Joshua P.

Wright
jpaulwright@gmail.com
312 N. Grant
Moscow, Idaho, 83843
(206) 384-6440

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• May 2005-present : Full-time sports writer. Cover 20-plus local high school football teams in
fall, Washington State University men’s basketball in winter and high school and college baseball
in spring. Work on layout and design as well.
• Summer 2004: Paid full-time sports intern. Did extensive layout and design using QuarkXpress;
covered baseball, wrote features and columns on a regular basis.
• Summer 2003: Paid full-time news intern. Reported on city government and business issues,
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• Spring 2003: Academic sports intern. Covered high school and college sports and wrote weekly
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Spokesman-Review Spokane, Wash./ Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

• Winter/spring 2005: Idaho state legislative intern. Covered the 2005 session from every angle,
going to daily House and Senate sessions as well as committee meetings. Gained experience by
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Related awards/scholarships
• First place in spot sports story; second place in sports feature; third place for spot sports story
(Utah-Idaho-Spokane Associated Press Association, 2007)
• Second place in spots sports story (Utah-Idaho-Spokane Associated Press Association, 2006)
• 2004-2005 NCAA-Freedom Forum Sports Journalism Scholarship (one of eight nationally to win
$3000 sports writing award)
Education
University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho
B.S. Journalism and Mass Media
B.S. History
• Graduated: December 2004
• Cumulative GPA: 3.7
• Two degrees completed in 3½ years

References:
Jim Browitt jbrowitt@lmtribune.com
Sports editor, Lewiston Tribune Lewiston, Idaho
(208) 743-9411 ext. 260
Betsy Z. Russell Bzrussell@cableone.net
Boise bureau chief, Spokesman-Review Boise, Idaho
(208) 336-2854
Kenton Bird kbird@uidaho.edu
Director of School of Journalism and Mass Media, University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho
(208) 885-4947