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Experience
Arizona Capitol Times, February 2010-May 2010
  • Intern: Wrote a variety of articles ranging from daily coverage of the Arizona State Legislature to long-term enterprise stories and had several photographs published in the newspaper and website.
  • Wrote at least one story per week while working around 18 hours weekly.
    The Downtown Devil, January 2009-Present
  • Editor, co-founder and multimedia reporter: Helps run and maintain the website, write stories and produce slideshows of events in the Phoenix area.
  • The Downtown Devil is a student-run online news website dedicated to providing news to ASU students at the Downtown Phoenix campus and surrounding area that was established in January 2009.
    Ahwatukee Foothills News, August 2009-December 2009
  • News Intern: Covered news and feature stories in the Ahwatukee community and provided own photographs.
  • Wrote approximately one story per week while working at least 10 hours weekly.
    The State Press, August 2009-December 2009
  • Part-time reporter: Worked on a weekly deadline covering stories in Phoenix and Tempe relating to ASU.
  • Wrote one story per week, contributed to special sections and attended weekly budget meetings.
    KNXV-TV (ABC15), June 2009-August 2009
  • Web Intern: Worked in the ABC15.com web department producing articles for the website and working with CMS.
  • Wrote more than 80 web scripts while working 16 hours per week and was named one of the top contributors to the website for four consecutive weeks.
    The Corona del Sol Sunrise, August 2006-May 2008
  • News Editor (August 2007-May 2008), Staff Writer (August 2006-May 2007)
  • National Pacemaker Award, November 2007

    Skills
  • Photography: Received a fine arts photography education (August 2005-May 2008), Canon Digital Rebel XTi owner
  • Adobe Photoshop: Ability to edit photographs and create images
  • Adobe InDesign: Used program to design pages for The Sunrise as the news editor
  • Videography: Ability to use handy cam, microphone, tripod and related equipment to shoot video packages
  • Final Cut Pro: Ability to edit video footage and audio to create news packages
  • Dreamweaver: Has basic knowledge of creating a website using HTML coding
  • WordPress.com: Proficient in using Content Management Systems
  • Spanish: Pursuant of a minor at ASU's School of Letters and Sciences

    Education
    Arizona State University, August 2008-Present
  • Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Barrett, the Honors College
  • School of Letters and Sciences
  • GPA: 3.82
  • Walter Cronkite School Dean's List, Fall 2008, Spring 2009 and Fall 2009 semesters
  • Anticipated Degrees by May 2012: Master's Degree of Mass Communication, Bachelor's Degree of Journalism (print specialization), Spanish Minor
    Corona del Sol High School, August 2004-May 2008
  • GPA: 4.0 (unweighted), 4.7 (weighted)
  • Class Rank: #21/675 (top 3.1 percent)

    References
    Matt Bunk: Arizona Capitol Times, Managing Editor
  • 602.889.7132 (matt.bunk@azcapitoltimes.com)
    Doug Murphy: Ahwatukee Foothills News, Reporter
  • 480.898.7914 (dmurphy@ahwatukee.com)
    Chris Kline: KNXV-TV (ABC15), Executive Producer of New Media Content
  • 602.685.3055 (ckline@abc15.com)
    Andy Ramirez, KNXV-TV (ABC15), Managing Editor
  • 602.685.6384 (aramirez@abc15.com)