CJ Lotz

cjlotz@gmail.com

Education Indiana University-Bloomington class of 2011

Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an outside major in linguistics.
2007 Wells Scholar, one of 22 students who received a full-ride academic scholarship.
Ernie Pyle Scholar, one of less than 20 honors journalism students per class.
Journalism GPA: 4.0. Overall GPA: 3.93

Professional Field&Stream, American Society of Magazine Editors intern, NYC, summer 2010
One of 24 students chosen nationwide for ASME magazine internship program.
Experience Wrote bylined print articles for the “Campfire” section.
Wrote blog posts, uploaded photo galleries and organized a Web-based user contest.
Filmed and photographed an online food series for The Wild Chef blog.

Mute magazine intern, London, May-July 2009

Wrote, photographed and edited online articles.
Edited article solicitations for quarterly print magazine.
Created lists of books and events for Mute to cover.

The Franklin Press intern, Franklin, N.C., summer 2008

Worked full time writing articles, photographing events and designing graphics.
Wrote a series of in-depth articles about public transportation.

Student Inside magazine editor-in-chief, fall 2009-spring 2010 & Web editor, fall 2010-spring 2011
Led development of a new Web site with frequently updated multimedia content.
Publications In three years, Inside’s independent quarterly print magazine has won nearly 90 awards on
the local, state and national levels.

Indiana Daily Student assistant copy chief, fall 2008 & writer 2007-2011
Copy edited articles using IDS and Associated Press style.
Wrote and photographed news and feature articles.

Collins Living-Learning Center yearbook co-editor, 2007-2009

Wrote articles, photographed events and designed layout for residence-hall publication.

Leadership United for Haiti at IU founder and president

Created a student association for Haitian students and those interested in Haiti.
Organized a night of music and education at the IU Art Museum, September 2009.

Creole Institute intern, fall 2009

Organized events for Haitian Studies Association conference at IU, fall 2009.
Curated an exhibit about Haitian arts and history at the Lilly Rare Book Library.
Traveled to Haiti with the University of Massachusetts-Boston, July-August 2009.
Received Professional Experience Internship grant from Hutton Honors College.

Weekend events coordinator, Collins Living-Learning Center, 2008-2010

Created a position and amended residential constitution to include programming budget.
Planned weekly events to encourage alternatives to underage drinking.
Hosted guest speakers like New York Times journalist Michael Barbaro.

Honors Hearst Awards Program, 2010

Received 9th place national award, best in-depth story for “Steps in Her Way.”
Edited winning stories published in Inside magazine that led IU to its first overall win of
the Hearst competition, 2010.

Indiana Society of Professional Journalists, 2010

Received 1st place regional award, best in-depth story for “Steps in Her Way.”