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SOFTWAREAdobe Photoshop, Adobe
InDesign, Adobe Illustrator; Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excell, Microsoft Acess, quick at learning new content management systems
SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook, Instagram, Twitter,
Tumblr, WordPress, SquareSpace; easily adaptable to any new online
social networking platform
skills
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Journalism, Bacehlor of Arts
anyazentm
eyer(616) 826-8276 I anya.zentm
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ail.com1609 Riverton A
venue I Grand Rapids, M
I I 49546Awarded by theMichigan Press Association Foundation board to: “worthy journalism students in Michigan who show outsanding promise and acheivement.”
3rd place editorial: “Size isn’t everything” GV Lanthorn
1st place news story: “Don’t be afraid to tell” GV Lanthorn1st place column, Review or Blog: “The kids are all wrong” GV Lanthorn1st place editorial: “Size isn’t everything” GV Lanthorn2nd place investigative reporting: “FDA gay blood ban hits home” GV Lanthorn
COMMUNITY JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP
Michigan Press Association Foundation
2012 STORY OF THE YEAR (DIVISION 1)
Associated Collegiate Press
2012 COLLEGE BETTER NEWSPAPER CONTEST (DIVISION 1)
Michigan Press Association
2010 COLLEGE BETTER NEWSPAPER CONTEST (DIVISION 1)
Michigan Press Association
2nd place investigative reporting: “GV’s policy outlaws medical marijuana” GV Lanthorn
RAPID GROWTH MEDIA JANUARY 2014 - PRESENT
Featured profiles on individuals, groups and organizations in Michigan working to make positive changes for children and families for the nonprofit, online publication
Feature stories and profiles on new programs/initatives in the city of Grand Rapids. The online publication has 13,000 subscribers and 20-30,000 unique visitors each month.
Staff reporter for News Chief and The Ledger publications in Polk County, Fla. Coverage of city meetings, events and feature topics in in Frostproof, Dundee and Lake Wales
800-word column featured in REVUE Magazine’s monthly publication in print and online covering local/independent films, filmmakers and creative initatives in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Responsible for three to four stories per week, covering city government in the Byron Center/Wyoming areas for Southwest Advance newspaper in print and online at www.MLive.com
Managed staff of 70 employees for twice-weekly publication at Grand Valley State University’s Division I newspaper with a circulation of more than 7,000, available in print, online and mobile. Responsibilities included coordinating the business, editorial and advertising staffs, editorial writing, news reporting & more
NEWS CHIEF/THE LEDGER SEPTEMBER 2012 - DECEMBER 2013
MICHIGAN NIGHTLIGHT APRIL 2014 - PRESENT
REVUE MAGAZINE JULY 2012 - OCTOBER 2013
SOUTHWEST ADVANCE JANUARY 2013 - JULY 2013
GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN SEPTEMBER 2012 - DECEMBER 2013
staff reporter
regular contributor
freelance reporting (current)
freelance reporting (past)
editor-in-chief
job experience
awards
education
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referenc
esLindsay Patton-CarsonREVUE MAGAZINEMANAGING EDITOR(248) [email protected]
Tanda Gmiter-NewlandMLIVE/GR PRESSMANAGING PRODUCER(616) [email protected]
Melinda ClynesMICHIGAN NIGHTLIGHTEDITOR-IN-CHIEF(248) [email protected]
Sheila McGrathSOUTHWEST ADVANCENEWS EDITOR(616) [email protected]
Stephanie DoublesteinREVUE MAGAZINEMANAGING [email protected]
Lawrence Beery GRAND VALLEY LANTHORNADVISOR(616) [email protected]