Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Resume

Dwayne A. Steward


EDUCATION

Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Athens, Ohio
Bachelor of Science in Journalism, June 2007
GPA: 3.2/4.0
King/Chavez/Parks Scholar

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Associate Producer, Metromix Columbus, Columbus, Ohio
October 2008—Present

  • Co-produce Columbus.Metromix.com, an entertainment news Web site covering Columbus, Ohio. Create, assign, edit, post and arrange Web site's content.

Entertainment Coordinator, Newspaper Network of Central Ohio, Newark, Ohio
December 31, 2007—September 2008

  • Cover Columbus, Ohio’s entertainment scene for 12 surrounding small-town newspapers

Features Writer, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.
July 16, 2007—September 21, 2007

  • Summer intern in the Features/Entertainment section
Summer Fellow, The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla.
June 3, 2007—July 13, 2007
  • Produced feature stories and multimedia packages for www.PointsSouth.net
  • Worked in every part of production process, including, editing audio, capturing photos, and creating copy.
Features Writer, Perspectives, Ohio University research magazine
September 2006—June 2007
  • Wrote general assignment science-related features, such as a story explaining the chemistry behind airport explosives detection equipment to a lay audience.
Business Writer, The News Journal, Wilmington, Del.
June 2006—August 2006
  • Wrote business features and general assignment articles, including the newspapers first attempt at explaining HD Radio and telling businesses how to prepare for an oncoming hurricane.
Staff Writer, The Post, independently run campus newspaper in Athens, Ohio
April 2004—March 2006
  • Wrote for the Minority Issues and Faculty/Curriculum beats.
  • Restructured the goal of the minority issues beat, transformed typical events-only coverage to trend and issues analysis.
Staff Intern, The Delaware Gazette, Delaware, Ohio
June 2004—August 2004
  • Wrote general assignment stories, including two front-page features.
  • One article addressed the overlooked community issue of small roads versus large trucks, forcing city council the start discussion about a solution.
  • Also photographed for several stories.
MULTIMEDIA SKILLS

Dreamweaver8, iMovie, Soundtrack Pro and Soundslides
PageMaker, Photoshop and In Design, Extrovert
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint
Experience with still and video cameras and audio recorders

HONORS

Chips Quinn Scholar-Summer 2006
National Association of Black Journalists Internship Program-Summer 2007

posted by Dwayne Steward @ 11:34 AM