Resume
Mark McNeillie
(719)232-7398 – Mark.mcneillie [at] gmail.com
1718 14th Ave. W . Apt. 12
Williston, ND 58801
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Education
University of Colorado, Boulder
-Graduation date: August 2012
-Bachelor of Science in Journalism (News-Editorial emphasis)
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Relevant Experience
Reporter, Williston Herald, Williston, ND
-July 2012-present
-20 hours/week news, 20 hours/week sports
-Writing and photography used almost daily
-Handled County Commission beat
-Wrote stories and small features for Talking the Bakken Magazine
-Wrote weekly column on a variety of subjects
-Covered football and volleyball from area surrounding Williston.
-Used InDesign to create daily sports pages
-Came into a newsroom with mostly temporary employees, worked with a revolving door of people
Intern, TransWorld Business
-August 2011-December 2011
-Two days a week, working with WordPress
-Updated Newswire stories daily
-Transcribed interviews for longer feature stories
-Went on assignments, taking photographs and writing about events around the Denver and Boulder area
Summer Intern, Colorado Springs Gazette
-May 2011- August 2011
-Four days a week at the copy desk, one day sports reporting
-Copy desk assignments, included proofreading, writing headlines, occasionally compiling briefs
-Sports assignments including minor league baseball, golf, swimming amongst other things
Sports Editor, CU Independent
- December 2010- May 2011
- Made weekly budgets, assigned reporters stories, edited and fact-checked stories
- Occasionally went on assignments myself due to very small sports staff
Sports Writer, CU Independent
- January 2010- December 2010, January 2012- present
- Covered football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, lacrosse, tennis, golf, soccer, and cross country
- Women’s soccer beat writer for Fall 2010 season
-Men’s basketball beat writer during 2012 season
- Wrote 3-4 stories a week including game recaps, features and briefs
- Some articles picked up by ESPN.com
Other
-Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
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