Nicholas 'Nick' J. Schneider

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Bloomfield, IN 47424

Phone: 812-***-****(cell)

Email: adtbu5@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience

Current: Open Arms Christian Ministries, Lyons, IN, 2017 to present - Part-time Community Relations Director, primary duties are grant-writing, fundraising and public relations. Organized and was the lead for company’s annual 5K Run and Golf Scramble for past 6 years. Those two events have raised more than $66,000. Have been responsible for grant revenue exceeding $150,000 in the last two years. More than 40 years’ experience in the journalism/communication field. Started work professionally with my hometown newspaper in Tell City, IN at age 15. Greene County Daily World, Linton IN – 2004 to June 3, 2014. Served as co-editor of the Greene County Daily World, Linton, IN from Jan. 1, 2014 to June 3, 2014.

Promoted to assistant editor for the Greene County Daily World in April 2006. Previously, worked as news editor for The Evening World in Bloomfield (1994-2004) and the Linton Daily Citizen, prior to merger in April 2004 into the present-day Greene County Daily World.

Previously served as editor of the Gibson Star-Times in Fort Branch, Ind., Sullivan Daily Times (staff writer), Seymour Tribune (assignments editor), Knox County Daily News (news editor), Tell City News (sports editor and news editor), Farmington (Mo.) Evening Press

(sports editor), and Hancock (Ky.) Clarion (news editor). Also, formerly co-owner and publisher of Focus, a weekly newspaper publication of Lincoln Hills Press, Inc.

Have worked as a resident manager at Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center, Morganfield, Ky. and group home manager for Res-Care, Linton, IN.- a home for developmentally disabled men.

Professional Skills

Proficient in the use of the following computer programs: Word, PhotoShop, Quark Express, I-Movie, News Edit Pro, MS Publisher as well as use of digital photography cameras and graphic design.

Have been in management/leadership roles in charge of planning and carrying out of daily assignments for newspaper and planning, assignments and graphic design of special publications and sections.

Awards/Recognitions

A native of Tell City, IN, have won numerous feature writing, news writing, photography, website and community service awards from the Hoosier State Press Association, The Associated Press, The National

Newspaper Association, and Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc. Received a Bell Ringer Award from the Indiana State Teacher's Association for educational coverage in the newspaper.

Named honorary member of Indiana National Guard Unit 1-151 Combat Team, Company A, based in Linton for outstanding coverage of two deployments to the Middle East (2009). Honored by the Greene County Extension Service and 4-H Council for continuing coverage of activities (2011).

Community Activities

Served as photography judge for the Bloomfield Apple Festival Committee; the Greene County Extension

Homemakers Open Class Fair for a number of years; 4-H Fair Photography contests since 1998. Also, have assisted as judge of the Associated Press Managing Editors Newspaper Contest exchange with states of Illinois and Georgia through the Indiana Associated Press, Indianapolis Bureau.

Currently serve on the board of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce. Formerly member of community focus group that assisted in the planning and use of the WestGate Academy and Conference Center at WestGate at Crane Technology Park, Bloomfield Downtown Revitalization Committee.

Member of the Hoosier Press Association, Friends of the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area, Greene County Bicentennial Planning Committee and focus planning group at Tulip Church of God.

Education:

Graduate of Tell City High School, class of 1971.

Attended Indiana State University Evansville (now University of Southern Indiana), Vincennes University and Indiana University, majoring in journalism. Personal

I own and operate a part-time photography business – NJS Photo Images –– which specializes in wildlife, landscape, and commercial photography. References

TJ Skiles, pastor of Cornerstone Worship Center, 4045 Old State Road 37, Bedford, IN, Phone 903-***-****; email: adtbu5@r.postjobfree.com. JR Davis, president of Paragon Force, 25 North Franklin Street, Bloomfield; Phone 812-***-****; email: adtbu5@r.postjobfree.com.

Dale Ankrom, president CEO of DEA Architecture, 6548 Ferguson Street, Indianapolis, IN 46220-1178; Phone: 317-***-****; email: adtbu5@r.postjobfree.com

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