Daniel S.

MacLeod
74 Maspeth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11211 • dsmacleod.info • (347) 603-0376 • dan@dsmacleod.com • @DSMacLeod

EDUCATION
University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, December 2010

B.A. Economics, Minor in Political Science

AWARDS

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Fellowship (Summer, 2010)

• Researched and wrote a chapter for a forthcoming book by Dr. Michael Hillard on the oral history of
Bucksport, Maine’s paper mill using archival materials and extensive interviews of former employees.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Co-founder and business editor, Maine Observer, Portland, Maine (May 2010 — December 2010)
• Helped to found and launch Maine’s first online-only newspaper.
• Used multimedia and social media to report enterprise and breaking news stories.
• Edited The Haul, a blog on Maine business and economics.
• Established relationships with traditional news organizations to broaden the site’s reach and appeal.

Executive Editor, The Free Press, Portland, Maine (December 2009 — December 2010)
Managing the editorial and business operations of the University of Southern Maine’s award-winning
weekly student newspaper.
• Managed budgets, 20 student employees and two part-time staff.
• Undertook a full-scale redesign of the paper’s physical and Web products, increasing emphasis on multi
media and social media.
• Scheduled circulation to increase by 30 percent to match increased pickup rate.

Freelance Reporter, Page Designer (July 2009 — Present)

• Stories, photos and videos have appeared in New York Daily News, Brooklyn Paper, The Portland Daily
Sun, The Portland Phoenix and Bangor Daily News.

Intern, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine (May — September 2009)

• Reported 2-5 stories a week for Maine’s biggest daily newspaper. Topics ranged from police and courts
to public events, breaking news and feature stories.

News Editor, The Free Press, Portland, Maine (December 2008 — December 2009)
• Assigned, edited, reported and took photos for the paper’s 4-7 page news section

SKILLS

• Final Cut, Adobe Creative Suite, Wordpress, basic HTML, CSS. Some PHP, MySQL.
• Photography, video, audio, page design
• Using social media and online tools in traditional news-gathering and dissemination