Resume of Daniel J. Schneider

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Skills

New Media Journalism Excellent communication skills and grasp of the English language including grammar and writing style, as well as technical writing and editing. Thorough familiarity with AP style, Denver Post style, and operating knowledge of newsroom procedures and workflows for print, online and mobile. Experience with content management systems including MediaWiki, phpBB, Joomla! and WordPress, and proprietary systems. Understanding of S.E.O. principles and experience using them in an online news environment. Experience moderating community discussions, blog and Facebook comments, and identifying and dealing with trolls.

Social and Mobile Experience promoting news through social networks, and developed presence in social media including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, Pinterest and Foursquare. Some experience in adapting mobile systems for news reporting and dissemination. Understanding of online tools for social- and data-driven journalism including Storify, Bit.ly and other link shorteners, Google FusionTables and the Google Maps API.

Tools Superior knowledge of past and current versions of Microsoft Office; Adobe Creative Suite including Acrobat, Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign; HomeSite; and QuarkXpress. Familiarity with LAMP systems including setup, configuration, and maintenance. Expert level PC and Mac user, intermediate experience in Linux/Unix environments. Experience with XHTML, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript and jQuery.

Experience

Online News Producer – DenverPost.com

August 16, 2010 – Present

101 West Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203; 303‑954‑1300

Publish breaking and overnight news and sports stories to website, post updates and maintain Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr accounts, design and implement updates and changes to website pages and functionality including Javascript, PHP and jQuery programming, monitor Twitter and other news sources for breaking news and use social media to help reporters source stories, help educate and train newsroom personnel on new media journalism tools, working with editors, programmers, designers and reporters to prepare special presentations.

Online News Producer (contractor) – DenverPost.com

October 14, 2005 – August 15, 2010

101 West Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203; 303‑954‑1300

Publish stories to the Web site through content management system, manual and editor-generated HTML coding, photo selection and editing, choosing and publishing content from wire services, headline generation, edit or write-through stories, section development, some multimedia and interactive content development.

Managing Editor – MetroFlyer, Metropolitan State College of Denver Aviation and Aerospace Science Dept.

August 15, 2009 – June 15, 2010

Auraria Campus, Speer Blvd. and Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80217; 303-556-2400

Create 24-page magazine-style newsletter including: Determine issue content, design layout, research and write stories, find and work with writers for additional content, solicit and take in content from student organizations and other department sources, edit all content for publication, some advertising work, some photography, photo editing, graphics creation, generation of final documents for both web and print publication using Adobe Creative Suite.