Copy Editor
Resume:
VINCENT BLAKE SHERRY
** **** **** ***** *******, N.Y. 14206
202-***-**** e-mail: *************@***.***
OBJECTIVE
To acquire a position as a copy editor.
EXPERIENCE
Axios 2024
Editing the Miami newsletter. Filling in to edit the Miami newsletter.
The Wall Street Journal 2023
Publishing editor. Editing articles about various topics for style, balance, fairness, grammar, clarity and accuracy.
CNBC 2022-2023
Copy editor. Editing articles about various topics for style, balance, fairness, grammar, clarity and accuracy.
Law360 2017-
Editor. Providing line editing and copy editing on legal journalism related to state, local and federal taxes.
Washington Examiner 2017-2017
Web producer. Copy-editing articles on national politics, writing SEO-based headlines, writing captions and summaries, selecting photos and videos, embedding story enhancements, homepage editing.
Copy editor. Editing articles for a news magazine on national politics.
Vector 2016-2017
Temporary assignments as a copy editor, proofreader or graphic designer.
Montgomery County Sentinel 2015-2017
Copy editor. Editing articles for the Montgomery County Sentinel and the Prince George’s Sentinel. Previously worked as a web producer for the Montgomery County paper.
The Washington Informer 2014-2016
Assistant editor. Editing articles for grammar, clarity, wordiness, style and accuracy. Writing SEO and print headlines. Writing captions. Selecting wire stories. Assisting with social media. (This is a part-time, remote position.)
The Washington Post 2014
Multiplatform editor. Editing articles for grammar, clarity, wordiness, style and accuracy. Writing SEO and print headlines. Writing captions. Editing photo galleries.
New York Daily News 2012-2014
Digital copy editor. Editing articles for style, grammar, clarity, accuracy and balance. Writing SEO-appropriate headlines. Publishing stories to the website and adding videos, photos, related links and photo galleries. Homepage editing, which includes writing headlines and placing stories on the homepages, selecting wire stories and choosing articles to be rewritten by digital reporters.
The Times Herald-Record 2011-2012
Copy editor. Editing and advising on news articles with respect to style, grammar, spelling, clarity, accuracy, prose quality and balance; writing headlines and captions; and proofreading. Designing pages, including the Pocono Record business cover, for which I selected stories. Creating photo galleries. Some video editing. Uploading stories to the website.
The Buffalo News 2011
Business reporter. Covering various facets of the metropolitan area's economy, consumer finance issues, etc.
AOL Patch 2010-2011
Copy editor. Editing copious business listings for AOL’s community news
sites. Listings are edited for style, grammar, usage, spelling, tone and organization. They are sometimes rewritten. Photos are also edited and examined.
Buffalo Rising 2010-2011
Copy editor and reporter. Editing articles from various beats for style, grammar and clarity and advising on improvements. Mentored and advised summer interns.
The Star-Ledger 2009
Copy-editing intern. Editing articles from business, features and news for style, grammar, clarity, logic, balance and taste. Proofreading finished pages. Writing captions and headlines.
The Clarion-Ledger 2007-2008
Copy editor and page designer. Editing articles from business and news for style, grammar, clarity, logic, balance and taste. Proofreading finished pages. Writing captions and headlines. Laying out pages in Quark Xpress.
The Philadelphia Inquirer 2007
Copy-editing intern for the features and metro departments. Editing articles from features and news for style, grammar, clarity, logic, balance and taste. Proofreading finished pages. Writing captions and headlines.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Howard University 2014-2015
Adjunct professor. Teaching a class called Fundamentals of Journalism, which focuses on grammar, style and reporting.
EDUCATION
Howard University, Washington, D.C. August 2003-May 2007
Bachelor of Arts in online journalism (magna cum laude)
Canisius High School, Buffalo, N.Y. September 1999-June 2003
WEBSITES
Please see my graphic design portfolio at http://s1197.photobucket.com/user/vsherry1/library/Graphics
SKILLS
•AP Style
•SEO
•Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXpress, InDesign, InCopy
•Basic knowledge of HTML
•Graphic design
•Basic video editing
•Photo galleries
•Some page design
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2007 - Rising GEM (Graduates Excelling in Milestones) for outstanding college performance from the Science and Technology Enrichment Program, Philadelphia Inquirer Scholar award for copy editing and an award for work as editor of the Howard University News Service.
2005 - Carl R. Allen Jr. Memorial Scholarship and essay contest
2003 - National Merit Corporation National Achievement Scholar, Howard University Laureate Scholar, Legacy Scholar, trustee scholarships, Canisius High School’s Triple C Award for character, an award for outstanding conduct from Canisius High School and awards for academic achievement from the Science and Technology Enrichment Program.
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