Content Editor
Resume:
KEN
DOWNEY JR.
Reporter, Editor
PROFILE
Downey believes that his
experiences writing for multiple
media outlets provides him with the
capability to be able to write and
develop stories in all forms. Through
his work, Downey has not only
worked and developed stories from
original ideas, but he has also
created different forms in which
the stories can be presented.
CONTACT
PHONE:
EMAIL:
*******@*****.***
LOCATION:
Washington Twp., NJ
SKILLS
• Extensively fluent in AMA and
AP styles.
• SOP knowledge/experience
• Adobe InDesign, Acrobat
• Sitecore
• Selligent
• Power Director
• Pro Tools
• Social Pilot
• Krita
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Outlook)
EDUCATION
Harvard University – Master of Liberal Arts (Journalism) January 2018 – May 2023
• Final GPA: 3.4
• Director of Communications for the Harvard Extension Student Association for the 2020-21 academic year.
Rutgers University – Bachelor of Arts (Journalism and Media Studies) Sept. 2014 – Dec. 2017
• Final GPA: 3.8 (Magna Cum Laude)
• A part of the Golden Key International Honor Society WORK EXPERIENCE
Innodata
Content Editor
January 2024 – Present
• Edits daily content consisting of print, video and audio files.
• Creates weekly text-based content.
• Works collaboratively to complete larger group-based projects.
• Builds daily newswires.
• Assists in the training of new hires.
Law360
Senior Reporter, Healthcare
August – December 2023
• Wrote daily stories pertaining to healthcare.
• Tracked healthcare-based legal decisions.
• Covered SCOTUS decisions.
• Created contacts in the health field.
Healio.com
Managing Content Editor
February 2020 – June 2023
• Managed two online publications – neurology and psychiatry.
• Planned daily coverage for publications.
• Oversaw a staff of reporters for two publications.
• Managed and built daily newswires.
• Managed meeting coverage.
• Built connections in the field to garner better coverage.
• Wrote monthly cover stories (2,000-2,500 words).
• Responsible for building online content, such as posts, calendar listings, resource centers, meeting news, etc.
• Traveled internationally for on-site conference coverage.
• Built connections with specialty experts.
WORK EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)
Newspaper Media Group
Managing Editor
June 2019 – January 2020
• Ran seven weekly newspapers that covered Mercer, Somerset and Burlington Counties, NJ.
• Managed a staff of eight reporters.
• Edited over 3,000 inches of copy each week.
• The sole Arts & Entertainment reporter for the entire branch.
• Produced over 100 inches of copy each week for inclusion in 15 newspapers.
• Wrote a weekly Arts & Entertainment column covering theater, film, television and literature.
• Paginated the entirety of seven newspapers weekly, as well as paginating the sports section of other company
newspapers.
• Worked with and taught incoming reporters and interns, offering help to advance their writing and reporting skills. Features Editor
June 2018 – June 2019
• Produced and edited content for the ‘Arts & Entertainment’ section of seven weekly newspapers.
• Helped paginate newspapers weekly.
• Wrote 200 inches of copy weekly.
• Found content for outlets throughout New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
• Provided photography.
WBGO – 88.3 FM
Reporter
January 2017 – May 2018
• Produced feature segments for the weekly public affairs program, “The WBGO Journal.”
• Created an interactive timeline for the web that depicted the day-by-day events of the Newark Riots of 1967 for the 50th anniversary.
• Worked hands-on with incoming interns and fellows and provided them with any assistance needed in the newsroom. The Trenton Monitor
Correspondent
January 2017 – May 2018
• Wrote feature stories on families, masses and charities throughout the Diocese of Trenton, in NJ.
• Provided photography.
TAPinto.net
Correspondent
January 2016 – December 2016
• Covered hard and soft news throughout South Brunswick and Cranbury, NJ.
• Provided photography.
RELEVANT LINKS
- LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-
downey-jr-048b44107/
- Muck Rack:
https://muckrack.com/ken-
downey-jr
- Past work:
https://www.healio.com/authors/k
downey
AWARDS/
ACHIEVEMENTS
• 2020 Grand APEX Award
for collective coverage of
the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Elected the director of
communications of the
Harvard Extension Student
Association, by my fellow
classmates.
• Named to the Golden Key
International Honor
Society, which only honors
the top 15% of the
academic class.
• Received a certificate in
supervisor training from
Fred Pryor/ Pryor Learning
Seminars.
HOBBIES
• Writing (creative fiction)
• Reading
• Traveling
• Sports
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