Amanda Hicks - Resume

Education

University of Missouri Columbia – Columbia, Missouri

• Master of Arts Degree, May 2007
• Major: New Media, Convergence Model
• GPA: 3.72/4.00
• Project: Online News Convergence, Credibility and User Preference: The Re-launch of the Columbia Missourian

Baylor University – Waco, Texas

• Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, May 2005
• Major: Business-Journalism; Honors Program
• GPA: 3.50/4.00 (cumulative), 4.00 (major)
• Completed college coursework in three years
• Thesis: Print/Web Integration, Writing and Usability

Skills

• Operating Web sites for 8 years
• Extensive knowledge of AP style, standard editing procedure
• Web 2.0 design
• Managing small groups and team projects
• Multimedia (audio and video) editing

Work-Related Experience

The Dallas Morning News/DallasNews.com – Dallas, Texas

Home Page Editor, July 2007 to present

• Compose, edit and post breaking news and sports bulletins on the home page
• Write headlines and cutlines and make news judgments

ColumbiaMissourian.com – Columbia, Missouri

Online Editor, January 2007 to May 2007

• Daily Web production of print publication
• Ccomplete redesign of site with Web 2.0 emphasis

VoxMagazine.com – Columbia, Missouri

Online Editor, August 2006 to January 2007

• Weekly Web production of print publication
• Complete redesign of magazine site with social networking

The Roanoke Times – Roanoke, Virginia

Online Intern, May to August 2006

• Daily production and long-term online projects
• Redesigning of Web site sections and implementation of blogging templates

University of Missouri School of Journalism – Columbia, Missouri

Web Site Developer, August 2005 to May 2006

• Daily production
• Redesigning of section templates

Television, newspaper and radio media – Columbia, Missouri

Web Developer, January to May 2005

• Coding and editing multimedia for television, radio and newspaper Web sites
• Developing interactive Web features from scratch

MyMissourian.com – Columbia, Missouri

Section Editor, August 2005 to May 2006

• Editing user-generated content
• General site maintenance using Mambo

The Baylor Lariat – Waco, Texas

Copy Editor and Staff Writer, January to October 2004

• Editing newspaper articles and design
• Writing newspaper articles and features

Awards and Honors

• Best of Photojournalism 2007, The Roanoke Times
  First place, News Audio Slideshow, smaller affiliated sites, “Land of Opportunity”
• College News Design 2007, ColumbiaMissourian.com
  First place, Audio/video presentation, “Covering the Candidates”
  Second place, Multimedia graphic, “Disaster gives way to discovery”

Software

• Microsoft Word, Works, Excel, PowerPoint and Access
• Adobe InDesign, PageMaker, Photoshop, Acrobat and Audition
• Macromedia Flash and Fireworks
• XHTML, CSS, PHP and HTML programming
• Data Technology International (DTI) content management system
• Avid XPress Pro and Bias Deck
• Some SQL programming

Updated May 22, 2007