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Suzanne
Objective Work experience
Editor
 April 2008 to January 2009
Visalia Times-Delta, Visalia, Calif.
Built a supplemental targeted publication for Visalia’s daily newspaper on downtown areasin Tulare County. Wrote, designed and coordinated photos for the quarterly tab insert.
Radio host/marketing coordinator
October 2007 to April 2008
KFSC-LP 94.1 FM, Visalia, Calif.
Hosted, produced, edited and scripted weekly radio show about the U.K. culture.Recorded interviews via Skype and edited in Adobe Audition. Set up social networkingWeb site and helped nonpr
ofit radio station promote itself, raise funds and organize events.
Copy editor
May 2004 to December 2007 Visalia Times-Delta, Visalia, Calif.
Helped select stories, edit, write headlines and design pages for Visalia’s daily newspaper.Designed broadsheet pages, section fronts and A1. Uploaded articles to the Web siteand helped moderate online comments. Shot and edited weekly videocast for two months.* I took 8 months off in 2005 to work abroad in a cafe in Nottingham, England.
Editor-in-chief
 April 2004 to January 2005
Fusion Multimedia, Visalia, Calif.
Editor-in-chief for local youth magazine, which was published every two months. Directed
content and design, managed staff, edited and proofed submissions, coordinatedwriters and photographers. Met with 10 to 20 at-risk youth to brainstorm stories.
Editor-in-chief
 August 2002 to May 2004
College of the Sequoias, Visalia, Calif.
Editor-in-chief for community college weekly newspaper. Managed staff, developedworkflow, designed front page and news sections, assigned and edited stories.
Education
San Jose State University,
San Jose, Calif. • January 2008 to May 2010 (expected)
B.S. in jour
nalism (magazine), minor in business • Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honor society
College of the Sequoias,
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isalia, Calif. • August 2002 to May 2004 • A.A. in jou
rnalism 
Skills
 AP style • InDesign • InCopy • QuarkXp
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ess • Illustrator • Photoshop • Audition • Audacity •
FinalCut Pr
o • Premiere • Saxotech/Publicus • NewsEditPro • HTML • RSS • Social media
 
 
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Social media strategist/Steering committee member
October 2008 to present 
Public Press, San Francisco, Calif.
Implemented a social media strategy for the startup nonprofit news organization.
Helped with design and marketing for events. Assisted with grant writing andstrategic planning. Worked with honors students to develop business model.
Web intern
 June 2009 to present 
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, San Jose, Calif.
Uploaded the weekly business newspaper to the Web site, wrote briefs and calendar items,created small graphics and occasionally wrote feature profiles on local businesses.
Reporter
 August 2009 to present 
Spartan Daily, San Jose, Calif.
Covered the California budget crisis beat, shot video, wrote opinions and assisted theonline editor with social media for the San Jose State University student newspaper.
Copy editor
 January 2009 to September 2009
SHiFT Magazine, San Jose, Calif.
Copy edited and designed spreads for a startup magazine sent quarterly to
business leaders in the Silicon Valley who have an interest in social responsibility. To make your publication rock.
Writing samples available
at suzanneyada.com.
 
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