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Experience
Newszine. Gainesville, FL August 2003 -- present
Web producer

  • Produce stories for a weekly Web-based news magazine, which has gotten more than 260,000 hits since Jan. 1.

  • Learned basic HTML code and worked with Photoshop and Dreamweaver to package stories for website.

  • Helped design website for Orange & Blue Magazine, a twice-yearly student-produced publication for the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications.

  • Created and maintain personal website.

College of Journalism and Communications. Gainesville, FL August 2003 -- present
Writing coach

  • Helped instructor coach students while they wrote in-class assignments and checked for grammar, spelling and AP style mistakes.

Independent Florida Alligator. Gainesville, FL October 2000 -- July 2003
Editor, managing editor, news copy desk chief, copy editor

  • Coordinated with department heads to produce a newspaper with a 43,000 circulation - the largest independent student newspaper in the nation.

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  • Organized and dispersed more than $100,000 into the editorial budget for 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 fiscal budgets.

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  • Was in charge of handling payroll for a staff of about 60.

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  • Trained more than 50 employees in all areas of production. Also co-wrote the 2002 Alligator stylebook.

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  • While editor (Spring 2003), newspaper was awarded the "Best Newspaper" in the public university category by Florida Leader Magazine.

Media Relations Group. Miami, FL Summer 2001
Public relations intern

  • Wrote and edited press releases. Organized and distributed press kits to businesses around the nation.

  • Worked with Spanish and English publications to print release.

  • Organized and schedules meetings with the press and firm's clients.

  • Clients included Florida Department of Transportation and AvMed Health Plans.

 

Other skills
Fluent in Spanish. Proficient in Photoshop 7.0.1, Dreamweaver MX, HTML, Excel, Word, Power Point, Xywrite and Corel Ventura. Also created and maintain a journalism blog, News Addendum.

 

References
Ed Barber
General Manager of the Alligator
Owner of Campus Communications, Inc.
(352) 376-4446
Donna Pazdera
Adjunct lecturer, University of Florida
(352) 392-6557
Laurence Alexander
Associate Professor, University of Florida
(352) 392-0448
Alicia Gonzalez
President, Media Relations Group
(786) 218-6645
(305) 254-8598