LEO: Literacy Education Online Skills Resume 6

Job Objective

A position as Economic Development Specialist with the St. Cloud Area Economic Development Partnership

The College of St. Thomas; Minneapolis, Minnesota
B.A. Double Major in Journalism and English, May 1994
GPA (4.0 scale) Majors: 3.0

Written Communication
• Write five original news stories daily for WJON/WWJO newscasts
• Create and produce scripts for the "St. Cloud Area Chamber Report" business program
• Write and edit special feature series reports on local business and education issues
• File stories with the Associated Press and Minnesota News Network
• Rewrite and edit copy from wire services and news releases

Oral Communication

• Anchor up to six WJON/WWJO newscast daily
• Contact officials and others daily for interviews and news story leads
• Anchor live coverage of various local events
• Report live from the scene of breaking news stories
• Narrate commercials and scripts for Westel Communications and the Liturgical Press, Inc.
• Address college and high school class on WJON/WWJO and Broadcast Newswriting
• Lector on local parish

Research

• Investigate leads for news stories
• Compile files on news stories, events, and people
• Conduct personal and telephone interviews to gather information for news stories
• Learn the international operation and structures of local governments and organizations
• Analyze national and state issues for possible local angles

Organization

• Supervise newsroom during afternoon shift
• Select and prepare materials for WJON/WWJO newcasts
• Schedule interviews and news coverage
• Coordinate writing, research, development, and production of "St. Cloud Area Chamber Report"

Business and Education News Reporter/Anchor
      WJON/WWJO Broadcasting, Inc.; St. Cloud, MN, 1996-present

News director/Reporter
      KSJR FM/Minnesota Public Radio; Collegeville, MN, 1994-1996

Production Assistant
      American Public Radio: "A Prairie Home Companion"; St. Paul, MN, 1994-1996

Narrator (talent)
      Westel Communications; St. Cloud, MN, 1996-present

Narrator
      The Liturgical Press, Inc.; Collegeville, MN, 1996-present

• Member of Industrial Division: St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce
• Member of Municipal Affairs Division: St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce
• Resource Person: College of St. Thomas Career Counseling Center
• Member of the Minnesota Center Chorale
• Member of Quite Light Opera Company
• Lector and Cantor at St. Peter's Parish