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EdEn

TURNER
eturner4532@gmail.com | (404)450-0201 | @ejturner02 | www.edenturnerwrites.weebly.com

Education
Savannah State University
3.85 GPA
Dec. 2023
• B.A. in Mass Communications — Journalism Concentration
• Minor in English Language and Literature

Experience
Editor-in-Chief
Tiger’s Roar, Savannah, Ga.
Aug. 2022-Present
• Creates monthly budgets that feature stories for students to cover
• Edits and publishes articles on the publication website
• Designs and publishes the monthly Tiger’s Roar newsletter

Writing Fellow
Deep Center, Savannah, Ga.
Aug. 2023
• Works with middle school students to expand their creative writing skills
• Uses their work to create a journal for the semester

Digital Producer (Internship)


Atlanta News First, Atlanta, Ga.
May 2023-Jul. 2023
• Produced online content for news station
• Assisted multimedia journalists with filming, interviewing and editing news packages

Reporter (Internship)
Savannah Morning News, Savannah, Ga. Portfolio
Jan. 2022-May 2023
• Wrote stories for the publication site
• Interviewed community leaders
• Assisted with the 912 newsletter when needed
Layout & Web Design Editor
Tiger’s Roar, Savannah, Ga.
Oct. 2021-May 2022
• Designed event flyers
• Managed the publication’s Instagram account
• Assisted the Editor-in-Chief when needed

Radio Station Host


WSSU, Savannah, Ga.
Oct. 2020-Dec. 2020
• Researched, recorded and edited hour-long episodes that featured genres such as Indie Rock and
Synth-pop

Extra-curricular Activities
• 2023-24 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated — Gamma Upsilon Chapter Secretary
• 2022-23 HerCampus Savannah Writing Committee Member
• 2022-23 National Council of Negro Women 1st Vice President & Miss NCNW
• 2022 Estuary Creative Writing Club President
• 2021-22 NAACP Press & Publicity Committee Chairman

Accolades
• Washington Media Fellows 2023 Scholarship Recipient
• Spring '23 Initiate of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
• 2023 HBCU Student Representative at the White House
• 72nd Southern Regional Press Institute Award for Best Feature Story
• HBCU Student Representative at the Inaugural Democracy Summit at Howard University

Projects
Tiger’s Roar Newsletter
Jan. 2023-Present
• Highlights student articles of the month
• Features a student or faculty member through Tiger Spotlight

The Black Girl Diaries


June 2022-Present
• Serves as an outlet for my creative and more experimental writing

Skills
• Copy Editing
• Interviewing
• Layout & Design
• Canva
• Adobe Creative Suite

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