Chad Drury Email & Phone Number

Mount Pleasant, IA, US

Ottumwa, Iowa

• Part of a two-person sports department providing coverage and photography of eight high schools, daily budgeting of a three-page second.
• Took the lead on a five-day series regarding the changes to high school football, with topics ranging from the physical dangers, growth of the 8-player game and reasons behind low numbers in larger high schools.
• Involved in the selection of the All-Courier teams representing each of the main sports (volleyball, football, basketball, etc.). On Facebook, the football coach of the year story has had 214 emotions, 46 comments and.
• A 37-second video of a bowler celebrating a perfect game has has more than 1,400 Twitter views to date.

Burlington, Iowa

• Member of a six-person staff covering 20 high schools in Iowa and Illinois, as well as two local colleges.
• Assisted in the overall product of a sectional that won Associated Press Sports Editor awards.
• Cultivated working relationships with IGHSAU and IHSAA officials as needed, as well as with school officials (administrators, activities directors, teachers, coaches).
• Spent 2 1/2 seasons as the beat reporter for the Burlington Bees, the Class A Midwest League affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels, and covered two league All-Star games.
• Managed the compiling of All-Hawk Eye volleyball and girls and boys basketball teams, as well writing Player of the year features for each.
• Involved in several selections of all-state athletes through the Iowa Newspaper Association.

Fairfield, Iowa

• Prep sports coverage and photography of five high schools in southeast Iowa, pagination of a one-page section five days a week, as well as special sections.
• Earned three writing honors (Iowa Newspaper Association 2004, 2007; AP Managing Editors 2000).

Iowa Falls, Iowa

• Prep sports coverage and photography of five high schools for twice-a-week morning newspapers in central Iowa.
• Wrote feature stories on then-Kansas Jayhawks basketball and future NBA player Nick Collison, as well as then-Creighton player Nick Lindeman.
• First assignment included coverage of Iowa Falls' Class 2A state championship volleyball team.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies

Education record

Activities and Societies: High school golf, four years