Andrew J Theen

[143 T Street NW] [Washington], [DC] [20001] Twitter: @andrewtheen Phone: [541-913-0970] E-Mail: andrewtheen@gmail.com Web: andrewtheen.com

[AJT ]

Core Competencies:
excellent reporting, writing, interviewing and editing skills extensive experience working in a high-paced team environment with deadline pressures experienced with non-linear audio and video editing software (Final Cut Professional, Pro Tools LE, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Soundbooth, etc) experienced with entire Adobe CS5 Master Collection software (including Adobe Photoshop CS5) proficient in digital photography experienced with producing for radio television and print mediums

Reporting Experience:
Medill News Service, Chicago and Washington June 2011]

[September 2010

Chicago: community and politics reporter, filed investigative pieces ranging from examining the evolution of Mayor Richard M. Daley's power over the city council to analyzing the story behind Chicago's chronically struggling recycling program Washington: national security reporter, filed text, video and multimedia stories ranging from amputee basketball at Walter Reed Medical Center to the budget realities facing the FBI to the consequences of trying 9/11 conspirators in military tribunals rather than federal court DC stories published by United Press International, Military Times, Daily Caller, American Journalism Review and McClatchy papers

Freelance Journalist, Portland, OR September 2010]

[September 2009

filed stories for regional sports blog, national public radio programs, local station Oregon Public Broadcasting

Oregon Public Broadcasting Radio Reporter/Producer September 2008]

[September 2006 -

produced and reported on-air content on deadline daily for Oregon's top radio news station, often from remote regions covered then Senator Barack Obama's campaign visits to Portland, filed stories for National Public Radio from the eight-days long Track and Field Olympic Trials and broke stories on the controversial proposed Columbia River Crossing Project

Other Work Experience:

Department of Human Services, Self-Sufficiency Case Manager September 2010]
receptionist and case manager at the largest welfare office in the state of Oregon

[December 2009

Journalism Honors and Fellowships

Carnegie-Knight Initiative News21 Fellow (June 2011 August 2011) National Security Journalism Initiative Reporting Fellow, with Medill and the Washington Post (September 2011 December 2011) Maynard Orme Endowed Intern, Oregon Public Broadcasting (2006)

Education:

Andrew J Theen
[143 T Street NW] [Washington], [DC] [20001] Twitter: @andrewtheen Phone: [541-913-0970] E-Mail: andrewtheen@gmail.com Web: andrewtheen.com

[AJT ]
[September 2002

MSJ - Medill Graduate School of Journalism at Northwestern University Evanston [September 2010 present]
Masters of Science in Journalism (MSJ) candidate focused on Public Affairs Reporting

BA - University of Oregon Eugene, OR June 2006]

Double Major in Broadcast Journalism and Newspaper Editorial Journalism, Minor in Political Science