Andrew C. Knapp

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Andrew C. Knapp
(202) 580-5966
knapp84@gmail.com
Online reporting and commentary: Offlede.com

Experience

September 2007-Present
Delivery desk copy editor, Florida Today, Melbourne, Fla.
»Full-time position, 40 hours weekly
»Seven-day circulation
»Editing, design, pagination, Web production

June 2007-August 2007
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund copy editor, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.
»Paid full-time internship, 40 hours weekly
»Seven-day circulation: weekday, 400,000; Sunday, 465,000
»Editing copy, writing headlines
»Two-week training seminar with professor Ed Trayes, Temple University – May 2007

January 2007-May 2007
Reporter, The Pew Research Center’s Stateline.org, Washington
»Paid part-time internship, about 20 hours weekly
»Covered policy trends for Web site about state government
»Audience included state government officials, journalists, average readers

October 2006-May 2007
Freelance journalist, Bangor Daily News, Washington
»Paid per story about Maine topics in Washington
»Six-day circulation: weekday, 60,000; Saturday, 70,000

September 2006-April 2007
Research assistant, American University, Washington
»Paid graduate student position, 10 hours weekly
»Research for book about media myths by journalism professor W. Joseph Campbell

May-July 2006
City reporter, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine
»Paid full-time internship, 37 ½ hours weekly with frequent overtime
»Reported on general assignments, breaking and enterprise news
»Covered police, fire, education, board meetings, speeches, business, environment, features

May 2005-May 2006
Copy editor, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine
»Paid full-time internship in summer 2005, part-time position in fall 2005 and spring 2006
»Edited, wrote headlines for local news articles, national wire copy, features
»Developed comprehensive knowledge of Associated Press style
»Wrote headlines for hard-news stories, features
»Designed pages in QuarkXPress for town section and business- and state-section fronts

Fall 2004-Fall 2005
Arena reporter, United States College Hockey Online, Orono, Maine
»Unpaid internship
»National hockey news Web site
»Wrote deadline game summaries, player features about University of Maine’s hockey team

Summer 2004
Art and summer-school instructor, Woodland High School, Baileyville, Maine
»Paid temporary position, 40 hours weekly
»Public high school with 250 students
»Full teaching, disciplinary duties as substitute art instructor, 45 students

Education

August 2006-July 2007
Master of Arts in public affairs journalism, American University, Washington
»3.89 GPA
»Robert Allen Bunnell Memorial Scholarship in Journalism

September 2002-May 2006
Bachelor of Arts in journalism, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
»Summa Cum Laude, 3.92 GPA
»Minors: political science, legal studies, public relations
»Received one of two awards for highest GPA of all journalism graduates
»Dean’s list – All semesters
»Presidential Achievement Award – Spring 2003
»Lambda Pi Eta, journalism honor society; National Society of Collegiate Scholars – Spring 2003
»Senator George J. Mitchell scholar

Fall 1998-Spring 2002
Secondary education, Woodland High School, Baileyville, Maine
»Graduated as valedictorian with high honors
»President of National Honor Society chapter
»Air Force Mathematics and Science Award; Marine Corps Award for Scholastic Excellence

Student Activities

September 2006-April 2007
Copy desk chief, American Observer, Washington
»Developed basic HTML knowledge at online magazine Americanobserver.net

Spring 2006
Head copy editor, The Maine Campus, Orono, Maine
»Paid salary undergraduate staff
»Semiweekly circulation: 4,000
»Supervised six copy editors at student newspaper

Fall 2005
News editor, The Maine Campus, Orono, Maine
»Paid salary undergraduate staff
»Supervised and advised 15 contributing reporters
»Assigned and edited stories; designed pages, wrote headlines and paginated in QuarkXPress

Fall 2002-Spring 2005
Staff reporter and sports writer, The Maine Campus, Orono, Maine
»Paid per story
»Spring 2005 beat: Maine Legislature

Leadership

May 2005-May 2006
Philanthropy-public relations director, Beta Theta Pi, University of Maine
»Led community service programs and publicity efforts for fraternity
»Raised $2,300 for local rape response service; spearheaded assistance at school fair

Fall 2005-Spring 2006
President, Oak Hall Governing Board, University of Maine
»Organized programs to stimulate student involvement in college dormitory community

Computer Knowledge

Adobe Photoshop; Blogger; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; QuarkXPress; HTML; WordPress