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Jacob Martella
jacob.martella@att.net
817.522.8452
http://jacobmartella.com

Work Experience

Rio 2016, Rio de Janerio, Brazil

August 2016
I was one of four students selected by the Moody College of Communications to travel to Rio de Janeiro and cover US athletes in their competitions and to provide technical editing support to the Rio 2016
Olympic website (www.rio2016.com).
Wrote seven stories documenting US athletes performing in their competitions; Anders Weiss,
rowing, Providence Journal; Louisa Chaffee, sailing, Providence Journal; Courtney and Kelley Hurley,
fencing, San Antonio Express-News; Sarah Robles, weightlifting, Houston Chronicle; Evan Jager,
steeplechase, Northwest Herald; Michael Hixon, diving, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Wrote a freelance article for VICE Sports documenting the celebration of Brazilians after the Brazil
mens soccer team beat Germany to win the gold medal and what it meant to the country.
Because the stories I wrote were in competitions that traditionally do not receive wide coverage, I
researched details about the sport so that I could ask pertinent questions to the athletes documenting
their achievements and the excitement of the competition.
Collaborated with support team to update the Rio 2016 Olympics website (English) with current
news stories and photographs. Received stories from the Associated Press and Olympic News Service,
reviewed and edited stories and researched thru a pool of photographs to associate with the story for
publishing on the website.

The Daily Texan, Austin, TX

August 2012 - May 2016

Sports Editor
Responsible for engineering and directing the newspapers general sports coverage and the content of the sports
section.
Managing a team of 20 journalists, I make daily assignments to cover specific UT athletic events and work
with the reporter to review their submissions to ensure stories are strong and informative.
After finalizing the sports articles I determine which stories are submitted to the Daily Texan newspaper, on
average 12 per week.
To ensure the smooth operation of the sports department and the clarification of all assignments, I chair the
weekly team status meetings.
Coached writing staff in improving their sports writing and reporting skills, resulting in less errors and better
story reporting.
Associate Sports Editor, Senior Sports Editor
In addition to maintaining my own reporting schedule, I reviewed and edited articles submitted by team
reporters to ensure correctness and accuracy prior to submitting for the newspaper.
So that the readers interest is pulled in to reading the article, I wrote the headlines, photo captions, and brief
sports stories for the sidebar of the sports page. This resulted in bringing the readers attention to the larger story.
To ensure a high level of quality and appearance I reviewed the formatting of the sports page prior to sending
it to be printed.
General Sports Reporter
Conducted post-game interviews and independent research resulting in authoring over 225 sports related
articles for the Daily Texan including regular season and NCAA playoff competitions.
To engage followers of the individual sports, I provided live game updates through social media tools Twitter,
Facebook and Instagram.

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Westlake Picayune/Lake Travis View, Austin, TX

August 2014 - January 2016

Freelance Writer
Covered Lake Travis and Westlake High School sports wherever the sports editor needed me. I wrote 11 volleyball
stories, four soccer stories and a swimming feature that got published in the Austin American Statesman. I kept
track of my own stats to use in the game recaps.

Faith Growth, Dallas, TX

July 2014 - Present

Development Intern
Worked on building websites for churches and other companies using the Genesis Framework with WordPress.
Learned how to integrate plugins into site designs, writing code for other people to understand and understanding
clients needs and wants and transforming those into doable code. Designed the code specifically for easy transition
third person support of the website once the development project has completed.

Education

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Bachelor of Journalism

Skills

August 2012 - May 2016

Photo Editing (GIMP, Photoshop, Bridge), Video Editing (Final Cut Pro), Social Media Use for
Companies, Content Management Systems (WordPress), Web-Editing (CSS, HTML, PHP, JavaScript,
SQL, Mobile Design)
References available upon request