Madison Selcho

**** * ***** ****, **** Lake City, UT 84109

Phone: 832-***-**** E-Mail: ad2jld@r.postjobfree.com Professional Summary

Highly skilled, intelligent and passionate worker with diverse experience in breaking news writing, in-depth news writing, AP Style/SEO editing, social media content creation, leading business/tech communications, political communications and managing multiple tasks efficiently in pressured work environments. Strong track record of news reporting success with consistent page view achievement and stories frequently going viral. Recipient of multiple scholarship awards for writing and reporting. Experience

DESERET NEWS Journalist and Editor

Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT

● June 2022 - Present

Responsible for reporting 2-3 breaking news/rapid-relevance articles per day, 2-3 in-depth articles every 4 months, editing 8-10 breaking news articles per day, creating social media posts daily, sending app push notifications at optimal time intervals daily to promote higher readership, SEO editing, database researching, interviewing.

Viral Articles

● Nov. 2023: 311K readers “A 14-year-old found a way to treat cancer with a bar of soap”

● Jan. 2023: 264.7K readers “Scientist accidentally recorded a brain dying. Here is what they found”

● May 2023: 100.3K readers “Did you know Titanic survivors weren’t believed when they said the ship split in half?”

● October 2022: 133.9K readers “New York Times midterm poll says Republicans are leading due to the economy”

MSN Pickups

● “Scientists accidentally recorded a brain dying. Here is what they found”

● “Here’s why Marie Osmond won’t leave her children an inheritance”

● “Did you know Titanic survivors weren’t believed when they said the ship split in half? Front Page Articles

● “Is draining human-made Lake Powell a practical solution to the drought in the West?

● “What motivates Utahns to become entrepreneurs more than any other state?”

● “Can you ever truly catch up on sleep?

● “Federal Judge orders Biden administration to end Title 42 in five weeks” SENATOR MIKE LEE’S OFFICE Communications Intern

Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building - Salt Lake City, UT

● September 2020 - December 2020

Responsible for accommodating politicians, visitors, veterans and constituents who scheduled appointments/office tours. Drafting office correspondence and providing transcripts of meetings between caseworkers, constituents and politicians. Responding to constituent phone calls under pressure of presidential elections taking place, interviewing Air Force Academy Nominees, reviewing/redrafting speech outlines and political talking points for all Senator Mike Lee’s interns across various offices.

● Certificate of Special Recognition given by Senator Mike Lee BYU DEAN’S OFFICE Magazine/Copywriter and Social Media Consultant BYU College of Humanities - Provo, UT

● August 2021 - April 2022

Responsible for writing in-depth magazine articles based on interviews with literature/educational thought leaders in secular and religious studies. Wrote in-depth articles based on my experience studying theology and history in Israel/Egypt. Led social media team in researching algorithms, devising social media campaigns and creating content to increase viewers and followers of the College of Humanities various media profiles. SECURITY TELEVISION NETWORK Technology/Science Journalist & Lead Event Planner Remote- Mesa, AZ

● May 2020 - August 2020

Responsible for pitching story ideas advisors weekly and writing security, science, technology and political policy based articles. Given charge of 10 interns to curate a security/tech film festival for the company set to take place in 2025. Led team meetings, worked individually and in groups with the interns to create budgets, plan locations/venues, coordinated with sponsors, designers, caterers, film producers, keynote speakers and scheduled out detailed programs of the event.

RESEARCH & WRITING CENTER Research Consultant & Receptionist Harold B. Lee Library - Provo, UT

● September 2018 - April 2021

Reviewed individual students' research papers, shared expert advice on databases to utilize for student papers, capstone projects and thesis papers. Edited research papers to give evaluations for how students could increase scores on their assignments. Conceptualized communication strategies between students and editors/research consultants, led team meetings strategizing based on student feedback of our services and researched current methods for editing papers with changing standards in various formats. Education

Brigham Young University - Grad. 2022

BA Communications & Journalism emphasis

● BYU Jerusalem Center Honor Scholarship Tuition Scholarship recipient

● Lavieve Huish Earl Scholarship Tuition Scholarship recipient

● Talent Award for Journalism Tuition Scholarship recipient Special Recognition

● Student Body Officer - Lieutenant Governor

● All Region Varsity Volleyball

● Volleyball Team Captain

● Community of Caring - Service Award for 400 hours