Resume
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Experience | Blogging | Projects | Skills | Honors | Education | Memberships
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EXPERIENCE
Central Michigan Life — (Mount Pleasant, Mich.)
(Circulation: 13,000 Monday, Wednesday and Friday)
- Editor in Chief (Aug. 2009 – Present)
Managing the online and print operation of the award-winning student publication, including overseeing an editorial staff of 10 editors and 100 reporters, photographers and videographers. Leading the shift to a Web-first newsroom (24-hour deadline mentality, link journalism, multimedia presentations and building an online community via chats and comments). Built and launched a redesign of the publication’s Web site, cm-life.com (before and after).
- Online Editor (Jan. – May 2009)
Improved the publication’s online presentation. Posted stories and laid out Web site after deadline each production night. Also, promoted social networking via Twitter and Facebook, introduced Soundslides, optimized the site for news search engines and added front-page elements such as a video player, Soundslides presentation and events calendar.
- Senior Football Writer (August – December 2008, August – December 2009)
Extensively covered the CMU football team during the 2007 and 2008 seasons. Wrote a wide range of previews, recaps and columns. Managed a blog throughout the 2008 season, using it for live updates, pregame and postgame notes, photos, links and several weekly features. Also used the Central Michigan Life Web site for live updating during games.
- Host, “SportsLine” Video Program (August – December 2008)
Hosted a twice-a-week online video show that discussed the CMU football team, from game recaps and thoughts to previews and predictions.
- Previous roles: Summer editor-in-chief, News editor, assistant sports editor, lifeline editor, staff reporter.
The Detroit Free Press — (Detroit, Mich.)
- Sports Freelancer (Sept. 2009 – Present)
Helping in covering CMU football and other Michigan college football games for the Free Press throughout the fall.
The Grand Rapids Press — (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
(Circulation: 133,107 daily; 182,252 Sunday)
- Copy Desk Intern (May – Aug. 2009)
Designed and proofread section fronts, inside Region pages on deadline and inside Sunday pages. Primary Saturday Religion section designer. Wrote headlines and decks. Also posted stories to MLive.com, the parent site of the Press, including aggregation. Other experience: Monitoring Associated Press wires, weekend sports copy editing.
The Saginaw News — (Saginaw, Mich.)
(Circulation: 46,000 daily, 56,000 Sunday)
- Metro Intern (May – Aug. 2008)
Wrote more than 60 stories in 12 weeks for mid-size daily. Covered two townships, one school board and one village. Also wrote stories on general assignment and helped editors out on deadline each morning with phone calls and fact-checking. Other experience: Tabulating township election results.
BLOGGING
- BrianManzullo.com – (July 2009 – present) A multimedia journalist’s blog and online portfolio on journalism, new media, sports and more.
- Chip Shots Weblog — (July 2008 – January 2009) A Central Michigan Life blog covering the CMU football team during its 2008 season. Posted real-time updates and photos during games. Posted links, analysis, predictions and more during the week.
- CMU Board of Trustees live blog — (Dec. 3, 2008) Ran Central Michigan Life’s first-ever live blog from the CMU Board of Trustees meeting on cm-life.com. Included real-time updates with detail.
PROJECTS
- Redesign of cm-life.com – (July – August 2009) Spent up to four weeks researching, planning, branding and developing Central Michigan Life’s new Web site (original post here) after switching content management systems (from College Publisher to WordPress).
- 24 Hours in Mount Pleasant — (October 2009) Helped coordinate a staff-wide multimedia project that chronicled the city of Mount Pleasant in one 24-hour period (Oct. 10). Developed a Vuvox presentation embedded with photos, videos and links to all the stories.
SKILLS
- Graphic design
- InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, NewsMaker, some Flash
- Web development
- (X)HTML, CSS, some PHP/JavaScript
- Content management/publishing
- WordPress, Movable Type
- Video production
- Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Soundslides Plus
- Audio production
- GarageBand, Audacity
- Other
- Social media (Facebook/Twitter), MediaGrid, Microsoft Office, Photo Mechanic
- Leadership, personnel management
HONORS
- Michigan Press Association (2009)
Journalist of the Year
1st Place, Sports News, “Rivalry”
1st Place, Blog, “Chip Shots Weblog”
3rd Place, Sports Feature, “A passer’s perseverance”
3rd Place, Editorial, “Respect your rivals”
- Hearst Journalism Awards Program (2009)
18th place, Personality/Profile Writing, “A passer’s perseverance”
- Michigan Press Association (2008)
1st Place, Sports Column, “Tiebreaker rules make little sense”
2nd Place, Sports News, “Big ballin’”
3rd Place, Sports Feature, “Living for football”
- Society of Professional Journalists, Region 4 (2007)
2nd Place, Sports Column Writing
- Scholarships
2009 United States Basketball Writers Association Final Four Sportswriting Scholarship (Winning story here)
2009 First Annual Media Design Scholarship, Central Mich. University
2008 Pam Klein Memorial Scholarship, Central Mich. University
2007 Charles E. Anthony Endowed Scholarship, Central Mich. University
2007 George and Vivian Malewska Endowed Scholarship, Central Mich. University
EDUCATION
- Central Michigan University
Major: Journalism — News Editorial (B.S.)
Minor: Media Design, Production and Technology
Cumulative GPA: 3.46
Expected Date of Graduation: May 2010
MEMBERSHIPS
- Society of Professional Journalists, CMU Chapter (Aug. 2007 – Present) — Attended SPJ’s Region 4 conference in Columbus, Ohio.
- Online News Association (July 2009 – Present)
- Central Michigan Life Editorial Board (Aug. 2008 – Present) — Work with a team of five to discuss editorials and other opinion page content for each edition.
