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KELTON BROOKS
401 Hathorn Road
Oxford, MS 38655
E-mail: ********@**.*******.***
Website: brooksweekly.com
Phone no: 901-***-****
EDUCATION
The University of Mississippi University, MS
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism Anticipated: May 2013
Emphasis: Print, Minor: English
RELATED EXPERIENCE
The Daily Mississippian 08/2012 – present
Reporter – Gather information on specific subjects, events, or people; write two to three stories per week for publication; cover press conferences and other scheduled public events.
Ramblinfan.com 11/2012 – present
Staff Writer A Sports Network site part of SportIllustrated; wrote two to three articles a week covering news content about the St. Louis Rams
Hattiesburg American 11/2012
Contributing Reporter Conducted interviews and wrote stories for a publication in a news paper
Madison County Journal 10/2012
Contributing Reporter Interviewed individuals for assigned stories and wrote articles for publication in a newspaper
ESPNU 12/2010; 11/2012
Campus Connection Served in various roles, including producer, sideline reporter, play-by-play announer, utility and camera operator
UNITE Served as Script Director, responsible for notating changes in scripts for television production and preparing reports for the production team.
Urban Fellows Internship, City Hall Office of Contract Compliance; Memphis TN 05/2012-08/2012
Intern Gathered information, interviewed subjects and wrote articles for the October 2012 issue of Minority Women and Business Enterprise online magazine
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Blogging
Created and uploaded news and sports content regarding the NFL, coverage of Oxford High School football games including pre-game and post-game interviews for brooksweekly.com
Podcasting
Online radio commentary of sports topics via BlogTalkRadio.com
Editing software
InDesign, Final Cut Pro, iPhoto, Photoshop, FlipShare
Computer SkillS
Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Publisher, PowerPoint)
SOCIAL MEDIA SKILLS
Twitter: @ijuswanawrite Facebook: Kelton Brooks Website: brooksweekly.com
Publicize articles through Twitter, Facebook and Storify and provide commentary of current sports topics and news content of UMABJ such as meetings and events
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
UMABJ (University Mississippi Association of Black Journalist)
Officer, Co-social media manager 08/2011 – present
University of Mississippi 10/2012
High School debate judge
References
Deidra Jackson
Instructor of Journalism/Interim Director of Academic Advising
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Dottie Berry
Vice President of Strategic Planning and Analysis at FedEx
Rose Flenorl
Manager of Social Responsibility/Communications at FedEx
Robin Street
Lecturer in Journalism
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