Content Management

Mary

Desmond

********@***.***, 845-***-****, ** W. 73rd New York, N.Y. 10023

Experience Religion Reporter Ernest Cawcroft Journalism Fellow

The Chautauquan Daily, Chautauqua, N.Y. June 2012 August 2012

Covered the religion beat at the Chautauqua Institution. Wrote eight to ten articles weekly,

including features and hard news stories, on topics including religion, politics, international

affairs and technology, wrote headlines, selected pull quotes, tagged stories for optimization

Awarded the Ernest Cawcroft Journalism Fellowship.

Copy Editor Internship

The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y., January 2012 May 2012

Edited articles and briefs for content, AP-Style, grammar, spelling and punctuation, paginated

copy using Harris News Production System, designed and paginated 10-20 page newspaper

insert, worked with a team of editors to create community news section of daily paper, proof

read copy

Section Editor

Lostgirlsworld.com, May 2011 Present

Write and edit feature travel articles, manage a team of freelance writers, optimize articles

for search engine algorithms, assist with website maintenance and social media for a

women’s travel website with 200,000 monthly impressions

Urban Affairs Reporter

The Stand, Syracuse N.Y., January 2010 January 2011

Covered the South Side of Syracuse, N.Y., reported and wrote features and hard news

stories on social issues, schools, economics and public events. Published articles to print and

the web, provided accompanying photographs for all articles, copy-edited articles for content,

AP-style, wrote headlines, captions, pulled quotes and paginated copy

Editorial Intern

Citypath.com, New York, N.Y., May 2011 August 2011

Wrote and edited articles on New York City nightlife and lifestyle, managed a team of free

lance writers, optimized articles for SEO, worked alongside the editorial director, uploading

and managing all editorial content

Editorial Intern

The Liberal Democrat News, London, United Kingdom, August 2010 December 2010

Collaborated with executive editor, edited and proofed weekly paper, assisted in design, pulled

quotes, wrote captions, created the political party’s first e-newsletter

Education Syracuse University, May 2012, Summa Cum Laude, 3.9 GPA

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, College of Arts and Sciences

B.A. in Newspaper and Online Journalism, International Relations.

Skills Proficient in Spanish, conversational Italian

Final Cut Pro, Soundslides Plus, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Associated

Press writing style, Chicago writing style, Lexis Nexis, content management systems, SEO,

WordPress, social media: blogging, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr

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