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