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Journalism
Digital News Editor
Successfully launched several news sites for 900-plus national news network, spearheading editorial, traffic, brand awareness and revenue marketing initiatives.
- Drove editorial strategy, revenue, site traffic, engagement, marketing for $300K budget for Silicon Valley news and information sites.
- Tripled web traffic, engagement, newsletter subscription, UGC, mobile and blogger recruitment goals.
- Trained team of editors on SEO best practices resulting in record-breaking traffic, page views.
- Won awards for enterprise news coverage, including reporting of high-profile court cases. Stories often quoted by major news outlets.
- Recruited nationally renowned bloggers such as Maribel Hastings, Merle Kahn and Kaiser Permanente, resulting in distinction of blogging platform.
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Business Management
News Editor
Led newsroom of six copy editors, two photographers, seven writers and graphics artist.
- Planned coverage, edited writing by reporters and managed web, Twitter and Facebook pages.
- Designed and paginated community special sections (Taste of the Town, Arts Council, fire and police tabs)
- Responsible for front page, community page, brides and local news pages for newspaper.
- Uploaded stories, photos through iQue web system to off-site hub for printing
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Communication
Communication
News Editor
- Managed and coordinated coverage with a staff, along with multiple freelancer writers and photographers. Also worked with, and coordinated, more than 10 columnists and wrote weekly column.
- Oversaw all aspects of the paper's social media presence, including Facebook and Twitter.
- Covered stories on government, education, religion, crime, sports, and local events. Also worked as impromptu North Augusta beat reporter for the Aiken Standard, a 16,000-plus circulation daily paper.
- Functioned as lead photographer for publication, including sports photography and photo galleries.
- Previously served as a sports reporter and copy editor for the Aiken Standard. Transferred to the North Augusta branch of Aiken Communications in January 2013. Promoted to news editor in June 2013.
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Broadcast Journalism
News Editor/reporter
Responsible for both the choosing and producing of all the content in the news section that appeared in print, online, and on social media.
- Came on board after former news editor abruptly left and helped bring news section to new heights.
- Provided complete student coverage for a large administrative scandal at [company name], which involved learning how to cover breaking news.
- Recipient of Illinois Community College Journalism Award for a review in Arts.
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Film Studies Program
News Editor
Responsible for editing news and investigative sweeps packages, with fast turn around.
- Pulled and selected media/stock footage matching written copy, while still making on-air deadlines.
- Organized the storage and archiving of raw and edited media at the end of each newscast.
- Encoded finished video for online deployment on YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook in compliance marketing department's goals.
- Met with producers contributing story content helping fill four hours of daily newscast.
- Increased efficiency to improve editing workflow.
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Multimedia
News Editor
- Reported in detail on daytime television and consistently broke industry news
- Created and edited an average of 6 to 8 informative, original and engaging
- Scheduled and executed interviews and photo shoots with daytime and primetime talent
- Established and maintained strong relationships with publicists and talent
- Generated story ideas
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Print Journalism
News Editor
- Edited local and AP content while working on a strict deadline
- Assessed newsworthy value of stories for a daily circulation of approximately 10,000
- Designed the A section of the paper on a day-to-day basis
- Supervised reporters and provided them guidance on improving stories when required
- Managed and uploaded website content for newspaper
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News Editor
Promoted to Senior News Editor after one year.
- Successfully managed the edit department during the expansion of two added hours of news without adding additional staff
- Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press
- Select local, state, national, and international news items received from wire services, based on assessment of items' significance and interest value.
- Edit video to script to meet time deadlines
- Won The Francis C Moore Award of Excellence in medical news editing in 2001
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English Literature
Education And Social Justice
Military Multimedia News Editor
Researched and wrote articles as a contracted writer for the Department of Defense. Produced and edited a range of editorial content, from features on combat stress (PTSD) to Web content on family and child welfare issues such as domestic violence.
- Built relationships with command structures in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Reserves.
- Liaised with wide-ranging story sources, including military commanders, politicians and civilian health care and social workers
- Promoted a six month series on combat-related and family mental health issues.
- Edited and designed online content and social media feeds.
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Group Assistant News Editor
Involved in day-to-day running of the Evening Times news operation.
- Managed editorial team of 16 reporters and seven feature writers.
- Monitored daily news wires, identified major stories and placed stories in paper.
- Ensured smooth running of Evening Times website.
- Provided weekly blog on Glasgow heritage http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/author/eye- spy-glasgow
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Journalism, English
News Editor
Pitched and budgeted story ideas each week for online and print editions Houston, TX
- Assigned stories and delegated tasks to writers and assistant editor
- Edited stories and submitted them to Wordpress and/or Adobe InDesign
- Wrote stories, news briefs and staff editorials
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Mass Communications
News Editor
- Coordinated daily news coverage and assigned reporters and photographers to events.
- Edited news reports on crime, business, politics, education, entertainment and human interest.
- Fact-checked and assigned stories for daily publication pages based on priority and relevance.
- Improved the quality content of news pages.
- Selected lead stories and wrote headlines for front page of newspaper.
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Chinese
English Language News Editor
Recipient of 2014 Third and Fourth Quarter Outstanding Foreign Editor Award.
- Responsibilities included writing, translating, and fact-checking international news stories.
- Edited digital news footage, managed social media accounts, and performed interviews
- Trained and evaluated new editors.
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Journalism
News Editor
- Edited all content in weekly suburban newspapers and laid out newspapers each week
- Managed all of the newspapers' communications with members of the public
- Assigned news stories to staff reporters on a weekly basis
- Helped build the newspapers' web content and social media presence
- Developed and pursued relevant news story ideas for newspapers
- Wrote promotional stories and edited content of advertisement tabs
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Telecommunications
News Editor/associate Producer
Developed media content using a number of multimedia formats for readers, listeners, or viewers
- Sat on assignment desk and helped coordinate assignments with reporters/photogs
- Reviewed, rewrote, and edited scripts
- Planned the content Daily News, General-interest publications, reviewed story ideas proposed by staff and freelance writers
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Mass Communication
News Editor
- Coordinated the overall operation and quality of the editorial department
- Edited the work of reporters and contributors and stay through copy editing, production and proofreading
- Developed interesting and unique story ideas; coordinate interviews and logistics for field crews; create new sections for print and online editions
- Created content for social media websites
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Journalism
News Editor
- Writing and editing Spanish-language articles for by-monthly publications.
- Interviewed key community leaders and elected officials; developed specialized copy.
- Researched and selected articles from outside sources (Associated Press and public entities).
- Translated copy for print advertisements.
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Journalism
News Editor
Responsible for all news story assignments, contacts, copy, headlines, page layout and design
- Able to give constructive criticism and provide assistance to writers by constantly reviewing their work
- Generated interesting and timely story leads
- Provided grades for peers work
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Public Relations / Advertising
Communication
Assistant News Editor
Promoted to management position of 24-hour news desk to help drive Dow Jones's strategic vision of rapidly delivering information from each top-50 U.S. newspaper; composed and edited business story abstracts of major publications for online retrieval; facilitated new employee training; and oversaw a group of seven interactive news indexers.
- Created online archive for The Wall Street Journal Sunday.
- Crafted editorial test that improved prospective employee screening.
- Worked with technical staff to modernize Dow Jones's editorial system; new system enabled creation of several new product offerings.
- Fulfilled vision of representing every top-50 U.S. newspaper by writing brief summaries of New York Post and Daily News articles, two papers not under contract with Dow Jones.
- Represented department at numerous job fairs to recruit candidates for the company.
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Communications
News Editor
- Edited articles and newspaper pages four days a week
- Wrote about three print articles per week
- Maintained running news production budget for stories, photographs and graphics
- Managed social media accounts, including Twitter live tweets and images
- Wrote and published breaking news online
- Worked with fellow editors, staff writers and advertising staff to reach production goals
- Awards include "Best Chair-Side Manner" for communicating with others effectively (as voted on by the Daily Titan editorial staff and writers)
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History
News Editor
Managed a team of 6-8 writers, providing guidance on their stories throughout the week
- Assigned/edited stories each week
- Produced 4-7 pages of news content each week
- Collaborated with section editors on ways to improve [company name]
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Communications/literature
Online News Editor
Led editorial direction for multichannel.com, the web companion to Multichannel News, the national weekly magazine covering the cable, satellite, telco, OTT and media industries.
- Responsibilities encompassed managing an assistant, staff assignments and coordination with sister title, B&C. Conducted all editing functions, including headlines and illustration. Established microsites and landing pages for industry events and news coverage.
- Served as primary writer/reporter for site's coverage of sports, ratings, carriage/retrans deals, TV award shows and marketing/advertising initiatives.
- Provided support for tech, financial and policy beats. Penned 'Reynolds Rap' blog.
- Contributed regular sports, advertising, ratings, programming and 'Wire' coverage to the magazine. Wrote cover stories and special reports.
- Positioned and posted items on home page, including blogs and transmogrified stories from the magazine, as well as site's channels.
- Coordinated multimedia initiatives, including videos and photo galleries; engaged in crosspromotional and social efforts between the platforms.
- Facilitated/proofed/sent news alerts; assembled/edited/disseminated weekly and monthly newsletters.
- Liaised with IT and staff about site and backend enhancements and snafus.
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Journalism
News Editor
- Managed freelance columnists, processed their invoices and edited their work.
- Developed and edited stories with reporters for daily editions and special publications.
- Managed copy desk personnel, edited copy, wrote headlines, designed page layouts, made deadline decisions and resolved production issues for The Sunday Enterprise.
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Journalism & Media Studies
Fashion News Editor
Responsible for developing stories and innovative ideas to discuss with the editorial team
- Coverage of Fashion Week for Feb. 2012 & Sept. 2012
- Develop news and content on a weekly basis
- Form relationships with designers and PR firms to enhance company involvement in fashion industry
- Develop and establish social media presence online
- Creation and analysis of website design along with performance using Domain.com and Wordpress
- Increased traffic by over 800,000 hits in two months
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Journalism
Beauty & Grooming News Editor
- Interview and write articles on celebrities such as Sting, Kim Kardashian and Serena Williams.
- Covered backstage scene at New York Fashion Week for 20 consecutive seasons.
- Edit and assign global news stories for daily "Beauty Beat" column in WWD.
- Created and wrote regular "Men's Corner" column. Cover Beauty Financial beat.
- Composed three stories each week and contribute to multiple Fairchild publications.
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News Editor
- Editing news content on a daily bases with Avid News Cutter that is shown in the top 50 market
- Managing Electronic News Gathering and Satellite News feeds
- Archiving and recording local news stories shot and edited by our photographers and myself
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Drama Literature
Communication Arts
Freelance Video News Editor
Edit news packages for NY1, NY1 Noticias in spanish, Inside City Hall, Time Warner Cable News, Time Warner Cable Video on Demand.
- Utilize codecs and wrappers (H264, Quicktime, Mpeg, Omneon) to ready packages for air, website, producer and reporter viewing.
- Coordinate with producers to verify accuracy of packages and footage prior to airing.
- Provide support to managing editor for various projects including award submissions and specials.
- Edit, track and crash news packages for reporters and feeds.
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