RESUME OF A SOFT CORE JOURNALIST

          Trent Matthew England

SKILLS

-          Excellent writing, grammar, and editing abilities.

-          Assertive and articulate interviewer.

-          Attentive listener who exhibits genuine enthusiasm and interest.

-          Encourages others to freely and comfortably share information.

-          Resourceful, thorough and inquisitive researcher, who intuitively generates leads,   extrapolates important information and develops creative story angles.

-          Relates to diverse personalities, engages them in conversation, and draws out important   information.

-         Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a self-motivated and organized manner.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

 Technology and Desktop Publishing Experience

-          Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and some Quark and Adobe experience.

-          Basic HTML and Web Design and SEO knowledge.

-          Information research via Internet and on-line services.

EDUCATION

Ashford University – Clinton, IA – Intent to Graduate 2013             

B.A.: Journalism and Mass Communications

Black Hawk College – Moline, IL – Graduated 2008

A.A.: Creative Writing/Journalism

JOURNALISM EDUCATION

Black Hawk Chieftain – Black Hawk College, Moline, IL, 2007 – 2008

Reporter, Spring 2007 – Fall 2007                                                                                          

- Led staff discussions, brainstorming for story ideas.

- Determine timeline and story budget for bi-weekly on-campus newspaper.

- Learned basic journalism techniques for interviewing, writing and editing.

Assignment Editor, Spring 2008

            - Worked with Quark to design layout for print newspaper.   

            - Edited staff submissions for rewrites and final print proofs.

- Assigned stories to staff writers for b-weekly print newspaper.

Ashford Clarion – Ashford University, Clinton, IA, 2011 – Present

Reporter, Fall 2011

            - Worked on staff from remote location to provide stories as correspondent.

Editor, Spring 2012

            - Work with staff to produce a monthly print and online edition.

ONLINE EXPERIENCE

Contributor @ www.hubpages.com

Contributor @ www.helium.com

PUBLICATIONS, HONORS, AND AWARDS

VS. (collection of poetry) - Self-Published 2009

Midwest Writing Center – Poem – My Kind of Town 

http://communitybasedpoetry.blogspot.com/2010/10/trent-matthew-england-my-kind-of-town.html

O-bituary – (Flash Fiction - Honorable Mention)

www.modernmatriarch.wordpress.com