Content University

Arielle Retting

571-***-**** abp8a6@r.postjobfree.com *110 Coronado Terrace; Fairfax, Virginia 22031

Internships

The Roanoke Times Web producing and reporting Christiansburg, Va. Starting in January 2012

Will create, edit and publish multimedia content for a new print section and community blog called The Burgs

The Roanoke Times Reporting Christiansburg, Va. August 2011-present

Wrote stories for print and online editions in the front, Virginia and New River Valley sections, some of which were

picked up by the Associated Press and were republished in publications such as USA TODAY

Dow Jones News Fund at The Virginian-Pilot Copy desk Norfolk, Va. June 2011-August 2011

One of 68 students selected nationwide to complete a two-week editing and design training program before spending

the summer editing copy for print and online editions, writing headlines and cutlines and trimming wire stories

Web Communications Department Reporting, photo and Web Radford University January 2011-May 2011

Wrote weekly profiles, took photos and helped create pages with a content management system

Connection Newspapers Copy editing and reporting Alexandria, Va. May 2010-August 2010

Wrote weekly news and feature stories, edited copy on deadline, took photos and helped manage online content

Field Experience and Related Activities

Whim Online Magazine Editor-in-Chief, December 2009-present Head Copy Editor, August 2008-May 2009

Oversaw weekly productions, edited and produced daily content and handled all administrative duties

The Poynter Institute Freelance copy editor June 2011-present

Edited content of Poynter News University seminars before they went live

The New York Times Freelance photographer April 2011

Took photos that ran in The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education and The International Herald Tribune

Student Media Committee President Radford University August 2011-present

Led meetings for the body that oversees all Radford University student media organizations

The Tartan Copy Editor Radford University January 2009-May 2011

Edited copy for print and online editions and attended weekly productions

Skills

Web Production Multimedia Social Media

Design

-Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 -Final Cut Express -Twitter

-Adobe InDesign CS5

-WordPress -Soundslides -Facebook

-Adobe Photoshop CS5

-HTML5 -iMovie -Linked In

-Adobe Illustrator CS5

-CSS 3 -FlipShare -Tumblr

-Adobe InCopy CS5

Education and Fellowships

Bachelor of Science in Journalism Radford University Radford, Va. Expected May 2012

Dean s list for five of six semesters; LEAD Scholar

Poynter Fellowship for College Journalists The Poynter Institute May 2011

One of 22 college journalists selected worldwide to participate in a fellowship focused on multimedia storytelling

Campus Coverage Project Hosted by IRE, SPLC and EWA January 2011

One of 60 students selected to attend a three-day conference about investigative and computer-assisted reporting

Awards and Honors

Lighthouse Award The Roanoke Times January 2011

Society of Professional Journalists Virginia Pro Chapter Educational Foundation Scholarship 2011

Junior of the Year Award Radford University s School of Communication 2010-2011

References

Brian Cleveland Copy Desk Chief at The Virginian-Pilot abp8a6@r.postjobfree.com 757-***-****

Joe Staniunas Journalism professor at Radford University abp8a6@r.postjobfree.com 540-***-****

Geoff White Assistant Director for Student Media at Radford University abp8a6@r.postjobfree.com 540-***-****

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