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career highlights
Launched and operate an online news website that attracts tens of thousands of unique visitors monthly. Work has been picked up by the AP, CNN, MSNBC, the Huffington Post, Pushlishers Weekly and more. Was one of two selected from hundreds for prestigious Chattanooga Times Free Press internship. Received Golden Press Card Award of Merit for coverage of triple homicide during a little girls birthday party. Proficiencies include government reporting (municipal, school board, county, state, federal and elections) and all other hard news, business reporting, feature/opinion writing, video, photography, Soundslides, social media, pagination, editing, headline/cutline writing, freelancer management, open records/meetings and more.

100 Wayfair Overlook Woodstock, GA 30188 (678) 630-2864 michaelstone428@gmail.com

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work experience Patch Media (AOL)

Position: News Editor Where: Metro Atlanta When: December 2010Present

Launched a news website covering the western part of Cobb County, Georgia, including the incorporated city of Powder Springs: www.westcobb.patch.com. (My welcome/launch video: tinyurl.com/8YMQAZC) Make seven posts, including one centerpiece, each weekday; ensure site is constantly refreshed with quality content, which is as simple as a job posting or as profound as a four-part enterprise or feature piece. Site includes comprehensive business directory, events calendar, blogs, announcements and much more. Consistently exceed goals in various metrics; received company-wide recognition for election coverage. Report on city government that before had never received regular coverage; often beat other area media. Recruited and manage a team of paid freelancers and unpaid bloggers; have regions largest blogger output. Gained and interact with a large social media following; organize and participate in marketing events to promote the site, as well as company as a whole; hold monthly office hours for readers.

Chattanooga Times Free Press (WEHCO Media)

Position: Intern

When: JulyDecember 2010

Among team of roughly 30 experienced reporters, received large amount of A1 placement for breaking and hard news, feature stories, and enterprise and investigative reporting. Topics included local, state and federal politics, environment, crime, courts, business, education, health, fitness, military, travel, weather and much more; also had several photos published with stories.

The Daily News Journal (Gannett)

Produced up to two news stories and two videos in one workday.

Position: Intern/Freelance Writer Where: Murfreesboro, Tenn. When: May 2008July 2010

Gained experience and clips that would lead to being selected to Chattanooga internship. Received $1,500 scholarship for in-depth investigative piece on decline of recording industry and, in turn, relevance of MTSUs internationally known recording industry program.

work experience (continued) MTSU Sidelines

Positions: Editor in Chief, Features Editor, Opinions Editor When: November 2007July 2010

News, feature and opinion writing, pagination, graphics, videography, photography, audio, polling, social media, preparing print content for online, basic HTML, Soundslides and much more. Created new features in the paper, including Band of the Week and A Quick Word; created College Contracts page on the website, which included various administrative, coaching and vending contracts. As editor in chief, represented Sidelines in TV and other media. Work referenced in other area media, notably a piece on coaches drawing half their salaries from academic funds.

references
Times Free Press: Keith Vallier, metro editor
400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403 kvallier@timesfreepress.com 423-757-6366

Sidelines/MTSU: Leon Alligood, professor/adviser

1301 E. Main St., Murfreesboro, TN 37132 alligood@mtsu.edu 615-898-2205

Daily News Journal: Sam Stockard, editor

224 N. Walnut St., Murfreesboro, TN 37130 stockard@dnj.com 615-278-5150

Patch: Jessie Gable, news editor

No physical workplace address jessie.gable@patch.com 770-289-8664

education Middle Tennessee State University

Major: Journalism Minors: Business administration, American culture GPA: 3.5 (3.8 major) Involvement: Founding president of the universitys chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, public relations work with the Country Music Associations Music Festival and the band Widespread Panic, founding president of the Chess Club of Middle Tennessee, Honors College, $26,500 worth of scholarships, various journalism conferences and workshops, continually worked part-time jobs (up to three at one point), Quiz Bowl champion.

other experience
Traveled to Australia, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Malta and Wales as a student ambassador. Took classes at Cambridge College in England through the Cambridge College Programme. Currently serve as the Atlanta Writers Clubs videographer. Volunteered for four years at the Chattanooga Zoo and a semester at the Nashville Zoo. Wrote a 78,000-word political thriller, centered around education reform, called Bursting the Bubble (still querying). Assist Southern States Rottweiler Rescue, the largest Rottweiler rescue in the country, in saving almost 100 of the dogs annually. Workplaces before graduation included a restaurant, grocery stores, student housing, a gym and a turnkey business. Hobbies include reading, writing, chess, billiards, guitar, swimming, fitness, painting and cooking.

sample work
Coverage in Single Beat:
tinyurl.com/7HUUJMH

Times Free Press Stories:

tinyurl.com/759HHE7

Page Design:
tinyurl.com/6UED2Ed

Feature Writing:
tinyurl.com/7OSO8JW

Opinion Writing:
tinyurl.com/76QYPYQ

Sample Videos:
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Daily Turnover of Debate:

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