Local Editor, Southampton - Editing and proofing copy, writing articles, shooting and editing photos and video, managing a budget and freelancers, and promoting website with social media.
Patch.com
October 2010 to present

Web Editor - Editing and managing the website of The Southampton Press and The East Hampton Press, weekly newspapers on the East End of Long Island, New York. Copy-editing both web and print content.
27east.com, The Press News Group
July 2009 to October 2010

Staff Writer - Writingh hard news and features for the News, Arts & Living, and Residence sections of The Southampton Press.
The Southampton Press, The Press News Group
January 2008 to July 2009

Editor-in-Chief - Leading a staff of more than a dozen editors and scores of writers to put out a weekly campus newspaper at a large, metro-area private university. Two editorials were selected by The New York Times for publication in its Long Island section. Under my leadership, The Chronicle won several awards from the Newsday School Journalism Awards and the New York Press Association Better College Newspaper Contest.
The Chronicle, Hofstra University
May through December 2007

Intern - Full-time reporter during summer break from college. Writing five to eight articles a week for the News, Arts & Living and Residence sections of the paper of record for the Town of Southampton.
The Southampton Press, The Press News Group
Summer 2007

News Editor - Generating story ideas, assigning stories and photographs, copy-editing, layout and design for award-winning college newspaper.
The Chronicle, Hofstra University
September 2006 to May 2007

Reporter & Columnist - Writing news and features about on-campus and off-campus events, incidents and issues, and a biweekly column of opinion on national issues.
The Chronicle, Hofstra University
September 2005 to May 2007

3rd place, Feature story, NYPA 2009 Better Newspaper Contest
3rd place, Spot News Photo, NYPA 2009 Better Newspaper Contest
3rd place, Coverage of Health, Health Care & Science, NYPA 2008 Better Newspaper Contest
Lambda Pi Eta, communication studies honor society - inducted Spring 2007
Pi Sigma Alpha, political science honor society - inducted Spring 2007
Dean's List - six consecutive semesters
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America - January 2005
Vigil Honor, Order of the Arrow, honor society of the B.S.A. - April 2006
Hofstra University Presidential Scholarship - renewed every semester
Hofstra University Honors College Scholarship - renewed every semester
People to People Student Ambassador - Summer 2003

Joe Shaw
Executive Editor, The Southampton Press

Andrew Botsford
Associate Editor, The Southampton Press

“Brendan was an exemplary intern at The Southampton Press, fulfilling his more menial responsibilities efficiently and with style, and going above and beyond what was asked of him in writing enterprise stories, assigned features and hard news for all sections of all the papers in the Press News Group. His performance as an intern earned him an invitation to come on board as a full-time staffer after his graduation.” 

Carol Fletcher
Associate Professor, Hofstra University

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