Rebecca Ruiz
Senior Reporter @Mashable
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Reporter @Mashable
San Francisco, CA, US
February 2019 - CurrentI report on digital wellness, which includes youth online safety, screen time, online health myths and misinformation, cultivating attention, and emerging technologies, like AI and deepfakes.Panel experience includes SXSW, Aspen Ideas Festival: Health, NY Advertising Week, and Aspen Institute Public Health Ground Rounds. May 2018 - January 2019Served as interim editor of Mashable\'s Social Good section while continuing to report and write features. Commissioned, assigned, and edited stories; produced weekly newsletter; and managed the Social Good fellow. Led editorial coverage for the 2018 Social Good Summit, an annual daylong event in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, UNDP, and 92Y. July 2014 - May 2018Founded the gender beat at Mashable and broadened the site’s coverage to include political and current events analysis, reporting, commentary, and feature writing. Generated millions of page views by developing unique coverage of gender equality. Worked with video journalists, illustrators, and social media producers to create compelling journalism across platforms, including long-form CMS, Snapchat, and Facebook Live- Conceived of and produced “Real Miss America” series, which was named a 2016 Online Journalism Awards finalist in the commentary category alongside the New York Times and Boston Globe- Embraced newsroom leadership role by co-creating guidelines for fact-checking and covering sensitive topics. Facilitated training sessions to implement guidelines- Independently partnered with Poynter to research and write about the importance of family-friendly newsroom policies- Media appearances to promote coverage have included CNN International, Huffington Post Live, and BBC.
EDUCATION
Sarah Lawrence College
B.A.
Seattle University
N/A, Honors Program
University of California, Berkeley
M.J., Journalism
SKILLS
ABOUT REBECCA RUIZ
I report on the intersection of mental health, culture, and technology. My areas of expertise include youth online safety, screen time, social media and parenting, meditation/mindfulness, depictions of mental health in entertainment, and suicide prevention. I\'m most interested in helping readers better understand their emotional and psychological well-being, particularly in the context of their life circumstances. With each story, I try to address the tension between recommending certain coping skills and acknowledging that structural forces play a major role in people\'s mental health. I\'ve been reporting on mental health for more than a decade and am a former Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow.
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