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Suzanne Yada Resume – Last updated 09-29-09

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(This resume last updated Feb. 21, 2010)

Objective

To make your publication rock.

Work experience

Online editor
Jan. 2010 to present
Spartan Daily, San Jose, Calif.
Directing switch from proprietary CMS to WordPress, restructuring newsroom workflow to online-first, and aiding in a development of a mobile application. Also am assigning and editing news blog posts; managing Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader feeds; and hunting for story leads online.

Reporter
Aug. 2009 to Dec. 2009
Spartan Daily, San Jose, Calif.
Covered the California budget crisis beat, shot video, wrote opinions and assisted the online editor with social media for the San Jose State University student newspaper. Clips can be found here.

Web intern
June 2009 to present
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, San Jose, Calif.
Uploaded the weekly business newspaper to the Web site, wrote briefs and calendar items, created small graphics and occasionally wrote feature profiles on local businesses.

Social media strategist/Steering committee member
Oct. 2008 to present
Public Press, San Francisco, Calif.
Implemented a social media strategy for the startup nonprofit news organization. Helped with design and marketing for events. Assisted with grant writing and strategic planning. Worked with honors students to develop business model.

Copy editor
Jan. 2009 to Sept. 2009
SHiFT Magazine, San Jose, Calif.
Copy edited and designed spreads for a startup magazine sent quarterly to business leaders in the Silicon Valley who have an interest in social responsibility.

Editor
April 2008 to Jan. 2009
Visalia Times-Delta, Visalia, Calif.
Built a supplemental targeted publication for Visalia’s daily newspaper on downtown areas in Tulare County. Wrote, designed and coordinated photos for the quarterly tab insert.

Radio host/marketing coordinator
Oct. 2007 to April 2008
KFSC-LP 94.1 FM, Visalia, Calif.
Hosted, produced, edited and scripted weekly radio show about the U.K. culture. Recorded interviews via Skype and edited in Adobe Audition. Set up social networking Web site and helped nonprofit radio station promote itself, raise funds and organize events.

Copy editor
May 2004 to Dec. 2007
Visalia Times-Delta, Visalia, Calif.
Helped select stories, edit, write headlines and design pages for Visalia’s daily newspaper. Designed broadsheet pages, section fronts and A1. Uploaded articles to the Web site and helped moderate online comments. Shot and edited weekly videocast for two months.
* I took 8 months off in 2005 to work abroad in a cafe in Nottingham, England.

Editor-in-chief
April 2004 to Jan. 2005
Fusion Multimedia, Visalia, Calif.
Editor-in-chief for local youth magazine, which was published every two months. Directed content and design, managed staff, edited and proofed submissions, coordinated writers and photographers. Met with 10 to 20 at-risk youth to brainstorm stories.

Editor-in-chief
Aug. 2002 to May 2004
College of the Sequoias, Visalia, Calif.
Editor-in-chief for community college weekly newspaper. Managed staff, developed workflow, designed front page and news sections, assigned and edited stories.

Education

San Jose State University, San Jose, Calif.
January 2008 to May 2010 (expected)
B.S. in journalism (magazine), minor in business
Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honor society

College of the Sequoias, Visalia, Calif.
Aug. 2002 to May 2004
A.A. in journalism

Skills

AP style • InDesign • InCopy • QuarkXpress • Illustrator • Photoshop • Flash Catalyst • Audition • Audacity • FinalCut Pro • Premiere • Saxotech/Publicus • NewsEditPro • HTML • RSS • Social media

Associations & Awards

Online News Association

Investigative Reporters and Editors

Journalism Association of Community Colleges

  • I won 5 JACC awards at the California state level ranging from design to headline writing to reporting. The year I was editor-in-chief, our paper also won General Excellence.

Sylvia K. Johns Scholarship, College of the Sequoias

Ruth M. Byers Scholarship, San Jose State University

Clarence F. and Lyle V. Burmahln Scholarship, San Jose State University

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