Wendy Withers
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My Musings 2.0
The Musings of Wendy Withers
Current Work
TravelVideoStore
Editing, Designing, Fact Checking, Writing, Advertising
Start: March 2008
I am the “it” girl. I do a little bit of everything, from office work to designing 60 sell sheets in two weeks then creating a book for them in InDesign and transforming them into a catalog. Basically, I’m a one-stop-publishing-shop for my employer.
Metromix Tampa
Freelancing
Start: March 2008
I write articles and venue listings for Metromix Tampa, keeping the site filled with information on the hottest events and locations in Tampa, FL.
411 Magazine
Freelancing
Start: May 2008
I write “The Week” and “Top 5″ for the Central Florida edition of this gay weekly.
Mookychick
Freelancing
Start: April 2007
Over the past year, I have had a number of editorials and articles published in this online magazine. The editors have also acquired rights to many of my personal and previously published blog posts.
Sticks of Fire
Contributing
Start: November 2007
I cover the art beat for the blog and contribute blog posts on subjects I find interesting.
Past Internships
The Tampa Tribune
Multimedia Intern
Start: August 2007 End: December 2007
Wrote articles on assignment with a multimedia journalism team, took photos and videos, uploaded multimedia content to TBO.com.
Tampa Bay Illustrated
Editorial Intern
Start: May 2007 End: July 2007
Wrote brief articles, composed charts and documents for staff use, kept events calendar current months in advance of publication, pitched story ideas for future issues, copy edited and fact checked articles.
Creative Loafing
Editorial Intern
Start: October 2006 End: January 2007
Wrote briefs for area events, entered music events into the Creative Loafing database, wrote movie reviews and features, copy edited and fact checked articles and briefs.
Past Journalism Work
The Oracle
Staff Reporter
Start: October 2005 End: May 2006
Wrote news articles and movie reviews at my campus daily, kept an eye out for relevant news story ideas and pitched them when appropriate.
The Tampa Tribune
Freelancer Journalist
Start: October 2006 End: June 2007
Wrote and pitched book reviews and feature articles for the Baylife section of the newspaper.
Education
University of South Florida
BA: Journalism
Start: August 2004 Graduated: May 2008
Relevant coursework includes Advanced Reporting, Publication Design, Magazine Feature Writing, Communications Law, Communications Ethics, Multimedia Journalism, Multimedia Journalism (graduate level)
Awards
Received the Adah Schaich and Robert Hudson scholarships in Journalism from the University of South Florida’s School of Mass Communications in 2007 and was on the Dean’s List for the College of Arts and Sciences.
6 Comments
January 24, 2008 at 4:45 am
[...] My Resume Knowing when to fold ‘em [...]
February 7, 2008 at 5:46 am
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February 7, 2008 at 5:46 pm
sounds good to me wendy!
February 8, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I attempted to use a critical eye and was hard-pressed to find fault with your resume. Clear and easy to understand. Do people ask for references these days? (It’s obvious I haven’t had a resume in a while). If so, you could add at the bottom, centered, “references provided on request.”
April 27, 2008 at 3:55 pm
[...] to graduate from the University of South Florida, Wendy Withers offers the Carnival a post with some great “Advice for college journalists: Online [...]
June 13, 2008 at 12:49 am
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