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Nolan Santana
City, State, Zip Code
Home: 000-000-0000 | Cell: 000-000-0000
email@email.com
Professional Summary
Exceptionally skilled Journalist possesses dogged determination to find the story and deliver it to the public. Flexible and willing to work long hours when needed. Has authored award-winning exposes and believes in protecting the confidentiality of anonymous sources even in the face of tremendous pressure.
Core Qualifications
- Strong journalistic integrity
- Flexibility with hours
- Determined and dedicated
- Deep belief in the First Amendment
- Fair and objective reporting
- Highly ethical with a strong aversion to “yellow” slanted journalism
- Very proficient with all word processing programs and platforms
- Able to meet fast deadlines with ease
- Collaborates well with editorial staff
- Keeps up-to-date on the city’s pulse to find the next story
- Regular attendance at court proceedings, public meetings, educational meetings, county commissioner meetings, and press conferences.
- Reviews all pending legislation in the public’s interest
- Has an engaging and outgoing personality with great interpersonal skills
Experience
Journalist
6/1/2019 – 7/1/2020
Company Name
City, State
- Reported on a wide variety of news topics.
- Did research and investigation.
- Conducted interviews with people and officials.
- Attended court proceedings, press conferences, and public meetings.
- Conducted research into court files.
- Made Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to governmental agencies.
- Wrote award-winning exposes.
- Followed the story even when potentially dangerous.
- Protected source confidentiality at all costs, including serving a thirty-day jail sentence for contempt for refusing to reveal sources.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree – Journalism
2017
University Name
City, State
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