Service General

JOHN M. HALL

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Baptist General Convention of Texas

Dallas, TX April 2006 - present

News Director

Manage News Team, which communicates the work of

Texas Baptists through writing and photography for

the BGCT website, Baptist media and most recently the

BGCT web log. Also helped create a public relations

plan for the convention and performed some media

relations duties.

. Created publicity conservatively valued at more

than $1 million dollars in 2009 and again in the

first two months of 2010.

. Successfully placed stories in the Associated

Press, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, San

Antonio Express-News and Amarillo Globe-News.

. Manage the newsroom at the BGCT Annual Meeting.

. Conducted press conferences.

. Served as convention spokesperson.

Baptist General Convention of Texas

Dallas, TX September 2002 - April 2006

News Writer

Worked as part of the News Team, which communicates

the work of Texas Baptists through writing and

photography for the BGCT website, Baptist media and

Texas Baptists magazine.

. Among the most published writers on Associated

Baptist Press, a national news service.

. Among the most published writers in the Baptist

Standard.

Baptist General Convention of Texas, The Baptist Standard, Buckner

Benevolences

Dallas, TX June 2002 - August 2002

Intern

Wrote feature stories for all three organizations.

The Baylor Lariat

Waco, TX January 2002 - May 2002

Webmaster

Designed and populated the website for The Baylor

Lariat, the student newspaper of Baylor University.

The Baptist Standard

Dallas, TX August 2001 - May 2002

Freelance Writer

Wrote hard news and feature stories for The Baptist

Standard. Covered the kidnapping of two women with

Baylor connections who were working in Afghanistan.

The Picket

Waco, TX August 2001 - December 2001

Web Intern

Populated web pages of prison units.

Associated Baptist Press

Jacksonville, FL June 2001 - August 2001

Intern

Wrote feature stories for the national press service.

Covered parts of the annual meetings of the Southern

Baptist Convention and Cooperative Baptist

Fellowship.

The Baylor Lariat

Waco, TX January 2001 - May 2001

Staff Writer

Wrote hard news stories for the Baylor University

student newspaper. Covered the police beat for the

publication.

The Baylor Lariat

Waco, TX August 2000 - December 2000

Reporter

Wrote hard news and feature stories for the Baylor

University student newspaper. Covered the religion

beat for the publication. Work included articles from

the 2000 annual meeting of the Baptist General

Convention of Texas.

EDUCATION

Baylor University, May 2002

Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism/Religion

COMPUTER SKILLS PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Proficient with digital cameras,

Functional Spanish skills

Dreamweaver, Microsoft particularly the Nikon D100 and

FrontPage, CuteFTP, BulletProof D200

FTP, Adobe Photoshop

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Texas Public Relations Association

Best of Texas Merit Award 2008

Baptist Communicators Association

Leonard Holloway Award for "Exceptional Achievement in Feature

Writing" 2005

Baptist Communicators Association

First Place: Single Feature Article in a Newspaper 2005

Baptist Communicators Association

First Place: Single News Article in a Newspaper 2003

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