Designed page layouts to produce visually pleasing newspaper pages using Quark software; Edited stories for content, grammar, punctuation and usage to ensure a quality product; Selected and edited photographs to support coverage; Judged newsworthiness of stories to decide placement; Wrote headlines and created graphics to enhance and enrich news and feature stories
Only reporter covering news events in Allegany County, N.Y., for regional daily newspaper with a circulation of 12,000; Performed duties with no direct supervision from home office, filing reports by internet; Position required personal discipline, strict self-scheduling and adherence to deadlines
Covered Allegany County politics, police activity and courts for publication in daily newspaper; Covered town, village and county governments as well as police, courts and education
Covered news and events in Allegany and Steuben counties; responsible for police reports, obituaries and some page layout as needed; used desktop publishing software and PhotoShop
Hand picked to cover issues concerning Air Force as they arose in Congress; Worked to deliver policy messages from Air Force leaders at Pentagon to airmen stationed around the world; Interviewed program leaders to produce concise articles understood by all about new and emerging military technology
Responsible for production of weekly base newspaper with a circulation of 20,000; Designed and laid out pages using Adobe PageMaker and InDesign software; Selected and edited photographs for publication using Adobe Photoshop software; Supervised staff of five full time writers and several stringers; Edited work for content, grammar, usage, and adherence to AP Style
Acted as liaison between local media outlets and base leadership to build solid public support; Traveled to Germany, Iraq and Afghanistan with television and print journalists to show involvement of base airmen and resources in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom; Drafted press releases concerning major events; Monitored coverage of base activities in local media
Produced news stories highlighting policies and personnel to bolster communication and morale; Talent noted by Air Force Print News, leading to publication online and in newspapers nationwide; First feature story picked up by AFNEWS; Assigned to cover air and space conference in Charleston by AFNEWS, eliminating expenditures involved in sending a bureau
Seeking employment as a writer or editor. Willing to relocate.
Concentration: Electronics, avionics
Activities: Air Education Command Commanders Award for excellence in academics and leadership; Distinguished Graduate for top academic score in graduating class
Concentration: Public Affairs, Journalism
Activities: Top graduate of Basic Journalist Course; graduate of Editor's Course and Joint Public Affairs Supervisor Course
Concentration: Military leadership and management
Activities: John Levitow Award; Academic Achievement Award
Regents Diploma
Concentration: Math, English, Social Studies and Spanish
Activities: National Merit Distinguished Scholar; school newspaper; National Honor Society; yearbook
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