Reporter

Lloyd J. Nelson III

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Chicago, IL 60622

Phone: 732-***-**** | Email: ************@*****.***

EDUCATION

Emerson College Boston, MA

B.S. Summa Cum Laude in Print and Multimedia Journalism, May 2008

Gold Key Society

EXPERIENCE

MySuburbanLife La Grange, IL

Reporter 04/07/11 -- Present

Cover local news for MySuburbanLife.com and its weekly print magazine. Report on everything from hard government and police news to features and profiles.

PATCH.COM Manalapan, NJ

Editor for Manalapan Patch 12/06/10 – 04/01/11

Ran a local news website covering the town of Manalapan. Hired a team of freelancers, managed all web content, as well as wrote and produced video.

DAILY COMET/ HOUMA COURIER Thibodaux, LA

Government Reporter 01/01/09 06/15/10

Covered the Lafourche Parish Government for The Daily Comet and its sister newspaper, The Houma Courier. Wrote seven to 10 stories a week and produced two videos a month for the website.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington, DC

Intern 11/04/2008

During election night, I logged tape of various victory and concession speeches, as well as helped gather information in order to assist reporters as results flowed into the office.

OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE Beijing, China

Flash Quote Recorder 07/2008 09/2008

Responsible for interviewing athletes after competitions during the 2008 Olympic Games and submitted quotations to editorial team, which incorporated them into stories. Aided media with pre-game information, including athlete biographies and historical results.

BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL Boston, MA

Intern 01/2007 05/2007

Wrote news and feature stories for the paper and its supplemental sections. The stories ranged from biotech and convention stories to an analysis of the job market for recent college graduates and profiles of accountants.

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF BUSINESS DISCIPLINE San Diego, CA

Audio Production Director 04/2006–05/2006

Recorded sound from the conference, including panels and one-on-one interviews, and converted them into downloadable Mp3 files for use on the web.

NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION Boston, MA

Chairman of Podcast and Audio Department 11/16/2005 – 11/20/2005

Managed a team of 10 individuals that put together various audio packages for the NCA Convention in Boston. Using compact flash audio recorder, I interviewed forty individuals. Edited audio and uploaded it to the web.

AWARDS 2nd Place, Best News Story - Louisiana Press Association, 3rd Place, Freedom of Information Award- Louisiana Press Association, Emerson College Print Journalism Excellence Award, May 2008

TECHNICAL Microsoft Office, Macromedia Flash, Avid, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe

SKILLS Audition, Adobe Indesign, Mac OSX, Windows, Moveable Type.

CLIPS

Judge's decision favors local building-code inspectors

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20100611/ARTICLES/100619820?p=1&tc=pg

Lafourche library lawsuit could be settled

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20100323/ARTICLES/100329799

Oil threatens islanders’ livelihoods

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20100521/ARTICLES/100529845

Budget cuts threaten care for most vulnerable citizens

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20100425/ARTICLES/100429532

Alidore residents return to flooded homes

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20091222/ARTICLES/912229960

Workers to sign confidentiality pledge

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20090530/ARTICLES/905299841

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