Journalism Resume Example

Campus Address: Messiah College, Box 6555, Grantham, PA 17027

Home Address: 34 Hope Lane, Westchester, NY, 12533

 myname@email.com (818) 223-3445

Minors in Journalism and Communication

Messiah College, Grantham, PA

GPA: 3.74, Dean’s List

* Supervise news, sports, magazine, opinion, website and photography editors

* Direct staff meetings, offer constructive criticism, discuss potential improvements

* Assist layout editor for weekly deadline

* Edit entire paper and oversee all final decisions regarding layout and content

* Researched stories and proposed story ideas

* Reported on public hearings and press conferences at City Hall

* Conducted interviews and wrote articles

* Responsible for entire four-page, biweekly campus publication

* Delegated stories to student writers

* Wrote an average of four stories an issue

* Edited publication and designed layout using Publisher program

* Assigned local stories to research and write for compensation

* Took digital photos to coincide with stories

* Researched and wrote local hard and soft story ideas

* Interviewed sources in the community

* Prepared packages for editing

* Met various local representatives at press conferences

* Chose stories from the Associated Press

* Ran the prompter for live evening news show

* Trained new interns

* Traveled through Italy, Germany, Ireland and France