Natalie Posgate

5750 E. University Blvd, #624 Dallas, TX 75206 (210) 383-5405 nposgate@smu.edu Experience The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas) August 2011-December 2011 Breaking News Intern Wrote breaking news stories and weather stories during morning shifts for dallasnews.com Shot photos and videos on-site Checked police report databases for potential crime stories Wrote feature stories Rotunda (Dallas, Texas) August 2008-Present Copy Editor Edit stories, pitch story ideas to editor-in-chief, write additional stories Staff writer Feature stories, sports stories for SMUs student yearbook SMU Student Media (Dallas, Texas) October 2009-Present Contributing writer for SMU Journalisms news sites, the Daily Campus and The Daily Mustang Texas Highways magazine (Austin, Texas) June 2011-August 2011 Editorial Intern Wrote brief copy for front and back of the book Conducted research and fact-checking for featured articles Wrote Web copy for texashighways.com Parker Media (Austin, Texas) June 2011-August 2011 Intern Edited and wrote Web content for the client, Generation Americas website SMU- TV The Daily Update (Dallas, Texas) August 2009-December 2009 Teleprompter, Writer, Studio Camera for SMU-TVs student run show 6 a.m. crew call Skills Computer: Word, PowerPoint, Excel Production: GarageBand, Soundslides, Wordpress, Final Cut Pro, Avid-iNews, Sony PD/70 mini DV camera Education Southern Methodist University Convergence Journalism major Advertising minor Journalism GPA: 3.8 Graduating in spring 2012 Awards Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Award Honorable Mention for sports writing in Rotunda Distinguished Scholar Awarded for academic excellence in high school Rotunda Scholar Annual merit scholarship Member of Golden Key International Honour Society Member of Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society Member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority References Available on request March 2010 August 2008-present August 2008-present September 2010-present December 2008-present January 2009-present