KASEY THOMPSON JOURNALIST ■ EDITOR ■ DESIGNER

Harrisonburg High School (HHS), Harrisonburg, VA kaseyt013@gmail.com 540-908-1424

KEY SKILLS + ABILITIES: ■ Presenting ■ Project Management ■ Adobe Photoshop +

■ Research ■ Graphic Design ■ Marketing InDesign software
■ Interviewing ■ Photography ■ Sales ■ Basic Broadcasting
■ Writing ■ Staff Management ■ Website Content Packaging Skills
■ Editing ■ Mentoring Development

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:
Editor in Chief, HHS Media 2022-Present
■ Lead an editorial staff of 50
■ Oversee production of school yearbook The Taj
■ Design and edit school newspaper The Newsstreak
■ Mentor five first year students and three second year students
■ Chose theme and design elements to create the book: “This is Us and Only Us”
■ Sold a total of $1503 in ads for the newspaper, yearbook and website

Managing Editor, HHS Media 2021-2022

■ Assisted Editor in Chief in creation of school yearbook The Taj
■ Chose theme and design elements to create the book: “It Just Feels Different”
■ Sold a total of $967 in ads for the newspaper, yearbook and website
■ Mentored six first year students
■ Wrote feature stories for HHS newspaper The Newsstreak
■ Photographed subjects for HHS newspaper

Page Editor, HHS Media 2019-2021

■ Gained newspaper story writing, photography and page design experience

RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Contributing Writer, The Daily News-Record 2023
Contributing Writer, Quill & Scroll 2023
Contributing Writer, The Insider (Harrisonburg City Public Schools Newsletter) 2022

CONFERENCES + PRESENTATIONS:
Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association Conference (JEA/NSPA), San Francisco, CA April 2023
■ Scheduled to present with Superintendent of Harrisonburg City Public Schools, Dr. Michael Richards

Columbia Scholastic Press Association Conference, New York, NY March 2023

Virginia High School League State Championships Conference October 2022
JEA/NSPA Conference, Los Angeles, CA April 2022
■ Presented “Cultivating Relationships with your Administration” with Superintendent of Harrisonburg City Public Schools, Dr. Michael Richards

JEA/NSPA Conference, Washington, DC April 2020

James Madison University Journalism Camp 2019-2021

HONORS + AWARDS:
2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021
■ Inducted for Second Year – ■ Inducted to Quill & Scroll Honor Society ■ Best of SNO Award:
Quill & Scroll Honor Society ■ Appointed to 2021-22 Quill & Scroll ● “Social media’s effects on body image,

■ Appointed to 2022-23 Quill & Scroll Advisory Board  mental health”

Advisory Board  ■ Best of SNO Awards:
■ VHSL Multimedia Award Finalist – ● “Russian, Ukrainian students speak
Feature: Human Interest/Personality out about war”
“Russian, Ukrainian students speak ● “Remembering Lena Rasool”
out about war" ■ Outstanding Advanced Journalist and
■ VHSL Multimedia Award Finalist – Designer, HHS Media
Concept Packaging: “It Just Feels Different”