News Journalist Resume

Nathan Hill
65, Lafayette Street
Los Angeles, CA, 3914
771-9634-981

OBJECTIVE

Seeking good opportunity for journalist with reputed organization to learn and improve skills.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Exceptional project administration skills.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to create high quality work under high pressure deadline situations.
Photography as well as layout and design experience.
Basic knowledge of web publishing tools and the ability to learn new technology quickly.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

News Editor (1995 to Present)
Los Angeles Daily News – Los Angeles, CA

Responsible for editing, rewriting, and authenticating technical user manuals, application papers, product description, data sheets, and specification books.
Receive text from technical staff and rewrites documentation in a clear and concise style. Improves editorial and visual standards for documents and recommends new designs, layouts and procedures as needed.
Edit, write and rewrite technical articles, publications, presentations, and other materials to communicate clearly and effectively research findings, technical developments, and other news and information to a wide range of external audiences.

Multimedia Journalist (1990 to 1995)
EW Scripps – Sunnyvale, CA

Maintained a close working relationship with potential news sources, real as well as general reporting, realizing the importance of building sources throughout the community, especially if assigned a particular topic area.
Written articles, taken photographs or shoot video as necessary to tell the story and as assigned by a supervising editor.
Generated stories on a multi-media urgency, with priority placed on posting as soon as possible, with print being secondary to the Web.
Maintained diversity of coverage, to give voice to all aspects of the community, not necessarily the most vocal or most prominent.
Developed updates to live stories throughout the day, with several deadlines built into the workday.

Freelance Writer (1987 to 1990)
Internet Brands, Inc. – New York, NY

Completed the papers within the set time frame, strictly following all the given details and messages from the client.
Answered the clients’ message ASAP.
Revised the paper until the client totally likes it (within 10 days after the first order submission).
Urgently revised the paper upon the client’s request.
Constantly checked for incoming emails from the company.

EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science in Communications in 1986
New York State University, New York, NY

Certified Official Journalist (COJ)

COMPUTER SKILLS

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