My Resume.

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Education

Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
   --Double Major: Journalism and Political Science, June '11 (expected)
   --Current GPA: 3.71 out of 4.0

West Lafayette High School (West Lafayette, Ind.)
   --Academic Honors Diploma, May 07
   --Cumulative GPA: 3.75 out of 4.0


Experience

The Seattle Times (264,000 daily circ.): Jan. 2010 - Present
Metro Intern, Web Producer
   --11-week internship on metro, online desks

Reno Gazette-Journal (65,000 daily circ.): June – Aug. 09
News Intern, City Desk Reporter
   --Covered Amber Alerts, fatal car accidents, farmers markets, state politics, swine flu, tea parties, welfare programs, wildfires and a rodeo
   --Wrote 91 stories, including 37 on the front page, in 12-week internship
   --Created five videos and one Flash project to accompany various articles

The Daily Northwestern, Evanston, Ill. (7,500 daily circ.): Sept. 07 – May 09
City Desk Editor, Beat Reporter
   --As editor, directed coverage of Evanston for its only daily newspaper, managed a staff of 20, assigned and edited all articles
   --As beat reporter, covered cops, education and local government, writing almost 200 articles

Logansport Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Ind. (11,000 daily): Summer 08
News Intern, General Assignment Reporter
   --Filled in at every beat, writing 58 articles about business, cops, courts, education, government and politics
   --Generated enterprise story ideas, especially for Sunday edition


Awards

10th Place Editorial/Column, "D65 tragedy": Dec. 2009
   --Among all U.S. college students
   --Awarded by the Hearst Journalism Awards Program

16th Place Spot-News Story, "2 hospitalized in house fire": April 2009
   --Among all U.S. college students
   --Awarded by the Hearst Journalism Awards Program

1st Place Feature Story, "City mayor builds long legacy": Feb. 2009
   --Among all Ill. daily college newspapers
   --Aawarded by the Illinois College Press Association

Eagle Scout: May 2006

Foutiene AC Duda Scholarship recipient: 2008-2010


Skills

Multimedia
   --Proficient in video (Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid), audio (Audacity) and Flash (Adobe)
   --Experience in photo editing (Adobe Photoshop), page design (Adobe InDesign) and HTML

Languages
   --Spanish: High proficiency in speaking, writing and reading.


References

Available upon request.