My Resume, Aug. 2008

Amy Macavinta
1580 North 6800 West, Corinne, UT 84307
Cell: 435-225-0049 e-mail: a_macavinta@yahoo.com

Experience
City Desk Intern Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT
May 19-Aug. 15, 2008

Cover various beats as assigned, including Police, Religion, Medical, and Military beats. Stories include briefs, news and cover stories.

Staff Writer Box Elder News Journal, Brigham City, UT
Full time: Sept 2002-July 2003

The Leader, Tremonton, UT
Full time: Feb 1999-May 2002

• Local Government, Features, News, Cops & Courts
• Attend public meetings – Box Elder County Commission, Box Elder School District, Tremonton City, Brigham City & more
• Write accurate and timely news stories to keep the public informed about the things that occur in those meetings
• Be conscious of events and people in the community for potential feature stories
• Take the lead to come up with new ideas
• Take digital or film photos and/or gather photos to accompany articles
• Lay out newspaper pages using Adobe Pagemaker

Education
Box Elder High School graduate, 1990 Brigham City, UT
Utah State University Logan/Brigham City, UT

Presently enrolled at Utah State University with a Print Journalism major
Will complete Bachelor of Science in December 2008
Fall: Enrolled in Beyond the Inverted Pyramid, Online Reporting, and Copy Editing & Design
Recipient of Jay W. Glasmann scholarship

References available upon request