CLINT THOMAS
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Professional Experience:
Writer/Editor/Copywriter/Columnist
HD Media Advertising & Marketing Department
February 1989 – Present
Write and edit news, feature, advertorial (real estate, automotive, health care, etc.), advertising and business articles and columns/editorials, print and Web/social media posts, for The Charleston Gazette-Mail.
Copywriter
Fahlgren & Swink Advertising
Wrote and produced print, broadcast, collateral and other copy for Blue Cross/Blue Shield, West Virginia Lottery, United Way and other accounts.
Copywriter
Jack J. Morris & Associates Advertising & Public Relations
Sole copywriter for full-service advertising/public relations agency. Primary clients were builders of upscale homes in metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. Work appeared in The Washington Post, Washingtonian, Regardies, and other area publications. Some account executive and media buying duties.
Writer/Editor
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office of Congressional & Public Affairs
Supervised a staff responsible for twice-daily compilation of pertinent news information for FBI Director and other Justice Department officials. Compiled weekly magazine synopses, monthly synopses for FBI field offices, and scripts for ABC Radio Network series "FBI Washington."
Education:
West Virginia University
BSJ, Journalism
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