Jon
Davenport
www.jondavenport.com
315-***-**** *******@*****.***
** */* ****** ***. South Glens Falls, N. Y. 12803
Experience The Post-Star - poststar.com
Online Editor, Senior Editor: August 2010 - present
Coordinates daily presentation of all editorial content on poststar.com
Coordinates with reporters, editors to produce multimedia and interactive graphics for special
sections and projects
Designed, produced and maintain more than 25 interactive databases
Manages The Post-Star s social media presence using Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr
Produces three to five videos a week, including a weekly video blog chronicling one woman s
fight against breast cancer
Online Copy Editor: September 2009 - August 2010
Shot and edited more than 80 breaking news, features and sports videos
Created five award-winning interactive graphics using Flash and ActionScript 3.0
Led newsroom in implementing new content management system and website
Tracked and analyzed web metrics to plan daily content publication and maximize traffic
Untied Magazine - www.mnocapstone.com/untied
Lead Web Developer: May 2009 - June 2009
Led the team that built the magazine s website using XHTML and CSS
Coordinated with writers, photographers and videographers to post projects to the website
Designed interactive elements using Flash and ActionScript 2.0
The Post-Standard
Intern: January 2009 - May 2009
Wrote news and feature stories for the business desk
Produced multimedia projects featured on Syracuse.com to accompany articles
Congressional Quarterly - www.Cqpolitics.com
Intern: September 2008 - November 2008
Contributed blog posts and in-depth articles two to three times a week to The Report Card, a
blog dedicated to covering political activity on college campuses across the country
Took photographs and produced multimedia projects to accompany blog posts and articles
Generation Magazine
Features Editor: January 2008 - May 2008
Published numerous articles and columns, many chosen for cover play
Managed, advised and trained a staff of 10 student journalists
Edited all features copy
Skills Adobe Multimedia tools Programming Language
Flash Audacity HTML
Dreamweaver Caspio XHTML
Illustrator Final Cut Pro CSS
InDesign ActionScript 3
Soundslides
Photoshop WordPress Javascript
Education
Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Master of Arts in Newspaper, Magazine and Online Journalism - June 2009
State University of New York at Buffalo
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science - May 2008
Journalism Certificate Deans List Cum Laude
Awards 2010 New York State Associated Press Association Awards
First place Multimedia Package
First, Second and Third place Interactive Graphics
2009 - 2010 New York News Publishers Awards
Distinguished Online Graphics Award of Excellence