National Public Radio, Washington, DC | Intern June 2010 – August 2010 Pitching story ideas, writing scripts, booking guests and conducting research for NPR's "Weekend Edition." In addition, I reported for "Intern Edition," a tri-yearly online radio program created entirely by interns. CollegeNewsNetwork.org | Co-founder and editor October 2009 – Present Establishing a student newspaper syndicate website with more than 50 member newspapers from 30 states. The Post, Athens, Ohio | Managing Editor August 2010 – June 2011 Editing front page stories plus coordinating four news and two visual staffs for SPJ's 2008 and 2009 best student newspaper in Ohio. WGAL-TV, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | Intern June 2009 – August 2009 Reporting, editing and writing news full time for the market's most watched TV news station. WITF – FM, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Intern June – August 2008 Interning for the National Public Radio news affiliate in our state's capital. Conducting interviews, editing digital tape and writing copy to be read on air the next day. My four-minute featureaired several times on Morning Edition throughout 17 counties. It is located at this URL: http://tinyurl.com/witfsegway. The Post, Athens, Ohio | Associate Editor August 2009 – June 2010 Running the opinion page and a staff of about 15, responding to readers, editing columns toward hyper-localism and writing editorials. The Post, Athens, Ohio | Staff Writer September 2007 – June 2009 Writing at least two stories per week and pitching ideas for the independent daily student newspaper of Ohio University with a circulation of 14,000. I covered crime on campus and in the city during my freshman year, regularly appearing on scene for breaking news stories, two of which were syndicated by the Associated Press, in addition to my long-term features. The next year I covered student affairs and administration of Ohio University. Washington Post Youth Vote ’08 Blog| Satire Correspondent August – November 2008 Contributing weekly political satire pieces on candidates and news coverage for the first joint political blog between WashingtonPost.com, CBSNews.com and UWire.com. Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | Sports Correspondent December 2007 – January 2008 Profiling local athletes for the front page of the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal sports section. Education Ohio University June 2007 – May 2011 Athens, OH News writing and editing major in the Scripps School of Journalism in Athens, Ohio. Lancaster Catholic High School August 2003 – May 2007 Lancaster, PA References Tom Suddes Plain Dealer/Ohio University Columnist/Adjunct asst. Professor 740-593-0012 Scott Gilbert WITF-FM News Director 717-910-2905 Chris Kardish The Post Campus Staff Editor 614-804-3145 |