Writer

JOSEPH F. MELONI III

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EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST, MASS.

B.A. IN JOURNALISM MAY 2009

MINOR IN SPORT AND CULTURE STUDIES

EXPERIENCE

MASSACHUSETTS DAILY COLLEGIAN, AMHERST, MASS., JUNE 2008 - MAY 2009

MANAGING EDITOR

• MANAGED AND LED SEVEN-DEPARTMENT, 80-PERSON NEWSROOM OF NEW ENGLAND’S LARGEST DAILY COLLEGIATE NEWSPAPER

• INTERVIEWED OVER 50 CANDIDATES FOR 21 EDITORIAL POSITIONS WITHIN THE NEWSROOM

• SPEARHEADED EFFORT TO REDESIGN DAILYCOLLEGIAN.COM AND TRANSITION OUTLET TO WEB-FIRST NEWSROOM

• SERVED ON SEVEN-PERSON EXECUTIVE BOARD MAKING FINANCIAL AND EDITORIAL DECISIONS

• MADE DECISIONS ON ISSUES RANGING FROM EDITORIAL POLICY, STAFF RESTRUCTURING AND CAMPUS RELATIONS

• FOUNDED PIONEER VALLEY CAMPUS MEDIA AS A MEANS TO CONSOLIDATE RESOURCES OF ALL LOCAL CAMPUS MEDIA

• SERVED AS NIGHT EDITOR ON A WEEKLY BASIS, EDITING 8-12 PAGE PAPER FOR ACCURACY, STYLE AND AESTHETIC APPEAL

• EDITED WEB SITE AND MODERATED USER COMMENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY

UNITED STATES COLLEGE HOCKEY ONLINE, (HTTP://WWW.USCHO.COM) OCTOBER 2007 - PRESENT

ARENA REPORTER – UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BEAT WRITER

• WROTE GAME STORIES AND SIDEBARS ON DEADLINE FROM UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS HOCKEY GAMES

• SELECTED TO COVER BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL OF 2009 NCAA TOURNAMENT; WROTE THREE PIECES DURING TWO-DAY EVENT

• INTERVIEWED HOCKEY EAST COACHES FOR WEB SITE’S PRIMARY HOCKEY EAST BEAT WRITER

• REGULARLY TRAVELED TO COVER GAMES VOLUNTARILY AS A MEANS TO AUGMENT WEB SITE’S COVERAGE OF GAMES

DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SUMMER 2007

SPORTS INTERN

• SERVED AS BEAT WRITER FOR AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL TEAMS IN AMHERST AND NORTHAMPTON

• UTILIZED CONTACTS WITHIN UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT TO AID PRIMARY BEAT WRITER

• LAID OUT SCOREBOARD PAGE ON NIGHTLY BASIS BY COLLECTING SCORES FROM LOCAL AND PROFESSIONAL LEAGUES

• WROTE GAME STORIES FROM LOCAL SPORTING EVENTS INDEPENDENTLY AND ON STRICT DEADLINES

COLLEGE HOCKEY NEWS, (HTTP://WWW.COLLEGEHOCKEYNEWS.COM) MARCH 2007 - SEPTEMBER 2007

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS CORRESPONDENT

• COVERED 2007 NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR WEB SITE, WRITING TWO SIDEBARS FROM ROCHESTER (N.Y.) REGIONAL

• BROKE STORY OF SOPHOMORE GOALTENDER JON QUICK’S EARLY DEPARTURE TO SIGN A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT

MASSACHUSETTS DAILY COLLEGIAN, AMHERST, MASS., JUNE 2006 - MAY 2008

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR (JUNE 2007 - MAY 2008), STAFF WRITER (JUNE 2006 - MAY 2007)

• MANAGED 15-PERSON SPORTS STAFF; LAID OUT AND EDITED SPORTS SECTION TWICE WEEKLY

• EDITED STORIES, DESIGNED PAGES, WROTE HEADLINES AND PHOTO CAPTIONS AND UPDATED DAILYCOLLEGIAN.COM

• COVERED UMASS MEN’S SOCCER, ICE HOCKEY AND MEN’S LACROSSE TEAMS IN SECOND YEAR

• COVERED UMASS FIELD HOCKEY, MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING AND SOFTBALL TEAMS IN FIRST YEAR

• WROTE TWO FEATURE-LENGTH PIECES FOR ANNUAL SPORTS MAGAZINE THE SCORE; DESIGNED AND EDITED MAGAZINE

• TRAVELED TO CARY, N.C., TO COVER 2007 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S COLLEGE CUP, PAYING MY OWN WAY

OTHER PUBLISHING CREDITS

• THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE, THE GREENFIELD RECORDER, THE WORCESTER TELEGRAM AND GAZETTE

RELEVANT SKILLS

JOURNALISM – HIGHLY PROFICIENT IN ASSOCIATED PRESS STYLE; PRACTICED IN MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION AND INNOVATION

COMPUTER – ADOBE PHOTOSHOP; ADOBE INDESIGN; ADOBE INCOPY; ADOBE DREAMWEAVER; GARAGEBAND; SOUNDSLIDES

LANGUAGE – FLUENT IN ENGLISH AND CONVERSATIONAL IN FRENCH

SOCIAL MEDIA – ADEPT IN UTILIZING VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA AS A MEANS TO DRIVE READERSHIP AND READER INVOLVEMENT

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