Resume

Dec. 2008-Present

National Hub Editor

Internet Broadcasting, Telecommuting

Responsibilities include weekly Hub shift updating content for Internet Broadcasting’s more than 70 local media sites. I also substitute regularly for other shifts as needed, including national proofing and national content shifts. IB’s sites have an aggregated audience of more than 16 million users per month.

Aug. 2008-Nov. 2008

Senior News Editor, NBC10.com

Internet Broadcasting, Philadelphia, Pa.

Responsibilities included updating NBC10.com with breaking news, daily news, video, slideshows and other content. I helped coordinate news priorities with station editors and worked to bring marketing opportunities to the Web site that tied in with content on the TV station.

2004-Aug. 2008

NBC National Video Editor

Internet Broadcasting, Philadelphia, Pa.

I managed national video, slideshows and stories for the Web sites of the 10 NBC owned and operated TV stations (including www.wnbc.com, www.knbc.com and www.nbc5.com), selecting the best videos with national scope and wide interest for these sites everyday. I was also in charge of any breaking news involving NBC and coordinating livestream telecasts for these stations.

2003-2004

NBC Hub Editor

Internet Broadcasting, Philadelphia, Pa.

I was one of two Hubbers managing the NBC owned and operated Web sites (there were 14 at the time) during nights and weekends. I was also responsible for coordinating breaking news, updates to stories and any other content that needed to show up on the sites.

1998-2003

General Assignment/Education Reporter

The News Journal, Wilmington, Del.

Duties included developing and maintaining working relationships with sources in three school districts and developing and writing strong front-page stories with interesting photos and informative graphics.

1995-1998

Staff Reporter

The Associated Press, Baltimore, Buffalo, N.Y. and Omaha, Neb. bureaus

Duties included generating, reporting, writing and editing news stories for publication or broadcast. I also spent regular shifts on “The Desk” preparing, organizing and managing the wire’s daily reports.

My Resume

Experience

Internet

Journalism

Experience

I’ve been writing and editing content for the Web for five years. Let me help expand your readership -- and your coffers.

I’m trained as a traditional journalist, so I apply traditional journalism values to my work -- in print or online.

I have experience writing, editing, content editing, working with HTML, using Photoshop, editing video and creating slideshows/galleries.

Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, 1996

University of Maryland, College Park, Md.

While still a student at the University of Maryland, I had experience blending journalism with computers when I learned how to use database programs for computer-assisted reporting. In addition to writing for the student newspaper, “The Diamondback,” I was also a staff reporter for Capital News Service, a student-run wire service similar to The Associated Press, and a writer for the faculty/staff newspaper, “Outlook.”

2000

Won second place, education writing, Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association awards, for the five-part series, “Neighborhood Schools: Solution Or Illusion?” in “The News Journal.”

1998

Won first place, general news writing, Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association awards, for “Finally, A Mother’s Love,” in “The News Journal.” The story looked at the rising number of adoptions of Chinese baby girls in Delaware and how such an adoption affected one woman’s life.

Education & Awards

References

Available upon request.

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Steve Sobek

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