Years Experience Vice President

John Tucker

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

Address:

City: Goffstown

State: NH

Zip: 03045

Country: USA

Phone: 603-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

Thirty-five years experience in the newspaper business as a reporter and copy editor. Nationally syndicated college football columnist with Scripps Howard News Service (SHNS.com) for the past nine years and a Heisman Trophy elector for the past 22 years. Vice president of Manchester (NH) Newspaper Guild Local 31167 for the past seven years.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Penn State University, State College PA 1/2001 to 8/1977 (Journalism)

Job History / Details:

Professional Profile

Thirty-five years experience in the newspaper business as a reporter and copy editor. Nationally syndicated college football columnist with Scripps Howard News Service (SHNS.com) for the past nine years and a Heisman Trophy elector for the past 22 years. Vice president of Manchester (NH) Newspaper Guild Local 31167 for the past seven years.

Qualifications

Accomplished writer

Proficient copy editor/proofreader

Attention to detail

Self-motivated

Computer proficient

Results-oriented

Pagination and design

Ability to work efficiently under tight deadlines

Team leadership

Srong interpersonal and communication skills

Creative problem solving

Customer satisfaction

Multi-task management

Computer literate

Researching/factfinding

Accomplished at dispute resolution

Relevant Experience

Ten years of experience as a reporter covering city hall, town and city school board meetings and breaking news, as well as writing feature articles.Twenty-five years experience as a copy editor at the New Hampshire Union Leader, the state's largest daily and Sunday newspaper, holding positions on the desk as day sports editor, entertainment editor, obituary editor and assistant night editor (second in command on the night copy desk). Nationally syndicated college football columnist for Scripps Howard News Service (SHNS.com) for the past nine years.

Experience

June 14, 1982 to February 3, 2012

New Hampshire Union Leader Corp Manchester, NH

Copy Editor

Copy editing/proofreading newspaper articles, editorials and obituaries for the New Hampshire Union Leader over the past quarter century.

Writing headlines, designing and paginating pages.

The Associated Press stylebook has been used as the primary source of style guidelines at the New Hampshire Union Leader for more than 30 years.

Education

1977 Penn State University State College, PA

Bachelor of Arts Journalism

Affiliations

Penn State Alumni Association, Heisman Trophy Trust, Manchester (NH) Newspaper Guild, Communication Workers of America, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)

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