BRUCE MORAN

**** ******* ****, ****** ******, NJ 07076

Home phone: 908-***-****

Cell phone: 908-***-****

Email: adn867@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Highly regarded and recognized senior newspaper staff manager, print and web editor and writer who had worked for New Jersey’s top-selling newspaper for 30-plus years.

Plans to adapt skills for career in publishing, media relations, marketing and public relations.

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Skills and experiences include:

Superior writing and editing skills

Exceptional creative writing

Consistent record of meeting deadlines

A quick study with ability to “grasp a story”

Strong cost-management track record

Highest level of editorial ethics and integrity

Loyal team player with strong collaboration skills

Strong ties and contacts with local sports leaders and organizations

Sharp editing

Freelance writing expertise

Building high-performing teams

WORK EXPERIENCE

NEWSPAPER MEDIA GROUP

Manapalan, N.J.

July, 2015-March, 2020

Department Editor for Central New Jersey and Hudson New Jersey

Edited and produced news, features and sports copy while managed a staff of 20 editors, writers, photographers and production associates for 17 weekly newspapers and four magazines that reached 75 communities in Burlington County, Hudson County, Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County and Ocean County. Duties also included managed the daily operations, the media company’s website, the employee payroll and the staff’s schedule. Also coordinated the design of the publications and website and edited the video and photography projects.

MILLENNIUM STRATEGIES

Caldwell, N.J.

March 2014-August 2014

Grants Manager

Constructed, researched and wrote grants to assist local governments, board of educations and numerous organizations. Was employed during deadline time when state and federal grants were due to be submitted.

DORF FEATURE SERVICE/THE STAR-LEDGER

Mountainside, N.J.

1980-2012

Dorf Feature Service is the agency that provides sports and news reporting

for The Star-Ledger newspaper.

Publishing Consultant, 2012-2013

Consultant and editor

Bureau Chief, 1997-2012

Managed a staff of 80 writers, editors and photographers in the production of print and web material.

Coordinated coverage of scholastic and collegiate sports for the print and web editions of The Star-Ledger, including overseeing staffing and content decisions.

Edited the publication of stories for both newspaper and web sites.

Coordinated and edit all feature supplements (All-State Teams and State Tournaments).

Collaborated daily with managers in other offices and bureaus of the newspaper and web site who were affiliated with our publishing company.

Editor, 1987-1997

Assigned coverage and edit all sports copy before it is published in the newspaper and on web sites.

Edited copy in the newspaper’s obituary department and in other local news departments.

Assigned staff members to cover local municipal government meetings.

Columnist and Head Writer, 1985-1997

Served as custodian of the New Jersey All-State player selections and team rankings.

Columnist for collegiate and scholastic wrestling.

Staffed major events such as the NCAA Tournament, New York Yankees baseball

games and all of the major scholastic tournaments and playoffs in New Jersey.

Writer and Reporter, 1981-1985

Cover events in the state and write articles for the newspaper.

Write local news stories, including municipal governments meetings.

Stringer/Part-Time Writer, 1980-1981

Worked in the newspaper office, answer phone calls and write stories on results of collegiate and scholastic events.

Staffed local government meetings.

Wrote obituaries.

OVER THE MOON PUBLIC RELATIONS

Scotch Plains, N.J.

Feb. 2014 – present

Generated coverage in the media, which included published material that appeared on the Fox News Business site.

Contribute writing and editing to the The Alternative Press news site that serves Scotch Plains and Fanwood.

The Alternative Press site is owned by the Over the Moon Publications.

KEAN UNIVERSITY

Union, N.J.

Office of Media and Publications

Part-Time editor and Writer, 2010-2013

Kean University is regarded as one of the top public universities in New Jersey, with an enrollment of over 13,000 undergraduate students.

Edited and wrote stories for the university’s magazine.

Wrote various stories, including features on professors, course studies,

events and achievements earned by the university.

Write and produce brochures on the various colleges within the University

Report to the university’s Vice President and Communications Director.

Wrote and edited press releases for marketing and public relations departments.

SCHOLASTIC MAGAZINE

New York, N.Y.

Freelance Writer, 1990-2005

Scholastic Magazine is a major publication devoted to providing features on numerous levels of athletics.

Panel member who selected national high school athletes of the year

in various sports.

Wrote stories and press releases on the awards earned by national

high school athletes.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

New Jersey State Interscholastic Association “Service Award for Media”

in1988,2005.

New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association “Honor Award” in 1996.

New Jersey State Wrestling Officials “Writer of the Year” in 1987, 1992.

Bill Tierney Memorial Foundation “Man of the Year” in 2001.

Union County Baseball Association Hall of Fame inductee in 1998.

Board of Governors of the New Jersey State Sportswriters Association.

Contributing author to “Covered Wooden Grandstands,” published in 2012.

Book is now among the collection at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library.

VOLUNTEER WORK

Scotch Plains Fanwood PAL Board of Governors, Vice President.

Westfield Athletic Hall of Fame Board of Trustee.

Scotch Plains Fanwood Baseball League Vice President and Coach.

Knights of Columbus, communications/fund raising director for Council 1711, Westfield.

Managed major fund-raising events and assisted local officials on civic projects.

Master of Ceremonies for community’s yearly Boy Scouts Awards Dinner

Served as youth basketball coach at YMCA of Fanwood-Scotch Plains.

EDUCATION

Glassboro State College (now Rowan University), Glassboro, N.J.

B.A. Journalism

REFERENCES

Available upon request

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