Emily Overholt is marketing manager for Sideqik, an influencer marketing platform that helps marketers get the most out of their influencer program. At Sideqik she oversees all marketing efforts, including a robust CPC program and a strong content strategy.
Prior to Sideqik she worked as a news associate for the Associated Press, where she covered crime, business, local and state government, bear attacks and odd news in 13 states.
She spent three months churning out more than 70 stories as an intern for The Phoenix Business Journal. During her internship, she produced a multi-part cover story exploring medical marijuana's impact on employment in Phoenix for which she was awarded second place by the Arizona News Association for multimedia reporting.
Other career highlights include six months as a Boston Globe business correspondent covering retail, technology, innovation, and banking. While at the Globe she collaborated on Shadow Campus, a three-part investigative series focused on greed and mismanagement in Boston’s off-campus student housing market. The series was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize.
She also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Boston University Daily Free Press during their coverage of Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, for which the paper was awarded multiple awards by the Society of Professional Journalists Northeast chapter.