My resume

Jillian Cohan

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E X P E R I E N C E

Metro Reporter, The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Kan.
August 2007–Present
• Beat writer covering education and youth issues for the largest newspaper in Kansas, with circulation of 91,000 daily/149,000 Sunday.
• Acting enterprise team leader, July-August 2007.
• Intern program supervisor, summer 2007.

Entertainment Reporter, The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Kan.
August 2005–July 2007
• Covered pop music, pop culture and general features topics.
• Compiled and edited stories for weekly personal-technology and music-review sections.
• Edited drafts of the Eagle’s nonfiction book about the BTK killer, forthcoming from Harper Collins.

Graduate Intern/GA Reporter, The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Fla.
May–July 2005
• Wrote news and feature articles in a suburban bureau of morning newspaper with circulation of 190,000.

Metro Reporter, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y.
January–April 2005
• Covered education and religion part time for a morning newspaper with circulation of 125,000 daily and 175,000 on Sunday.

Staff Writer, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.
February 2002–April 2004
• Wrote feature-length articles and news stories for Dickinson Magazine, an alumni quarterly.
• Created copy for admissions brochures, newsletters and other college communications pieces.

Freelance Writer, York, Pa.
August 2001–April 2004
• Wrote feature-length articles for local newspapers and magazines.

Managing Editor, Teen Voices, Boston, Mass.
June 2000–June 2001
• Managed the editorial and production departments for a national magazine with 75,000 readers, and for Teen Voices Online, a companion Web site.
• Coordinated all aspects of print production, from editorial proposal through bluelines.
• Supervised editorial assistants and led educational workshops for staff, interns and teenage editors.
• Oversaw article submission process, fact checking and copy editing.
• Developed budget and strategic plan for each fiscal year.
• Produced feature-length articles through mentoring program with at-risk urban teenagers.

E D U C A T I O N

Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse, N.Y.
July 2004–June 2005
• M.A. in print journalism; graduate assistant for Goldring Arts Journalism Program

Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
September 1995–May 1999
• B.A. in English Language and Literature with high honors, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa

A W A R D S

• 2007: First-place winner in the “youth” category of the Kansas Press Association’s annual Awards of Excellence. The contest included more than 3,200 entries from 86 newspapers.
• 2003: Gold medal for excellence in feature writing from the Council for the Support and Advancement of Education (CASE), District II. CASE is the professional organization for college communications departments.

S K I L L S

• Microsoft Office, Harris Newsmaker, Dewar View, QuarkXpress, Adobe Photoshop and Typepad.
• Associated Press and Chicago style, fact checking, Lexis-Nexis, Proquest and other online research tools.