Melissa Hale

Summary

A social media enthusiast who likes to turn the little details into a big voice for expression. I’m excited to be entering the industry as it reinvents itself. I plan to combine my creativity, passion, and journalistic curiosity to serve my endeavors.

Skills

Writing
• Have written several articles for college newspaper and college courses.
• Produced innovative examples of storytelling using Soundslides, Audacity, and Final Cut Pro
• 25 hours of academic preparation in journalism, digital/multimedia and general writing skills

Technology and Social Networking
• Digital skills include Dreamweaver, Audacity, Photoshop, Soundslides, Wordpress, Windows Movie Maker, Final Cut Pro., HTML, Twitter and Facebook.

Experience

• Staff Writer at The Towerlight

  September 2006 - present

  · Interview and write stories for local, campus and special news sections.
  · Seek out innovative and creative leads to write cutting-edge stories.

• Student Newsroom Member at Online News Association

  October 2009 - October 2009

  ·Conducted and produced online content for news conference.
  ·Interviewed attendees and produced audio/photo project.
  ·Attended and reported on workshops/sessions.
  ·Used this as an opportunity to network.

• Multimedia News Intern at The Baltimore Sun

  July 2009 - August 2009

  · Conducted street interviews, produced and edited videos using FCP and helped put together a multimedia package for their Web site.

Studies

• Mass Communication, Journalism track at Towson University

  College

  January 2008 - present

  Course Work: News Editing, Journalism/New Media I & II, Media Law,
  Fundamental Speech Communication, Broadcast Journalism, Digital Publishing, Feature Writing, Writing for Online Media
  
  Current GPA: 3.51

• Performing Arts/Liberal Arts at Chesapeake Community College

  College

  August 2005 - May 2007

  Received A.A. Degree in Liberal Arts