Kate Yanchulis

College Park, Md. 20742
E-mail: kyanchulisdbk@gmail.com

Education | Experience | Skills | Awards & Affiliations


EDUCATION

University of Maryland, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, College Park, Md. Double major in journalism and American studies. B.A. anticipated December 2010 with a University Honors Program Citation. 4.0 GPA.


EXPERIENCE

Beat reporter, The Diamondback, College Park, Md.

 

     Cover football and have covered top-10 lacrosse, field hockey and
     women’s lacrosse and various other sports as a beat reporter for
     this 17,000-circulation independent daily newspaper on campus.
     Since September 2007.

Multimedia reporter, News21, Carnegie-Knight Initiative, College Park, Md.

 

     Conduct in-depth investigative reporting on the Chesapeake Bay for
     this national journalism fellowship sponsored by the Carnegie-Knight
     Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education. Since January 2010.

Intern, USA TODAY, McLean, Va.

 

     Focused on online editing and publishing for the Sports Network Desk,
     where the online and print sides of this national-circulation paper
     converge. Controlled appearance of Web pages, created multimedia
     elements and cropped, compiled and published photo galleries. Also
     covered sporting events and wrote articles. May-August 2009.

Intern, Express, Arlington, Va.

 

     Edited articles, fact-checked pages, and wrote articles for the Sports
     section of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area 182,743- circulation
     weekday newspaper owned by the Washington Post Co.
     September-December 2008.


SKILLS

  • Proficient in HTML, XML Editor, WordPress, Adobe PhotoShop and digital photography.
  • Basic CSS, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Soundbooth and Audacity.
  • Studied sports journalism under former Washington Post sports editor George Solomon and online journalism under former Washingtonpost.com editor Leslie Walker.


AWARDS & AFFILIATIONS  

  • Member, Society of Professional Journalists, University of Maryland chapter
  • Member, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, University of Maryland chapter
  • Member, Mortarboard Senior Honor Society, University of Maryland chapter
  • Top Ten Freshman, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, University of Maryland Chapter, April 2008
  • Member, Primannum Honor Society (Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma), University of Maryland chapter
  • Recipient, Stanley E. Rubenstein Memorial Journalism Scholarship, 2008
  • Recipient, University of Maryland Presidential and National Merit Scholarships
  • Participant, Sport Journalism Workshop of the Shirley Povich Professor at the University of Maryland, 2008 and 2009

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