Alexander McGinley

Journalist

Contact

Location: Devon, PA

610-***-****

adoxe3@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Klein College of Media and

Communication

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism

Graduated: May 2020

GPA: 3.38

Relevant Coursework

• Journalism and Society

• Writing for Journalism

• Audio/Visual

Newsgathering

• Journalism Research

• Multimedia Storytelling

• Sports Writing

• Advanced Sports

Reporting

Skills

• Basic Spanish

• Social Networking:

Facebook, Twitter,

Instagram

• Microsoft Office: Word,

Excel, PowerPoint

• Google Apps: Google

Docs, Google Slides

• Adobe Apps: Premiere

Pro, Photoshop,

Illustrator, InDesign

• WordPress

April 2019 – Present

Writer • Philadelphia Sports Digest • Greater Philadelphia Area

• Cover Inter-Ac lacrosse and college basketball games

• Interview coaches and players

• Take photos/video of games

• Write game stories

May 2019 – May 2020

Assistant Sports Web Editor • Temple News • Philadelphia, PA

• Edited game recaps written by freelancers

• Covered Temple football and men’s basketball teams

• Covered games and attended weekly press conferences

• Wrote print stories and game recaps

• Interviewed coaches and players

• Met deadlines set by the editors

• Copy-edited stories for other sections of the paper August 2019 – December 2019

Reporter • Philadelphia Neighborhoods • Philadelphia, PA

• Covered the Overbrook Area

• Covered four events and wrote four articles throughout the semester

• Pitched story ideas to the professor

• Communicated with partner on what needed to be completed

• Interviewed community leaders and residents

April 2017 – May 2019

Freelance Writer/Beat Writer • Temple News • Philadelphia, PA

• Interviewed coaches and players

• Met deadlines set by the editor

• Wrote print stories and game recaps as a beat writer for various Temple sports teams (men’s tennis, women’s soccer, fencing)

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