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Keith Phucas
**** ******** *****, ***** **********, PA 19061
acxwe1@r.postjobfree.com
Investigative News reporter and military affairs writer
Award-winning news reporter with extensive experience in the public, nonprofit and private sector. Value-added expertise includes research, public speaking, classroom teaching and relationship building; digital content writer, editor and videographer; Facebook and Twitter contributor.
Able to engender a genuine affinity between employees, management and customers via engaging, focused communications.
First Place awards for “Best Investigative Reporting” and “Best Special Subject Writing” (“Rocket Science” series) from Local Media Association and Philadelphia Press Association.
Professional Experience
The News Journal Media Group, New Castle, Del. 2015-2016
News Assistant
Edited weekly columns High School Report, Campus Report, Military Briefs and Celebrity Birthdays in NewsGate; posted upcoming events to the Eventful online calendar; verified Letter to the Editor submissions and fielded Newsroom phone calls; also compiled and edited the following seasonal special publications and lists: Readers’ Choice ’15, Readers’ Choice ’16, Delaware Voters’ Guide (2016), Holy Week church service schedules (March 2016), Fourth of July (2015, 2016) Delaware Breast Cancer Awareness (2015) and Christmas Tree Farms list (2015).
Montgomery County Government, Norristown, Pa. 2014-2014
Court Clerk
Documented Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas court proceedings in criminal cases.
Wyoming Liberty Group, Cheyenne, Wyo. 2012-2013
Public Policy Writer
Researched and wrote online articles in WordPress about Wyoming public policy issues including Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions for Medicaid expansion and health insurance exchanges; proposed fuel tax increase; government subsidies and tax exemptions for compressed natural gas vehicles and fueling stations; public utility deregulation; and firearms sales trends.
The Times Herald, Norristown, Pa. 2001-2012
Staff Writer and Investigative Reporter
Wrote digital online content about national defense, military affairs, Montgomery County government, courts and police beats for timesherald.com in suburban Philadelphia.
Produced video interviews that were uploaded to timesherald.com.
Lectured at public schools on journalism; participated in interviews on radio and TV.
Produced true crime demo video featuring former Montgomery County D.A. Bruce L. Castor Jr. (www.brucecastor.com) for proposed cable TV show.
QVC Inc., West Chester, Pa. 1999-2000
Senior Copywriter
Edited merchandise descriptions for retail product website qvc.com; supervised copywriters.
Education
University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
B.A., Radio, TV and Film
B.A., English Education
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