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Nelson Bennett
Home Phone (604) 916-5504E-mail: nelson.bennett@ymail.com
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Experienced, web-savvy journalist seeks full-time position or contract work as editor, content writer or communications specialist.
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QUALIFICATIONS Two decades of experience in daily
and community newspapers as a reporter and editor.
Superior writing, copy editing and proofing skills.
Strong command of grammar and CP writing style.
Good layout skills. Excellent news judgment.
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EDUCATION
1985-1988 Bachelor’s degree, University of Regina.
1988-1989 Completion of French immersion course, Université du Quebec a Trois-Rivières.
2000 Malaspina University-College, completion of basic web page design course.
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Employment HistoryReporter, Richmond News 2004-2010• Beats included court, police, city hall,
politics and business.• Duties included copy editing, pagination,
writing editorials and filing stories and photos to website.
• Was responsible for online initiatives.
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Employment HistoryReporter Nanaimo Daily News 1997-2004• Covered city hall, politics, environment,
treaty negotiations and primary resources (forestry and fishing).
• Developed environment and treaty negotiations beats.
• Helped develop Go Nanaimo outdoor recreation section.
• From 2003 to 2004, duties included the Sunday editor’s position, which involved selecting local and wire stories and photos, copy editing and laying out the paper’s Monday front section.View complete resume
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Employment HistoryESL Teacher 1995-1996Spent a year living in Seoul, South Korea teaching adults and children conversational English.
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Reporter, Moose Jaw Times-Herald 1995-1996 Covered city hall, agriculture, politics and
arts and entertainment for daily newspaper.
Responsibilities included writing, photography, layout and copy editing.
Developed arts and entertainment section.
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SKILLS Comfortable with Mac or PC
operating systems. Conversant with InDesign,
Photoshop and PowerPoint. Basic knowledge of HTML. Familiar with RSS feeds, SEO
content writing, blogging and using social media.
Can shoot and edit digital clips with Flip video camera.
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Sample – Headline Writing
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