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Kirsten Ruth Eberhard Petersen3223St.FlorenceTerrace,Olney,MD20832~301.300.0252(C)
[email protected]~http://www.kirspetersen.com/Rsum
Publication/JournalismExperience
FreelanceWriter ,TheGazette,Maryland,Sept.2012-presentReportingoncommunityeventsandactivitiesinMontgomeryandFrederickcounties
fortheweeklynewspaper,TheGazette.
CommunicationsIntern,NationalGeographicChannel,WashingtonD.C.,May-Aug.2012
ComposingpressreleasesforupcomingNationalGeographicChannelprograms"Dr.
Pol"and"Abandoned,"writingepisodedescriptions,creatingweeklynewsletter
featuringprimetimeprogrampremieres,planningandvolunteeringatpremiere
events.
Editor,TheTerraByte,CollegePark,Md.,Dec.2011-May2012CreatingonlinenewsblogTheTerraByteforDigitalCulturesandCreativityhonorsprogram,editingarticleswrittenbystudentstaffreporters,conductingstaffmeetings,
postingoriginalcontentonlineandcomposingsocialmediapromotions.
GeneralAssignmentReporter,TheDiamondback,CollegePark,Md.,July2011-present
Reportingoncampusevents,studentachievementsanduniversityresearchforthe
independentdailystudentnewspaperwithacirculationof47,000.
Writer,CollegeofAgricultureandNaturalResources ,CollegePark,Md.,Aug.2010-present
WritingarticlesforAGNRwebsiteaboutcollegeactivitiesandstudentachievements,
designingAGNRCommunityNewsletter,editingAGNRAcademicProgramswebsite.Education
UniversityofMaryland,PhilipMerrillCollegeofJournalism,CollegePark,MD.
UnweightedGPA:3.965(4.0scale)
Majorinjournalism,anticipatedminorinFrench
HonorsCollege,DigitalCulturesandCreativityProgram
B.A.anticipatedMay2014.
Honors/Awards Maryland-Delaware-D.C.PressAssociationScholarship,Summer2012 KarenMontgomerySenatorialScholarship,Summer2012 EricLuedtke,CraigZuckerDelegateScholarships,Summer2012 WilliamRandolphHearstScholarship,Summer2010
Skills ProficientinMicrosoftWord,Excel,PowerPoint;AdobePhotoshop,InDesign,Dreamweaver,
Audition,Soundbooth;FinalCutExpressSoftware
KnowledgeofbasicHTML,CSS,XML,XSLT,JavaScript,socialnetworks,andonlineapplications ConversantinFrench.Participatedinatwo-weekforeignexchangeprograminBesanon,
Franceandthree-weekstudyabroadtripinLondon,England.