Content Editor and Writer
Resume:
Peter M. Jones
******@**********.***
www.allpurposecommunicator.com
Award-winning Writer:
Highly skilled at developing, writing and editing award-winning content for local, national and international media and for nonmedia marketing clients. Excel at applying the skills of a diverse feature writer to create successful marketing, blog and website content. Fluent in AP Style. Select Accomplishments:
Used diverse skillset to write award-winning work for regional, national and international publications, social media and websites
Serviced wide range of large and small marketing clients as copywriter, blogger and publicist
Wrote video and radio scripts for advertising and promotions, including an internationally distributed film trailer
Edited newspapers and regional magazine, overseeing major transitions in content, design and emphasis
Received numerous excellence awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press, the Colorado Press Association and the Colorado Broadcasters Association, among others
Produced in-depth broadcast reports for National Public Radio, The Christian Science Monitor and other radio networks
Coached award-winning writers on their enterprise stories Writing and Journalism Experience:
All Purpose Communicator: Englewood, Colo. 1986-current. Contract Writer/Reporter/Editor/ Researcher/Broadcaster. Write and edit web and ad copy, blogs, scripts and press releases for marketing clients, including businesses, governments, marketing agencies, nonprofits and creative artists, often using narrative writing techniques to help clients reach and engage their audiences. Editor and writer for film festival programs. Write and voice movie trailers and commercials. Ghost-author memoirs and autobiographies. Published in Billboard and other national magazines and on various news and entertainment websites. Published regionally in 5280, The Colorado Statesman and other magazines and newspapers. Contributor to radio networks, including National Public Radio and the former broadcast service of The Christian Science Monitor. Contract magazine editor. Wrote movie-review column for America Online. Contracted as assignment editor for Federal Newswire of Advantage Informatics, a national full-service news- content vendor with a wide variety of media clients across the United States. Researcher for documentaries and television programs, including courtroom reality’s Hot Bench. Write television and film scripts. Sundance Institute: Park City, Utah. 2022-2023. Festival Editor. Edited wide range of film synopses, capsules and other marketing material for prestigious 2023 Sundance Film Festival’s catalog, website and promotional publications, correcting for style, flow, accuracy and continuity. Proofread the festival’s various finished marketing products prior to publication. Wrote preview blogs in advance of the festival. Attended festival in person to write and report coverage of films and panels for the event’s website. The South Metro Villager: Greenwood Village, Colo. 2011-2018. News Editor/Lead Reporter. Made assignments and edited weekly newspaper emphasizing south metro Denver. Wrote award-winning stories and “Left Unedited,” an offbeat behind-the-scenes-of-the-newsroom column. Led successful efficiency- centered reorganization of newsroom.
Life on Capitol Hill: Denver, Colo. 1999-2018. Music Columnist. Interviewed and profiled nationally recognized musicians and covered Denver music scene for enduring and award-winning “Life Music” column in urban monthly.
Colorado Community Media: Littleton, Colo. 2004-2011. Lead Enterprise Reporter. Covered general news and produced award-winning features for conglomeration of weekly newspapers and websites. Coached and edited other writers’ long-form and investigative stories. Colorado Public Radio (NPR): Denver, Colo. Format: News. 1990-1996. Reporter. Produced in-depth, award-winning NPR-style features on general news, arts, politics and business. Worked regular membership drives and served as back-up news host. Freelanced stories for National Public Radio, Public Radio International and other networks. CPR is a three-stream statewide radio network broadcast on public radio stations across Colorado.
General Media Experience:
Starz: Douglas County, Colo. 1998-2003. Screener/Evaluator. Evaluated movies, wrote synopses and assigned television ratings and content advisories for broad array of film product aired on multi-channel network of national movie channels. Streamlined process for greater efficiencies. KWAB-AM (Working Assets): Boulder, Colo. 1999-2000. Format: News/Talk. Talk Host/Producer. Conceived, co-hosted and produced Prove It!, a weekly multi-guest talk show emphasizing critical examination of claims from the worlds of science, health, religion, paranormal, history, politics and popular culture. Generated coverage by press, specialized websites and documentary filmmaker. News-Talk and Music Host: 1986-1990. Hosted and/or produced wide range of in-depth, news-oriented and general-interest talk shows, including afternoon-drive programs, business-news broadcasts and entertainment shows, for Denver radio stations, including KNUS-AM. Music announcer for KUNC-FM, an NPR affiliate in Greeley, Colo.
Education:
University of Colorado: School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Boulder, Colo. Bachelor of Science.
Digital Workshop Center: Fort Collins, Colo. Digital Marketing Certificate. Emphasis on such subjects as search-engine optimization and social-media marketing.
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