Journalism & Mass Communication
KEY SKILLS SAMPLE OCCUPATIONS WORK SETTINGS
Writing Reporter Campaign Specialist Newspapers Public Speaking Content Producer Photojournalist Wire Services Reporting Copy Writer Political Aide TV & Radio Research Editor Radio/TV Announcer Magazines Editing News Correspondent Talent Manager/Agent Publishing Social Media Skills News Analyst Headline Optimizer Online Media Critical Thinking Publisher News Service Writer Trade Publications Teamwork Media Planner/Buyer Web Developer PR Organizational Ability Press Secretary AV Technician Nonprofits Camera & Technical Skills Broadcast Technicians Educator Academia Drive & Ambition Camera Operator Sports Director Government Professional Presentation Videographer Meteorologist
Social Media Specialist Broadcast News Analyst
ONLINE RESOURCES
SAMPLE EMPLOYERS JOB SEARCH Radio One Journalismjobs.com Clear Channel National Geographic Cubreporters.org CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX Hanley Wood Media NPRcareers.org CNN, CSPAN Simon & Schuster Opajobs.com NPR, PBS Associated Press Internships.com Time Warner The Economist Indeed.com Gannett Al Jazeera Simplyhired.com Sirius XM Radio The Bleacher Report USAjobs.gov FCC The Daily Caller Cox Media Group Truthout.org Streetwise Media Washington Post STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS The Washingtonian Roll Call The GW Hatchet The New York Times Hotwire College Democrats Atlantic Media 22nd Century Media College Republicans College Libertarians PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES GWTV, WRGW Program Board National Association of Broadcasters Newspaper Association of America TEDxFoggy Bottom Magazine Publishers of America Investigative Reporters and Editors National Newspaper Publisher Association American Journalism Review Radio Television Digital News Association
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Work with campus administration to uncover stories stories uncover to administration campus with Work
Write two articles per week focusing on campus news news campus on focusing week per articles two Write
Staff Writer Staff present - 2012 September ,
DC Washington, Hatchet, GW The
ACTIVITIES
SAMPLERESUME
Assisted in writing news content based on produced segments produced on based content news writing in Assisted
Helped book guests and build visual elements for broadcasts broadcasts for elements visual build and guests book Helped
Assisted with talent and preparing for interviews setting mic levels and framing shots shots framing and levels mic setting interviews for preparing and talent with Assisted
Worked with the Live team to help produce live and taped broadcasts and interviews interviews and broadcasts taped and live produce help to team Live the with Worked
, January 2012 January , Intern Live Post Huffington 2012 May -
, Washington, DC DC Washington, , Post Huffington The
Wrote show content, hosted panels, and promoted station commercials and advertisements advertisements and commercials station promoted and panels, hosted content, show Wrote
dia platforms including SoundCloud, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and Twitter, Facebook, SoundCloud, including platforms dia
Managed social media presence and advertisements via mass email marketing and social me- social and marketing email mass via advertisements and presence media social Managed
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Operated sound boards to create live and recorded show content to distribute via data shar- data via distribute to content show recorded and live create to boards sound Operated
Air Talent Intern Talent Air - On & Operator Board 2013 May - 2012 September ,
DC Washington, , Radio WAMU
Collaborated with the Production and Talent departments to book 50 guests 50 book to departments Talent and Production the with Collaborated
Drafted, prepared, and finalized news packages containing sound containing packages news finalized and prepared, Drafted, overs - voice and bites -
updates news and views,
Proactively tracked and logged tapes and articulated trends in viewership via research, inter- research, via viewership in trends articulated and tapes logged and tracked Proactively
, May 2014 May , Intern Department News 2014 August -
DC Washington, , DC 5 Fox WTTG
EXPERIENCE
Allscripts Avid, iMovie, iNews, Dreamweaver, Pro, Cut Final
Nexis, Vocus, ContactNet, ContactManager, WordPress, Dalet, Photoshop, Ableton Livie 9 Suite, Suite, 9 Livie Ableton Photoshop, Dalet, WordPress, ContactManager, ContactNet, Vocus, Nexis,
SKILLS
Scholar Trachtenberg Joel Stephen
, Minor in Anthropology, May 2015 May Anthropology, in Minor , Communications Mass and Journalism in Arts of Bachelor
Washington, DC Washington, Affairs, Public and Media of School University, Washington George The
EDUCATION
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