Daniel Funke Digital journalist, student, storyteller
Email: danielpfunke@gmail.com Phone: 770-298-7796
Web: dfunke.wix.com/danielfunke Social: @dpfunke
Work Experience June 2015Aug. 2015
Sept. 2015present
Jan. 2015May 2015
Aug. 2015present
May 2015present
Breaking News Intern
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Report breaking news from the Atlanta area, as well as state and national events, on hourly deadlines • Collaborate with a large team of AJC and WSB-TV journalists on breaking and enterprise news stories • Conduct on-scene multimedia reporting for events such as the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage • Manage the AJC’s Twitter page using SocialFlow
Digital & Web Producer USA TODAY College
• Manage USA TODAY College’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages and launch its Periscope and Snapchat • Aggregate and publish college-related content from Gannett publications and student newspapers in the U.S. • Enhance and edit online web packages using multimedia embeds, Google keywords and HTML5 in WordPress
Collegiate Correspondent USA TODAY
• Pitch news, opinion and lifestyle story ideas catered to a national, college-aged audience on a weekly basis • Write and report news stories for USA TODAY’s college content platform on a 72-hour deadline • Take and edit digital photos, video and audio to produce enterprise multimedia online news packages
Managing Editor The Red & Black
• Manage an editorial board of 16 and journalists creating content for UGA’s 10,000-circulation student newspaper • Oversee all daily newsroom operations, working with editors to maintain daily online and weekly print budgets with stories pertaining to UGA and Athens • Help lead the first major website redesign and content migration in the publication’s 122-year history • Lay out, edit and produce print and digital newspaper pages using Adobe Creative Suite software
Managing Editor
Ampersand Magazine
• Manage an editorial board of 11 and a team of journalists producing content for UGA’s student magazine • Author and execute the publication’s first social media, online content and print business strategies • Create daily online and monthly print budgets with lifestyle stories pertaining to UGA and Athens • Lay out, edit and produce magazine pages using InDesign
Education The University of Georgia Journalism Bachelor of Arts International Affairs B.A. Aug. 2013 - May 2017 • Journalism emphasis in Public Affairs • Minor in Spanish • Certificate in New Media • Honors Program, 3.65 GPA • Study abroad in Czech Republic & Spain
Skills 1 year
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5+
Adobe CS Web Editing Spanish HTML5/CSS3 AP Style Photography Social Media Digital Video Content Editing News Reporting
Involvement Groups
• Digital Media Attention and Cognition Lab • ONA/SPJ at UGA • Mobile News Lab • Georgia Magazine
Memberships
• Online News Association • Atlanta Press Club
Honors • CURO Assistantship • HOPE Scholarship
• McGill Fellow • Fink Scholar