| EDUCATION |
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., May 2005 Bachelor of Arts in journalism Bachelor of Arts in economics overall GPA: 3.75, journalism GPA: 3.91 |
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JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE |
Copy editor, October 2005 – present The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Fla. (circulation: 165,000 weekday; 227,000 Sunday) • Edited local and wire copy for Associated Press and Times-Union style • Trimmed copy and wrote headlines • Proofed A and B sections • Edited and proofed nine community publications Dow Jones Newspaper Fund intern, May 2005 – August 2005 Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. (circulation: 51,000 weekday; 60,000 Sunday) • Edited local and wire copy for Associated Press and Cape Cod Times style • Trimmed copy and wrote headlines • Proofed cover, jump pages and obituaries • Attended daily budget meetings Editorial Intern, May 2004 – July 2004 Lehigh Valley Magazine, Bethlehem, Pa. (circulation: 14,000) • Edited all articles for Chicago style • Fact-checked articles and reported for missing information |
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SCHOOL EXPERIENCE |
Managing Editor, January 2005 – May 2005 The Brown and White, student newspaper, Bethlehem, Pa. (circulation: 6,000) • Maintained editor-editor and staff-editor relations • Assisted other editors with layout and editing • Edited all copy for Associated Press style Associate Editor/Columnist, August 2004 – December 2004 Editorial Page Editor, January 2004 – May 2004 Photo Editor, August 2002 - May 2003 |
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COMPUTER SKILLS |
QuarkXPress, Harris JazBox, InCopy, InDesign, DTI PageSpeed, Photoshop, ImageReady, Dreamweaver, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, LexisNexis, Windows, Mac OS |
| HONORS |
Lehigh University Williams Prize for journalism, April 2004 and April 2005 Dean's List, fall 2001 - spring 2005 |