TEGAN HANLON

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE:
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS : Dallas, Texas
Local News Intern, June 2013 - present Full-time local news reporter, covering features, events, daily news. Monitor Facebook page, post stories daily. Metro Intern: June - August 2012 Full-time general assignments reporter. Assisted in reporting on the Aurora theater shooting. Part of the team that won the staff Pulitzer Prize, Scripps Howard Award and ASNE Award. Promoted stories, broke news using social media.

www.teganhanlon.com 610.442.8747

teganh59@gmail.com @teganhanlon

AWARDS:
First place, Gertrude Gordon Annual Writing Contest
April 2013

PERSONAL AWARDS:

THE DENVER POST : Denver, Colo.

Heinz Endowment Internship Grant

January 2013

PART OF THE TEAM THAT WON:

ASNE Award
March 2013 Breaking News Reporting April 2013

PITT MAGAZINE : University of Pittsburgh

Pulitzer Prize

Intern: January - May 2013 Part-time features writer, assisted with copyediting.

Scripps Howard Award

March 2013

THE MORNING CALL : Allentown, Pa.

News Intern: May - August 2011 Full-time general assignments reporter, focused on local government and features. Freelancer: August 2011 - February 2013 Covered local government meetings, events during school breaks.

EDUCATION:
Class of 2013 Dual major: Nonfiction English Writing, Business Administration Studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain, lived with Spanish-speaking host family. September - December 2012

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

THE PITT NEWS : University of Pittsburgh

UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA

Assistant News Editor: May 2011 - April 2012 Managed a staff of about 20 at the student-run newspaper. Worked three nights a week editing stories, assisting with layout, producing news budgets and covering breaking news. Reporter: September 2010 - April 2011 Covered Student Government Board and local government beats.

REFERENCES:
Steve Harris , Assistant Metro Editor
The Dallas Morning News 972.754.3484 sharris@dallasnews.com

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

92.1 WPTS : University of Pittsburgh
DJ: December 2010 - February 2013 Co-hosted a weekly music/talk show on student radio station.

Dana Coffield , Metro Editor

The Denver Post 303.954.1954 dcoffield@dallasnews.com

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ABROAD : Barcelona, Spain

Featured Blogger: September - December 2012 Contributed regularly to ISA blog site.

Katherine Reinhard , Content Editor

The Morning Call 610.770.3751 katherine.reinhard@mcall.com

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION : University of Pittsburgh

Intern: January - May 2011 Assisted professor with vocabulary acquisition research, graded text analyses.

SKILLS:
Final Cut Pro, Adobe InDesign, Windows and Mac OS, iMovie, Microsoft Office & Associated Press Style.

ALLENTOWN CITY COUNCIL : Allentown, Pa.

Intern: May - August 2010 Analyzed how different cities spent their community development block grant funds.