Frustrations of a young journalist

Résumé

Hilary Lehman

hilaryalehman@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE

The San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas, May 2008 – August 2008

Reporting Intern

  • Writing stories for the Metro special teams desk at the Express-News.

The Independent Florida Alligator, Gainesville, Fla., January 2007 – Present

Managing Editor/Print (August 2008 – Present)

  • Managing the newsroom of what is billed as the largest student-run newspaper in the country.

Research blogger (January 2008 – May 2008 )

Alligator Writer (August 2007 – December 2007)

  • Contributed stories, mostly to the university beat.
  • Wrote enterprise as well as editor-assigned stories.

Copy Desk Chief (May 2007 – December 2007)

  • Managerial duties included supervising copy desk, hiring copy editors.
  • Edited the entirety of each day’s paper for Associated Press Style, content, grammar and accuracy.
  • Wrote and selected headlines for online edition.

Copy editor (January 2007 – May 2007)

  • Edited stories for AP Style, grammar and accuracy. Wrote headlines.

University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, June 2006 – August 2006

Undergraduate Researcher

  • Participant in competitive B-SURE (Biomedical Summer Undergraduate Research Experience) program.
  • Completed a research project studying bone-growth proteins.
  • Wrote and presented a paper at the closing symposium of the program.

EDUCATION

University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 2005 – Present

  • Majoring in journalism with a minor in environmental science. Expected graduation May 2009.
*References available on request