Martina Stewart

About Martina Stewart

Seasoned digital legal and political journalist with more than 15 years experience reporting, writing and editing at major national media outlets. Graduate of Columbia Journalism School with legal background and J.D. from Harvard Law School. Made career transition to journalism and focused primarily on covering politics and law on digital platforms (web, mobile, social and newsletters). Interested in online, print and broadcast journalism. In previous legal career, two federal court clerkships (one trial and one appellate) and experience litigating various types of civil cases in federal court and arguing cases in federal appeals court. Specialties: political and national affairs reporting and editing, legal affairs reporting and editing; fact-checking and misinformation online; competency with WordPress as a blog publishing platform; familiarity with online publishing tools; expertise in critical thinking/analysis, research, legal research, legal reasoning/analysis, federal civil procedure, constitutional law, administrative law, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Experience

1. Team Lead, Legal Intelligence -- General Assignment

   Bloomberg Law

   Mar 2023 — Present · Arlington, VA, US

   Lead a general assignment, daily litigation team. We publish more than a dozen stories a day as we help provide extra capacity for daily litigation coverage at Bloomberg Law and help cover for other litigation reporters in the BLaw newsroom (when they are covering arguments or hearings or are writing features on their beats), etc.

Education

• Yale University

  B.A., English, African-American Studies

  1990 — 1994

• Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism

  M.S., Journalism (Television & Print)

  2006 — 2007

• Harvard Law School

  J.D., Law

  1994 — 1997

Skills

• Newsletters
• Web Analytics
• Web Site Production
• Civil Procedure
• Appeals
• Social Tv
• New Media
• Constitutional Law
• Storytelling
• Supreme Court
• Customer Service
• Digital Journalism
• Blogging
• Investigative Research
• Teamwork
• Social Networking
• Research
• Federalism
• Employment Law
• Appellate Practice
• Political Coverage
• News Writing
• Writing
• Digital Engagement
• Logistics
• Online Journalism
• Content Management
• Digital Strategy
• Event Planning
• Headline Writing
• Editing
• Politics
• Web Content
• Legal Research
• Producing
• Community Management
• Social Media
• Twitter
• Breaking News
• Journalism