High School Technician

Joseph Johnson

P.O. Box **** • Raleigh, NC ***** • 919-***-**** cell 919-***-**** • **********@*****.***

Education Career Experiences

B.A. in Communication

Professional

Mass Communication

concentration Free-lance, Raleigh, NC

May 1994

North Carolina State

Reporter/Copy Editor

to present

University, June 1993

• Founded Capital Correspondence, which provides newspa-

pers across North Carolina with localized stories to supplement

Technical Skills Associated Press coverage of state government. General Assembly

Computer Knowledge coverage includes customized voting record reports and breaking

• Adobe InDesign news coverage.

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe Illustrator • Maintained and edited on-line content for The Insider, a daily

• Adobe Flash

newsletter covering the North Carolina General Assembly.

• Microsoft Office

• Macromedia Director

• Contributed sports features and game stories to The Associated

• SQL and Postgres SQL

Press, The Herald-Sun, The Winston-Salem Journal and to

• HTML programming

The Wolfpacker.

• PHP programming

• ACI-Open Pages

• MediaDex

NCSU Student Media, Raleigh, NC

September 2013

• Apple iLife Suite

Journalist in Residence

Photography

Responsible for mentoring the staffs of the Technician and

Extensive experience

The Nubian Message as a professional journalist through

with journalistic, event and

individual and group sessions.

people photography. Also

possess advanced digital

darkroom skills. The Herald-Sun, Durham, NC

August 2009

Preps Editor/Reporter

to August 2011

Audio-Video Production

Broad knowledge of Responsible for high school, collegiate and professional sports

eight-track studio recording. coverage. Compiled stories and designed pages for publication.

General experience with Also managed and mentored a group of part-time and collegiate

portable video editing and

reporters who assisted with high school reporting.

packaging.

The Shelby Star, Shelby, NC

June 1993

Professional Affiliations Reporter/Copy Editor

to May 1994

N.C. Capitol Press Corps, Responsible for professional, collegiate and high school sports

president, 1998-99 coverage. Also compiled stories and designed pages for publication.

Associate Member, North

Carolina Press Association

Collegiate

Social Affiliations Technician, NCSU Newspaper

April 1992

Editor in Chief

to April 1993

Raleigh Sports Club

Responsible for the editorial content of a three-times per week

YMCA of the Triangle

award-winning newspaper. Prepared and maintained a budget of

$400,000. Managed a staff of 125. Balanced the demands of a

rigorous academic schedule while ensuring the Technician was

published in a timely fashion.

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