Shelly W.

Experience Summary

Jan. 2012-May 2012 University of Texas at Arlington, The Shorthorn News Editor Managing 15 beat reporters to produce a daily 6-8 page broadsheet newspaper, got reporters writing at least two-three stories a week, live Tweeting/ social media, to cover daily events, line editing June 2011- Dec. 2011 University of Texas at Arlington, The Shorthorn Reporter Contributed weekly news articles about student affairs Contributed daily news articles about UTA and the UT system administration June-Aug. 2010 Intern, Corpus Christi Caller-Times Covered hard news stories, wrote feature stories, had about 70 articles published, improved editing and writing, took photos Sept. 2008-Spring 2011Tarrant County College, The Collegian, Hurst, Texas Editor-in-Chief for The Collegian, Jan. 2010-Spring 2011 Contributed a weekly column, general news, editorials and feature stories; headed weekly staff meetings with reporters, photographers; edited and proofed pages for production; wrote headlines and cutlines for photos; worked closely with staff; hosted the newspaper’s weekly broadcasted news brief Managing Editor for The Collegian newspaper, Sept.-Dec. 2009 Compiled the Names and Events Calendar for the campuses as well as contributed weekly articles about the Trinity River Campus and general news, editorial, reviews, viewpoints and feature stories Edited and proofed pages for production, wrote headlines and cutlines for photos SE Campus News Editor, Sept. 2008-May 2009 Covered news, entertainment and features related to SE Campus Helped proof pages for production May 2008-Dec. 2011 Kohl’s Department Store, Cedar Hill, Texas Operated the junior's floor, misses floor and jewelry counter as a floor associate - cleaning, organizing and helping customers find exactly what they're looking for; also did point-of-sale as a cashier. June-Aug. 2007 High school internship at the Today Newspaper in Duncanville, TX, learned about publishing a weekly newspaper, interviewing, editing, attending news conferences. An estimated 20 articles published.

Teaching Style

Hands-on, from my journalism textbooks from these classes - 2011-Present University of Texas at Arlington, Journalism Major Relevant courses: Communication Theory, Communication Law, Opinion Writing 2008-2011 Tarrant County College, Journalism Major Relevant courses: Intro to Mass Comm., Editing and Layout, Reporting I, Reporting II, Also how to use Twitter and Facebook to find stories, and reach out to sources.

My Hobbies

creative writing, reading, book collecting

All Subjects I Tutor

• Creative Writing

• Journalism

• Reading