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Veronica Jones
123 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94122
Home: 000-000-0000 | Cell: 000-000-0000
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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
6/1/2009 – 7/1/2014
New Cityland Globe and Gazette
New Cityland, CA
- 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
2007
California Pacific University
New Cityland, CA
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