Brian Petersheim Jr.

BrianPetersheimJr@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE
Junior at Arizona State University with an interest in news reporting, writing and photography

EDUCATION
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, ASU – Phoenix, AZ
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication Anticipated Graduation Date: 2025

Central Arizona College – Coolidge, AZ

Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies Graduation Date: May 2023

Maricopa High School – Maricopa, AZ

High School Diploma Graduation Date: May 2021

EXPERIENCE
InMaricopa – Maricopa
Reporter – Oct. 2021 / Present
• Kept locals informed about community affairs, crime and public safety with over 800 stories
written to date.
• Communicated with Maricopa Police Department on a daily basis to gather information from
police reports and bodycam footage for stories that offered improved public awareness of local
crime related events.
• Collected data on the most and least expensive homes sold in Maricopa, food inspections and
historical articles for print in the monthly InMaricopa magazine.

o Special recognition: Arizona Newspapers Association 2023 Better Newspaper Contest -

Second Place Best News Photograph in Division 2.

InMaricopa – Maricopa
Media intern – Oct. 2020 / Oct. 2021
• Worked on managing and organizing archived photos, video and Microsoft Word files in
OneDrive.
• Attended and photographed school sports events, city organized events and breaking public safety
incidents.
• Utilized Adobe Photoshop to create numerous graphics for breaking news and crime stories.

SKILLS
Language: English
Computer Literate: Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier Pro, Canva, Cloud Campaign,
Hootsuite, Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Word, Smartsheet, WordPress