Editor Assistant

Eugenio "Gene" Garaygordobil

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Delano, CA 93215

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Employment History:

July 2012 to present:

Source Reduction/Public Relations Specialist at Delano Mosquito Abatement District for 2 years. Work with local city, school officials and other public and private agencies to get information out about mosquito abatement education, dealing with ongoing mosquito problems and using effective treatment of mosquitoes within our district.

October 2008 to present

Executive Editor at DelanoNow.com Created and continue to run community news Web site, DelanoNow.com. Write and edit stories, post stories, photos, digital video, advertisements and documents. Also promote Web site with up to 47,000 monthly readers at public events, and also send out weekly newsletter, and post updates on Facebook fan page with more than 6,600 followers and Twitter.com account.

August 2009 to May 2019

Adjunct teacher at Bakersfield College's Delano Center teaching Beginning Reporting and Media and Society courses. Beginning reporting is an introduction to what basic news reporting is, and how to develop skills needed to write stories. Media and Society is a practical look into what the media is, and how it affects your daily life.

August 2003 to September 2008

South Valley Bureau editor/The Fresno Bee Responsible for local news coverage for Tulare and Kings counties. Oversaw a 10 person news bureau that produced daily and enterprise stories as well as the South Valley Bee, a weekly community news publication.

August 1999 to August 2003

Assistant City Editor/The Bakersfield Californian Responsible for the local government reporting team, weekend coverage, community news for 60,000 circulation paper. Also oversaw the weekly religion section, assigned and edited stories, and worked with local religious leaders.

May 1998 to August 1999

Assistant Metro Editor/The Riverside Press Enterprise Responsible for coverage for the city of Riverside. Oversaw daily, enterprise and project work of six reporters.

November 1988 to May 1998

City Editor/Interim Managing Editor/Reporter Spent almost 10 years at the Visalia Times Delta newspaper, working my way up from a night time reporter to the No. 2 newsroom position. Elevated beginning reporting job to top award winning beat on the newspaper. As editor, helped staff achieve countless awards in public service journalism.

Education

University of Arizona

Bachelor's degree in Journalism

May 1988

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