Samantha VanSchoick Journalist and Layout Designer
Cell: (518) 466-1828 79 Pinewood Ave Albany, New York 12208 samantha.vanschoick@lyndonstate.edu samanthavanschoick.blogspot.com To view PDFs of my work go to issuu.com/samanthavanschoick
Education
Bachelor of Arts Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT Major: English—Journalism and Creative Writing Overall GPA: 3.46
Awards & Achievements
Commencement Speaker, 2013 The Arthur B. Elliot Honor Society, 2013 Excellence in Journalism and Creative Writing Award, 2013 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards In-depth Reporting and Feature Photography (for colleges with under 5,000 students), 2012 USA Today and Al Nueharth Free Spirit in Journalism Vermont Award, 2009
Relevant Skills
Fluent in -Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop -Microsoft Suite -QuarkXPress -Blogger/WordPress -Fetch -Social Networking via Facebook and Twitter Comfortable with both Windows OS and Mac OS
Related Experience
Editor-in-Chief, The Critic, Award Winning student operated weekly newspaper (August 2012-May 2013). Managing editor (August 2011- May 2012). Staff member (August 2010- May 2011). -The newspaper won two Society of Professional Journalist Mark of Excellence Awards while I was editor for In-depth Reporting and Feature Photography. -Boosted social media presence with Facebook likes going from under 300 to 500 and going from a practically non-existent Twitter presence to having over 200 followers. -Worked with editorial staff to organize advertising drive, personally raised almost $2,000 dollars in one day. -Worked with the photo editor, layout editor, web editor, news editor, entertainment editor, and sports editors to make sure deadlines were met. Founding editor of MESH, the college's literary review, which publishes twice a year. (2011/2012). Layout editor (August 2012 to May 2013). -Involved in all aspects of publication from advertising to submission review to layout to sales. Supplemental instructor, Harvey Academic Center at Lyndon State College. (August 2012-May 2013) -Worked individually with developmentally disabled students. -Ran workshops on journalistic writing to supplement the journalistic writing course. Reporter, Vermont Center for Community Journalism, NewsINK (2012) -Cover various types of local events for online news magazine. Disc jockey at WWLR College Radio (2009-2010) -"Wake Up with Ani and Sam!" talk show co-host featuring an Indie playlist.
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