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Bersaglio St.

Las Vegas, NV

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March 20,

2014

The Eastridge Group

Dear Human Resources:

My print journalism experience and my editing and writing skills makes me

an excellent candidate to fill the copy editor position with The Eastridge

Group in Las Vegas.

That experience includes copy editing content for a Las Vegas-based credit

card company on a temporary basis through the Apple One employment agency

from November 2013 to January 2014.

My most recent writing and journalism experience was as a reporter for

Pacific Business News in Honolulu, HI. I covered transportation, including

Honolulu International Airport, military contracting, health care, sports,

and other subjects. That job honed my writing abilities and it improved

other skills of mine that would be assets for the copy editor position.

I was a freelance editor and reporter for Patch.com in the San Francisco

Bay Area before I took the job with Pacific Business News. I wrote news

stories, edited news articles, shot digital photos and videos, and I posted

stories and other content online.

During my career, I also worked for the military's independent newspaper,

Stars and Stripes, in Europe (www.stripes.com). I was based in Germany and

I worked in England and Italy as well. I shot digital photos for that job,

wrote several news stories each week, and pitched stories to editors.

Before I worked for Stars and Stripes in Europe, I was a reporter for the

Daily News Group and the Bay Area News Group. The Daily News Group's

publications include the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Oakland

Tribune, and other newspapers. I covered Stanford University and general

assignment before I transferred to cover the cities of Burlingame, San

Carlos, and Foster City. I also covered police and public safety and San

Francisco International Airport.

I have also worked for another daily newspaper chain in the San Francisco

Bay Area during my career. I covered a city in the Bay Area before I

switched beats to cover the police and public safety. Covering cops in a

metropolitan area sharpened my abilities to work under tight deadlines and

work in a fast-paced environment.

My experience in the Bay Area included an assignment in San Diego in early

2002 to report on two Marines after they returned from Afghanistan. The San

Diego assignment was my idea, and it showed I can work well away from the

office and work independently when I have to do so.

I believe my experience and my talents would be valuable for the copy

editor position, and I look forward to discussing that opportunity with you

in the near future.

Sincerely,

Mark Abramson

Mark Abramson

4755 Bersaglio St.

Las Vegas, NV 89135

Phone: 702-***-****

E-mail: acc8p9@r.postjobfree.com

Career accomplishments and skills:

I am a skilled writer and journalist with more than 13 years of experience

working for print and online publications in the United States and in

Europe. I have covered everything from science to business and government,

the U.S. military overseas and in the United States, Nobel Prize winners,

transportation, President Obama overseas, Stanford University, and police

and public safety. I also know AP Style and several different journalism

word processing programs, I can shoot quality digital photos, and I have

learned several different content management systems.

Website with clips:

www.markabramson.wordpress.com

Education:

Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism with a minor in political science

from San Diego State University

Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Arizona State University

Writing and Reporting Experience:

Reporter for Pacific Business News in Honolulu, HI, from November 2011 to

June 2013

. Covered military contracting, government, heath care, transportation,

sports, labor and other subjects

. Blogging, Tweeting, shooting digital photography, and writing for

print and online publication

Freelance journalist in the San Francisco Bay Area, including for

Patch.com, from October 2010 to November 2011

Reporter, limited tenure, for Stars and Stripes Europe based in

Kaiserslautern, Germany, from August 2008 to March 2010

. Covered all branches of the U.S. military while working at bases in

Germany, England, and Italy

. Digital photography

Reporter for the Daily News Group in San Mateo, CA, from August 2006 to

August 2008

. Covered three cities, courts, public safety, Stanford University, San

Francisco International Airport, and other topics

Reporter for the Lompoc Record in Lompoc, CA, from October 2003 to August

2006

. Covered the city of Lompoc, courts, Vandenberg Air Force Base at

times, some state politics, and police and public safety

. Digital photography

Reporter for ANG Newspapers the Tri-Valley Herald San Joaquin Bureau in

Tracy, CA, and The Daily Review in Hayward, CA, from July 2000 to October

2002

. Covered the city of San Leandro before switching to covering police,

public safety, the military, and courts

. Wrote four to 11 stories a week covering the cities of Lathrop,

Manteca, and later San Leandro and public safety

Reporter for the Tracy Press in Tracy, CA, from, April 2000 to July 2000

. Covered police and public safety

Reporter for the Kingman Daily Miner in Kingman, AZ, from February 1999 to

April 2000

0. Covered the courts, police department, sheriff's office, and fire

departments

1. Digital photography

Reporter for The Glendale Star in Glendale, AZ, from June 1998 to February

1999

2. Covered Luke Air Force Base, city government, Arizona State

University, public safety, features, and general assignment

3. Digital photography

Paid internship for the Las Vegas Review-Journal View papers in Las Vegas,

in the summer of 1997

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