ministers, government officials, journalists and entrepreneurs and touring non-governmental organizations and cultural centers in Jordan.