PRESTON BYERS 
Youngstown, Ohio 44512 ᐧ 614-400-2150 ᐧ byers.preston@gmail.com 

 
PROFILE 
● Passionate and knowledgeable digital media journalist who has years of experience writing, 
editing and managing in online media workplaces. Has extensive experience working in the 
Wordpress content management system as a writer and editor. Worked on an editing staff 
which oversaw several of the best months in site history in terms of readership. 
 
SKILLS 
● AP Style 
● Wordpress CMS 
● Social Media 
● Copyediting 
● Feature writing 
● News writing 
 
EXPERIENCE 
Dot Esports | Evening Editor 
March 2019 - Present 
● Oversees several contributing and staff writers, assigning and helping writers with story 
ideas. 
● Edits or writes each story and headline published after 6 p.m. 
 
The Jambar | Multimedia Journalist 
January 2020 - May 2020 
● Contributed to The Jambar’s paper and online editions each week with at least one article, in 
addition to gathering corresponding visual elements for Jambar TV. 
 
FanSided - unionandblue.com | Editor 
February 2017 - December 2017 
● Oversaw four contributing writers. 
● Assigned, edited or wrote nearly every story published. 
● Designed and implemented content strategy for website and social media. 
 
GAMURS / Dot Esports | Contributing Writer 
January 2017 - March 2019 
● Wrote more than 500 articles relating to gaming and esports. 
 
EDUCATION 
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio 
August 2017 - Present 
● Bachelor of Arts in Journalism candidate 
● Expected graduation: May 2021