Project Company
Resume:
ALLEN E. FRIEND, JR.
Walhalla, South Carolina 29691
E-mail: ******.********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
I am an experienced, multifaceted journalist with more than 20 years of experience in the Media industry as a Reporter, Editor, Photographer, Copy Editor/Proofreader, Layout and Page Designer, and Desktop Publisher. I am seeking a challenging position with a progressive company/publication that would best utilize my skills and experience.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
May 2010-July 2013
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, Clemson, South Carolina
Project Coordinator I, Call Me MISTER Program, Eugene T. Moore School of Education
Responsible for assisting Call Me MISTER project management with administration activities and support related to implementation and media coverage. Responsibilities included:
* Coordinating shooting and distribution of pictures for Program partners and stakeholders;
* Communicating scheduling and event information to project team and stakeholders;
* Collecting and assembling data related to program activities;
* Assisting with facilitation of meetings and distribution of information;
* Tracking, updating and maintaining project requirements and issues;
* Developing vital and innovative publications and materials pertaining to the Call Me MISTER Program.
Feb. 2007-present
FREELANCE WRITER/PHOTOGRAPHER, Walhalla, S.C.
Responsibilities include providing written stories; photography; editing and proofreading; laying out and designing pages.
Feb. 1998-Feb. 2007
SOUTH CAROLINA BLACK MEDIA GROUP, INC., Columbia, S.C.
Associate Editor/Graphic Artist/Reporter/Photographer Responsibilities include providing general news and sports reporting and photography; editing and proofreading other stories; laying out and designing pages; and composing advertising copy for award-winning weekly minority newspaper.
Aug. 2000-May 2001
BRUCCOLI CLARK LAYMAN/MANLY, INC., Columbia, S.C. Copyeditor/Proofreader
Responsible for editing and proofreading chapters and essays for literary and scholastic reference books for Detroit, MI-based company (among the reference titles: Dictionary of Literary Biography; American Decades; History in Dispute). Was a member of a seven-member department.
April 3-May 24, 2000
NATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC., Iowa City, Iowa
Professional Scorer/Evaluator
Responsible for evaluating eighth-grade and eleventh-grade student responses to subject-related, open-ended essay questions. Worked for duration of seven-week project at the NCS regional performance testing and scoring site in Columbia, South Carolina.
Sept. 1990- Feb. 1998
MBD MEDIA, LLC (formerly T & N PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.), Columbia, S.C.
Reporter/Editor/Photographer
Responsible for providing general news reporting and photography; editing and proofreading other stories; laying out and designing pages; and occasionally composing and designing ads for two weekly minority newspapers (Carolina Panorama--Columbia, Piedmont Post--Greenville) and a quarterly public relations tabloid (The Progressive American Magazine).
May 1989-Sept. 1990
LANDMARK COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC. (THE LANCASTER NEWS), Lancaster, S.C.
Education Reporter/Photographer
Responsible for providing education-related news stories relating to the school districts of Lancaster County and the University of South Carolina- Lancaster; photography on an as-needed basis corresponding to all stories and features; and occasional sports reporting and photography.
**I have also completed college reporting internships with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Summer 1988) and the now-defunct Baltimore Evening Sun (Summer 1987, through the Academy for Future Journalists program, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. The Medill program, geared toward students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, was based in Washington D.C
EDUCATION:
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, Hampton, Virginia
Bachelor of Arts Degree: Mass Media Arts (Journalism/News Editorial emphasis)
Date of Graduation: May 14, 1989
HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Recipient of “Living The Legacy Award,” Columbia, S.C. chapter, National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (1998).
* 2nd Place Merit Award Best News Pictures,” National Newspaper Publishers Association (1997)
* 3rd Place Award, “In-Depth Reporting, Twice or Three Times Weekly,” South Carolina Press Association (1989 & 1990)
* Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
(1989)
* Outstanding Young Man of America (1988)
REFERENCES:
DR. ROY I. JONES
Executive Director
Call Me MISTER Program
Clemson University
MR. WILLIAM P. (BILL) HAMILTON
Retired, Sports Information Director
South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, S.C.
MR. ASHTON HESTON
Editor
Keowee Courier
Walhalla, S.C.
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