University Development

Hannah J. Connorton

*** ********* ******

Union City, New Jersey 07087

Phone: 401-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

Professional experience

Community Listings Collector, Patch, South Kingstown, RI

September 2010 - October 2010

. Collected and completed business directory listings for online news

source, South Kingstown Patch

. Updated listings to Patch.com regularly, meeting weekly deadlines in

preparation for site launch

. Served as a liaison to the public for Patch, promoting a hyper-local

online news source for community

. Worked effectively within a Patch team to achieve common goals

Reporter, The Narragansett Times, Southern Rhode Island Newspapers,

Wakefield, RI

September 2008 - September 2010

. Discovered and reported on local and statewide news in southern Rhode

Island

. Covered town government, community development, political and

scholastic meetings

. Composed in-depth feature stories on a variety of topics

. Liaison to the public for all University of Rhode Island news

. Attended and reported on a federal court case regarding the

ACLU/University of Rhode Island

. Over 100 front page articles and photographs published, AP style

. Managed website three times weekly for Narragansett and Chariho Times

newspapers

. Interim editor for month of March 2010 and also for multiple weeks

throughout the year

Photographer, The Narragansett Times, Southern Rhode Island Newspapers,

Wakefield, RI

September 2008 - September 2010

. Captured innovative, original photographs of breaking news and

political and social events

. Developed accompanying stories and captions to be published with

photographs

Paginator, The Narragansett Times, The Chariho Times, Southern Rhode Island

Newspapers, Wakefield, RI

September 2008 - September 2010

. Identified stories to be published on the front page according to

relevance, importance and proximity

. Edited all copy for style, spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity and

accuracy

. Creatively designed the front and inside pages of three newspapers a

week or more using Quark XPress

. Generated appropriate headlines and subheadings for stories,

photographs, letters, press releases, etc.

Promotions/Street Team, Kiss 108 Radio Station, Clear Channel

Communications, Inc. Medford, Mass.

December 2007 - May 2008

. Actively promoted the Kiss 108 radio station at live events throughout

the Northeast

. Involved the public in interactive games and activities to boost

station awareness

. Took leadership position and also worked effectively within a team to

achieve company goals

. Coordinated and emceed various promotional events

Education

The University of Rhode Island

Bachelor of Arts, May 2009

Major: Journalism

References available on request.

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