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Grace Howard
424 E. Central Blvd. Orlando, FL 32801 T: (407) 965-6167 E: Grace.howard@knights.ucf.edu

Objective

To work at a well-known and well-respected media outlet in order to understand the fast-paced atmosphere of a large-scale production operation, ultimately furthering my experience, building my confidence and securing a job in the field of journalism.

Experience

Central Florida Future Job Title: Contributing Writer, Contributing Photographer Responsibilities: write articles, take photos

Fall 2011-present

HerCampus UCF Job Title: Contributing Writer, Photoblogger

Winter 2012

Responsibilities: provide a self-shot photo every week, write cutline, write articles Spring 2011-Spring 2013

UCF Recreation and Wellness Center Job Title: Group Exercise Instructor

Responsibilities: teach exercise classes, keep gym safe and clean, attend meetings Spring 2013

Orlando Business Journal Job Title: Editorial intern

Responsibilities: collect/analyze data, conduct interviews and cover events, take photos Summer 2013/Fall 2013

Central Florida Future Job Title: Photo Editor/Senior Staff photographer

Responsibilities: manage photographers, assign photo responsibilities for articles, write cutlines, create infographics, edit photos, search archives

Education

The University of Central Florida Major: BA Journalism Minor: Business Current year: Senior BA Anticipated: 12/2014

2010-present

GPA: 3.0 Relevant courses Photojournalism 1 (learned how to take newsworthy photos, edit photos, write captions); Magazine Editing and Production (learned how to build a magazine from the ground up, wrote articles, took photos, designed pages); Feature Writing (learned how to develop a standard feature article and a personal profile); Editing 1 (learned how to edit with AP Style standards); Newspaper Writing (learned inverted pyramid style writing for news articles)

Skills

Experienced in Photoshop, InDesign, and video editing software Experience creating SEOs and web content Experienced in DSLR photography, own camera/photography tools and software Hard worker, quick learner, personable, creative, task oriented, versatile, works well independently and with others

References Rick Brunson Journalism Instructor at The Nicholson School of Communications at UCF (407)-766-7320 rick.brunson@ucf.edu

Dave Carriere Former Editor-In-Chief at the Central Florida Future (860)-463-2894 da.carriere1@gmail.com