811 Lincoln Avenue Johnson City, TN 37604 423-202-3670 c:423-946-5833 shepherdjn@goldmail.etsu.

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Johnathan Nicholas Shepherd

Career Focus
Current student working towards bachelors degree in journalism. Ambitious student with excellent research, time management and problem solving skills. Detail-oriented student with strong technical skills and the ability to learn new concepts quickly. Able to juggle multiple stories at one time.

Experience
March 2012-present
Staff Writer

East Tennessean

Johnson City, TN

Writing articles for the student newspaper

May 2012-Aug. 2012

Johnson City Press

Johnson City, TN

Intern
Writing articles, pitching stories and taking pictures for the Press. Herald and Tribune Jonesborough, TN

June 2011-Aug 2011

Intern

Writing articles Taking photos

Education
September 2009present
N/A

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

Awards
Deans list Fall 2009, Deans list Spring 2010, Johnson City Press scholarship award 2012

Skills
Proficient with Associated Press style Proficient with Mac and PC

Proficient with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator Proficient with Word, Excel and Powerpoint Limited skills with InDesign and HTML Proficient with web design and hosting a domain name

References
Dr. Andrew Dunn- Assistant Professor of Communications, ETSU; dunnra@etsu.edu (423) 4394170 Rex Barber- Assistant News Editor/Online, Johnson City Press; rbarber@johnsoncitypress.com (423) 929-3111 Kristen Swing- Executive Editor, Jonesborough Herald and Tribune: kswing@heraldandtribune.com (423) 753-3136