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Milwaukee, WI, US

Tasked with expanding efforts to engage with growing paid subscription audience and enhancing editorial efforts to attract new subscribers. Championed relaunch of daily morning newsletter, incorporating weekly industry features, improving reader experience compared to prior morning offering and delivering better engagement compared to prior weekly industry.

Greater Milwaukee

Coordinate the planning and production of editorial content for BizTimes Milwaukee; lead editorial production of special publications; facilitate planning of editorial programming for BizTimes events.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Primarily covered manufacturing and economic data for an online and print business magazine, including Foxconn’s decision to build an LCD plant in southeastern Wisconsin. Work included breaking news, regular features, special reports and in-depth cover stories. Other beats included technology, education and workforce development. Responsible for daily beat.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Expanded role to include leading special publications, launching a podcast, monitoring and growing social media, coaching reporters, developing use of analytics, and continuing beat coverage. Worked to help reporters get the most out of their coverage while still delivering on ambitious projects. Helped publication expand reach and awareness of quality.

Wisconsin

Nationally certified gymnastics judge in the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic program. Judged meets throughout Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Have also travelled for national level meets, including 2015 and 2017 JO National Championships.

Waukesha, Wisconsin

Taught introductory journalism class.

Waukesha, WI

Responsible for the leading planning and coordination of daily news content for The Waukesha Freeman. Manage staff story assignments. Work with freelancers to ensure comprehensive coverage of Waukesha County. Answer phone calls from readers and community members with comments, concerns or questions. Function as a reporter when needed. Also responsible for.

Waukesha, WI

Covered the Waukesha School District, education issues, state politics and a number of municipalities. Often wrote two bylined stories or more. Generated lead and package stories. Filled in as managing editor. Contributed to social media presence.

Telecommute

Posted press releases using basic HTML, covered election night parties, breaking news, politicians, and business leaders, aggregated news from websites around WI on weekends, assembled Week in Review and Weekend Links products, wrote UpFront wrap-ups. For work samples see arthurwthomas.wordpress.com

Greater Milwaukee Area

Led two discussion sections of Comm 1100-Contemporary Presentation, a writing and public speaking class.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Covered mostly higher education with some K-12 and general assignment work. Contributed to both long term projects and daily newspapers. Filed stories from events, providing near real-time updates for readers. Contributed to education blog. Contributed to front page stories, including an examination of graduation rates in the UW System

Performed activities essential to the operation of a gymnastics camp, ensuring smooth camp operation through attention to logistics and supply. Responsibilities included organizing staff assignments, coordinating evening activities, incidental maintenance, and obtaining supplies for both staff and campers. Serves as cabin counselor to campers of varying.

Germantown, WI

Coordinated deliveries to customers throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Developed shipping strategies for the firm's largest customer. Booked large ($5K+) sales orders with attention to detail, correctness and completeness. Also assisted in developing marketing materials, particularly by editing copy and design to produce finished product. Started.

Assisted in show production through writing scripts, preparing interview questions, digitizing video, transcribing interviews, logging b-roll, managing social media and researching story topics.

Bs, Journalism And Philosophy, Politics And Economics

Activities and Societies: The New Perspective (school newspaper), Golf Team, Swim and Dive

Communication (Journalism)

- Two years of graduate course work in communication program. - Teaching assistant for public speaking and writing class.