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Summary Of Qualifications: Ability to work in a high-pressure environment. Determined and enthusiastic with excellent verbal and written communication skills. Skills in newspaper reporting, editing and news design/layout. Bilingual in Spanish.

Experience: Southern Illinoisan; Aug. 26, 2001 to present.

·Intern: Responsible for nightly police coverage of 12 Southern Illinois counties. Generating two to three stories per week as well as enterprise work.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch; March 13, 2001 to June 1, 2001.

·Intern: Produced both news and features for Illinois bureau. Worked downtown police coverage on weekends as well as event coverage.

Rush Street Media; April 2000 to Nov. 2000.

·Freelance Writer: Crafted features on old Chicago night life for Rush Street Media's internet magazines, Left on Rush and Chicago Confidential.

Daily Egyptian, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Nov. 1998 to Dec. 2000.

·Managing Editor: Fall 2000. Responsibilities include assigning stories, serving as a liaison between reporting and art staffs, preparing news budgets and serving as second-in-command in day-to-day operations.

·News Editor: Summer 2000. Edited all news copy for content, AP style, grammar, punctuation and spelling.

·Section Editor: Summer 1999 - Spring 2000. Responsibilities included reporting and editing stories on deadline; assigning stories and photos to four reporters; directing coverage of university administration and campus life.

·Reporter: Fall 1998 - Spring 1999. Education: B.S. Journalism - Dec. 2001, Southern Illinois University.

Other Experience: Managed an equestrian camp for four summers at The Riding Center in Freeburg, Ill. President of SIUC Society of Professional Journalists, 1999-2000. Communications Chair of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority, 1999-2000. Experience with QuarkXPress, WordPerfect, Microsoft Word and HTML.

References: Tim Bross, Illinois editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 618.659.3630 Deb Kronowitz, publisher, Signature Bride magazine, 312.335.8774 Lance Speere, faculty managing editor, Daily Egyptian, 618.536.3307 William Recktenwald, Freedom Forum journalist-in-residence, SIUC, 618.264.5136