Robert Summa
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Skills:
• Solid background in journalism with experience at major metropolitan and regional newspapers.
• Public relations and general communications experience.
Experience:
Copy editor/page designer at the Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, TX) August 2013 – present
Manage the design and edit of daily news pages
Copy editor for local and wire stories
Manage website stories and photos
Game master for NCsoft (Austin, TX) May 2011 – July 2013
Provided player support for NCsoft games
Production manager at the Santa Monica Daily Press (Santa Monica, CA) May 2008 – June 2009
Managed all visual elements for the daily paper
Along with managing ad inventory, I was responsible for the daily layout of editorial content
Director of communications and co-host/producer for GGL (Santa Monica, CA) June 2007 – March 2008
Oversaw and directed global public relations efforts on behalf of GGL
Identified trends and current events to shape GGL positioning and drive opportunistic efforts
Created and implemented programs to drive viewership/readership/page visits
Co-host of GGL’s two flagship video programs
Worked directly with publishers to create themed episodes
Created audience participation programs
Tech editor at Metro US (New York, NY) April 2004 – February 2007
Served as editor of a weekly technology section
Served as copy editor of various city and national sections
Assistant news editor at the Farmington Daily Times (Farmington, NM) April 2002 – September 2003
Drove content and edited local news and world sections
General assignment reporter at the Woodward News (Woodward, OK) January 2002 — April 2002
Covered many beats including police, government, and education
Freelance experience:
Wall St. Journal
Interview Magazine
PR Week
Variety
Joystiq.com
Destructoid.com
Education:
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Bachelor of Arts degree, Print Journalism
Minor in Psychology