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Thomas Lenneberg

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Experience

Arizona Cardinals, Media Relations Game-Day Intern/Weekly Assistant, August 2011-present

Create and conduct Q & A s with players for the game program

Transcribe head coach s weekly press conference and opposing team s weekly conference calls

Oversee credential check-in for media personnel, regulate photographer check-in on the field and transcribe postgame quotes

from players and coaches at all home games

Arizona State University Sports Information Department, Media Relations Assistant, January 2010-present

Lead designer and editor of the 2011 online ASU football media guide and responsible for updating football bios

Write a variety of weekly and postgame football press releases, create postgame football notes (2010, 2011 seasons) and

handle nomination forms for various football-related scholarships

Responsible for pulling football players from locker room for postgame press conferences and help manage post-practice

media requests

Assistant media relations coordinator for 2012 NCAA Men s Basketball Regional in Phoenix

Served as sports information director for the 2010 ASU water polo season, which included producing weekly game

notes and overseeing all media related activities throughout the season and three-day 2010 ASU Invite

Phoenix Mercury, Media Relations Game-Day Staff, July 2011-October 2011

Compiled information for postgame notes and contributed to 2011 playoff media guide

Delivered statistics, assisted in both pregame and postgame responsibilities, solved game-day related problems and

transcribed visiting-team quotes, which often included creating and asking my own questions

Harlem Globetrotters, Communications Intern, May 2011-August 2011

Contact for elementary school C.H.E.E.R. Program, which included researching and locating districts and schools, and

coordinating with school and team officials to schedule player visits

Collaborated with other departments to help coordinate, market and promote events in the community, including working

with local hotels to promote the team s four-day event in Wildwood, N.J., in August

AthleticPress.com, Student Intern, September 2010- December 2010

Wrote and published lengthy feature stories, including a series of profiles on prominent high-school offensive linemen in

Arizona, and was responsible for all aspects of the news process, including researching, pitching and editing

Updated the website, which included adjusting scoreboards, creating polls and adding photos

Portland Beavers & Portland Timbers, Media Relations Intern, May 2009-August 2009

Co-editor of 2009 Triple-A All-Star Game program and 2009 Portland Beavers season program, volume two

Co-created and authored the trading cards for both the Beavers and the Timbers

Wrote and posted recaps of Beavers baseball games and Timbers soccer matches

Responsible for pregame stat packs, setting up press areas and distributing information on game days

ASU Sports Information Department, Media Relations Student Volunteer, January 2008-December 2009

Worked at ASU sporting events, including men s and women s basketball and golf, soccer, football and baseball

Wrote and posted recaps of 2008-09 ASU men s basketball games, and handled bulk of SID duties for men s golf, including

writing tournament previews and recaps, updating bios and distributing team information (January 2009-September 2011)

Press conference liaison for 2009 NCAA Men s Basketball Regional and 2010 NCAA Women s Basketball opening rounds

Education

Arizona State University, December 2011 expected B.A. degree

Currently enrolled in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism with a focus on print journalism and a minor in Justice Studies

3.85 GPA through eight semesters

Academic awards include dean s list every semester and Phi Eta Sigma & Alpha Lamdba Delta honors societies

Skills

Proficient in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash and Illustrator, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Final Cut and

Soundtrack Pro, CSS and HTML, various publishing programs, blog tools, social media, videography and photography

Relevant coursework includes an advanced online media class, magazine/feature writing and advanced editing for print

Published work in The Oregonian, Mesa Independent, East Valley Living, TheSunDevils.com and AthleticPress.com

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