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Timothy
J. Gibbons
Summary of Qualifications
I have covered a variety of beats for larger and smaller daily newspapers, gaining experience in areas ranging from city government to religion, from business to police reporting. I have also learned to integrate these diverse fields, an ability that serves me well in handling general assignment and enterprise work. Working as an editor -- both at a magazine and newspaper --further cultivated my story development and long-range planning skills. These areas were polished to a higher level while I earned a master's degree at Columbia University.
Journalistic
Experience
Florida Times-Union
Jacksonville, Fla.
August 2002 - present
Business
Reporter
Cover
a wide-ranging beat for the business section, writing breaking
news stories and enterprise pieces dealing with economic development,
technology and "the intersection of life and the workplace."
Oskar's
Hamburg, Germany
October 2001 - present
Editor
Head up the English side of this bilingual magazine targeted at German and American high school students. Develop story ideas and work with photographers, freelancers and layout artists to bring each piece to completion. Arthur
Burns Fellowship
Berlin, Germany
July 2001 - October 2001
Fellow/Freelance Reporter
Awarded this fellowship by the International
Center for Journalists upon graduating from Columbia University.
The program provided for me to go to Germany, where worked on pieces dealing
with German history and culture, immigration issues and business
affairs for the Berliner Morgenpost and Bild, the fifth largest paper in the world.
The
News-Journal
Daytona Beach, Florida
February 1999 - August 2000
General Assignment Reporter
Responsible for a mixture of breaking news coverage and enterprise work, focusing heavily, in both cases, on education and crime reporting. Concentrated on the southwest portion of Volusia County, where the News-Journal competes with three other papers, including one of the largest in Florida Moved to the position from a city government beat, responsible for covering city council, zoning and planning committees and other urban bureaucracies.
The
News-Herald
Willoughby, Ohio
May 1997 - February 1999
Community Reporter
Covered eight cities and towns, including some of the wealthiest
communities in the state. Focused on deadline reporting and meeting
coverage, plus writing feature stories.
Religion
Editor
Supervised a team of correspondents and wrote one to two feature
stories a week. Handled wire news. Assisted in layout using Quark
XPress. Took photographs.
Business
Reporter
Developed and wrote three to four feature stories a week,
including in-depth investigative stories for Sunday. Also wrote
four to seven breaking news stories a week.
The
Austin American-Statesman
Austin, Texas
1996
Copy
Editor Intern
Served as a rim editor for the news, sports and feature sections
of this 200,000-circulation paper. Filled in (during the summer) for full-time personnel
who were out of state, working for the company's Olympic task
force.
The
Liberty Champion
Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia
1995-1997
Editor in Chief
Handled overall production responsibility for the university's
weekly broadsheet. Supervised a 15-member editorial board and
a 45-member staff. Wrote a column and several news stories a week.
Held this position my junior and senior year, after serving as
news editor my sophomore year and a news reporter my freshman
year.
The
Times Leader
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
1992-1997 (summer/breaks)
Correspondent
Covered a variety of local government and school board meetings.
Also wrote general assignment pieces for the city desk and feature
articles for the business section as well as serving as a
sports reporter for a zoned edition of the paper.
Academic Experience
Columbia
University
New York, New York
August 2000-May 2001
Graduated
May 2001 with a master of science degree in journalism, concentrating
on print media. Worked on writing and reporting with Stephen Isaacs
and international reporting with Tom Kent and Josh Friedman my
first semester; second semester focused on writing style with
Judith Crist, long-form writing with Helen Benedict and global
economics with Terri Thompson in the Reuters Forum. Awarded the
Robert Reinhold and Hough Scholarship Fund scholarships. Served
on the board of the school's chapter of the Society of Professional
Journalists. Designed and produced the online version of the Reuters
Forum journal. Served as an editor of the journalism school yearbook.
Liberty
University
Lynchburg, Virginia
1993-1997
Graduated
cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in May 1997. Majored
in journalism/news editorial and minored in history. Member
of the university's honor program. Served
as press secretary for the Liberty chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta,
a national honor society. Member
of Phi Alpha Theta, a national honor society in history. Served
as a Student Government Association senator, representing both
my residence hall and the student newspaper, for three semesters.
Awards
Chosen
for the Arthur S. Burns Fellowship by the International Center
for Journalists
Recipient of the New York Financial Writers'
Association's Thomas E. Mullaney Scholarship, recognizing outstanding
potential in business and financial journalism
Awarded the Robert Reinhold and Hough Scholarship Fund scholarships
by Columbia University
Finalist
for the Robert Bosch Fellowship
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Outstanding Internship Prospect
University
Dean's List (throughout college)
National
Merit Scholarship Semifinalist
References
available upon request.
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