WEBSITE:www.literarymomentum.com
EMAIL: cjames@nypost.com
SUMMARY Highly organized, proactive and detail oriented with Bachelors in English and Journalism. Skillfully trained in the Publishing Certificate Program at the City College of New York with a completed summer internship at Penguin Group (USA) and is presently working in the editorial newsroom for the New York Post. Outgoing, critical thinker with multi-tasking abilities.
EDUCATION The City College of New York
(New York, N.Y.)
09/07-06/11
Major/Minor: English/Journalism
Concentration: Creative Writing
Proficient Development
Publishing Certificate Program: Critical Introduction to Publishing, Publishing Practicum, Editorial Process, Copyediting & Proofreading.
EXPERIENCE 01/2012- Present
New York Post
(New York, N.Y.) Editorial/Desk Clerk
•Assisting Editors in the newsroom with stories. •Document management which includes faxing, copying, printing, emailing.
•Answering and transferring calls to their respective editors.
Typist
•Copyediting and proofreading various stories.
•Transcribing recorded interviews for reporters on call.
•General research for fact checking.
•Reporting daily televised news to Editors on duty.
07/2011-06/2012
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
(Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Research Assistant •Researching and reporting history on child play and the lives of teenagers during the 1960s in Central Brooklyn.
•Delivering five page reports, on a monthly basis, with the above information entailed.
06/2010- 08/2010
Berkley Editorial, Penguin Group (USA)
(New York, N.Y.) Publishing Intern •Read manuscripts and wrote Reader’s Reports to include analysis.
•Managed all administrative duties.
•Wrote and edited correspondence for department as needed.
•Attended cover conferences, editorial and reprint meetings, and participated in brown bag luncheons
SKILLS Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel, detail oriented multi-tasker. Proficient in PC and Mac systems
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