Kate Yanchulis
College Park, Md.
E-mail: kyanchulisdbk@gmail.com
Education | Experience | Skills | Leadership and Community Involvement
B.A., Journalism, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
• Outstanding News-Editorial Senior Award
• Outstanding Multimedia News Senior Award
B.A., American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities
• Top American Studies Scholar
• American Studies Departmental Honors Citation
December 2010 from the University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
4.0 GPA • Summa Cum Laude • University Honors Citation
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Website content writer, Saint Timothy Catholic School, Chantilly, Va. |
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Work part-time developing the structure and writing and editing the |
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Beat reporter, The Diamondback, College Park, Md. |
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Became the first woman to cover Terrapin football and men’s basketball |
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Multimedia reporter, News21, Carnegie-Knight Initiative, College Park, Md. |
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Conducted in-depth investigative reporting on the politics and pollution |
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Intern, USA TODAY, McLean, Va. |
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Focused on online editing and publishing for the Sports Network Desk, |
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Intern, Express, Arlington, Va. |
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Edited articles, fact-checked pages, and wrote articles for the Sports |
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SKILLS
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Proficient in HTML, CSS, Macromedia Dreamweaver, WordPress, Adobe Photoshop and Flash and social media
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Basic Adobe Soundbooth and Audition, Audacity and Final Cut
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Studied sports journalism under former Washington Post sports editor George Solomon and online journalism under former Washingtonpost.com editor Leslie Walker
LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Professional:
- Student correspondent, Online News Association National Conference, October 2010
- Society of Professional Journalists, University of Maryland chapter, 2008-present
- Participant, Sport Journalism Workshop of the Shirley Povich Professor at UMD, 2008 and 2009
- Recipient, Stanley E. Rubenstein Memorial Journalism Scholarship, 2008
Community:
- Youth soccer referee, Grade 8, Chantilly Youth Association, 2000-present
- Middle school volunteer basketball coach, St. Timothy Catholic School, 2005-2008
- Community service committee, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, 2008-present
Academic:
- Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar, one of the top students in the University of Maryland’s senior class, 2010
- Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, University of Maryland chapter, 2009-present
- Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, University of Maryland chapter, 2009-present
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Maryland chapter, 2010-present
- Primannum Honor Society (Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma), University of Maryland chapter, 2008-present
- Top Ten Freshman, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, University of Maryland Chapter, April 2008
