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Resume

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Amber Hanneken

Experience
Assistant editor and staff writer, Hugo Daily News, Hugo, Oklahoma
May 2009 – Present

  • Edit all copy for daily and weekly news publications.
  • Design page one, obituary page and other inside pages as needed.
  • Write a range of stories including council meetings, feature and event coverage.
  • Photograph a range of subjects usually for feature on page one.

Editor, KimonoKitsy Studios, Honolulu, Hawaii
March 2010

  • Remotely edited all commentary for graphic novel “nemu*nemu Vol. 4.”

Editor, MyMissourian.com, Columbia, Missouri
January – May 2009

  • Facilitated citizen journalism for online publication, utilized WordPress and Flickr software.

Clerical Assistant, Columbia Missourian advertising, Columbia, Missouri
August 2005 – May 2009

  • Answered phones and greeted customers at the advertising department desk.
  • Composed classified advertisements, and designed speculative and online advertisements.
  • Mailed bills to customers, and created advertising sales sheets and binders.

Copy editor, Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Missouri
August – December 2008

  • Edited local, sports and AP stories, and proofed pages.
  • Created headlines for online and print.

Intern, Rural Missouri magazine, Jefferson City, Missouri
May – August 2008

  • Reporter and writer of feature stories covering rural people and events across the state.
  • Field photographer.
  • Designed layouts and created news briefs from press releases.

Reporter, Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Missouri
August – December 2007

  • Enterprise reporter covering local topics, health, events, politics and feature.
  • Blogged and wrote stories for both print and online publication.
  • Portrait photography.

Skills
Mac OSX, Windows XP, Vista and 7, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Bridge, LexisNexis, blogging, iMovie, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Nikon dSLR, Twitter, Flickr, Django, Joomla, Falcon, WordPress, basic HTML

Education
University of Missouri, Columbia
Bachelor of Journalism in Print and Digital News, cum laude May 2009
Minor: Anthropology
GPA: 3.498/4.00

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