Résumé as of March 2011

Kaitlyn Anness
kaitlyn.anness@gmail.com
Portfolio: http://kaitlynanness.wordpress.com/

Education

Quinnipiac University (Hamden, CT)
School of Communications
Deans List Fall 2007, Fall 2009
Journalism major

Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ)
Transfer student Spring 2009
Deans List Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010
Journalism major; Print journalism, Online Journalism and Editing and Publishing concentrations

Relevant Courses
Journalism Principles and Practices
Online Journalism
Feature Writing
News Writing
Publication Layout
Photojournalism
Media Ethics
Investigative Journalism
Enterprise Journalism
Adv. Publication Layout
Magazine Article Writing
Copy Editing
Media Law
Problems in Contemporary Journalism
Publishing Industry
Introduction to Public Relations

Teaching Assistant Positions
Journalism Principles and Practices
Online Journalism

Media related experience

Web Services, Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ) Managing coordinator of social media (November 2010-present) Responsible for maximizing the use of social media for the university, and running the student team that is in charge of updating sites like Facebook and Twitter. Also responsible for researching new ways to break into the social media market and work with the public relations team at the university to successfully promote the university, such as through networks like Foursquare.

Patch.com (Collingswood, NJ) Freelance news and features writer (September 2010-present)
Covering events and writing news stories on an assignment-by-assignment basis for the hyper local news site. Most of the stories are last minute breaking news or same-day deadline stories.

The Whit, Rowan University Managing Editor (January 2009-present)
Student-run college newspaper. Previous Features and News section editor and staff writer. Current managing editor. Responsible for running the entirety of the staff and section editors as well as assisting the editor-in-chief. On staff to receive the 2009 Pacemaker Online award for the redesign of our website.

The Daily Journal (Vineland, NJ) Metro Desk Intern (September 2009-December 2009) Responsible for writing stories stemming from my own ideas about the coverage area, as well as aiding staff reporters and covering local community events.

Arthritis Foundation NJ Chapter (Iselin, NJ) PR/Marketing Intern (March 2009-May 2010)
Responsible for writing press releases, creating and running social networking for the chapter and maintaining media clip-books. Created the chapter’s Facebook and Twitter pages, which increased interest for chapter events throughout the year.

Social Media experience

• Created the Facebook and Twitter pages for the Arthritis Foundation NJ Chapter. The creation of the pages led to a spike in event attendance around the state and generated media interest in the chapter’s mission. On a daily basis, the Twitter and Facebook pages became a discussion forum for arthritis patients through posting news articles about the disease as well as medical contacts for patients and resources around the state.
• Manage the Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare accounts for Rowan University. The university uses the Facebook and Twitter pages to inform current students, faculty and staff as well as attract and inform potential students. The Rowan Facebook page has reached just under 10,000 fans and the Twitter page has just over 2,000 followers. As coordinator, I took on the project of creating a Foursquare for universities page, which including applying to the company to create a specific page for the university and running a personal university account in order to generate interest in the social networking tool around campus. The site was used to host contests for different venues and leave tips about events around campus for students, and the social media team is continuing to find new ways to use the site and several other social networking tools.

Personal Honors

• National High School Honors Society (2007)
• Dean’s List, Quinnipiac University (Fall 2007, Fall 2008)
• Dean’s List, Rowan University (Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010)
• Golden Key Honor Society

Technical Skills

• Adobe PageMaker and Adobe InDesign design software
• QuarkXpress design software
• Soundslides software

References upon request