Donna Blankinship Email & Phone Number

Award-winning journalist, recognized for expertise in education policy, healthcare, medical research and state government. Social media leader with an interest in multi-platform storytelling. Experienced editor: fast, efficient, organized and calm. Specific areas of expertise include:• Ability to juggle the editing of multiple stories in various formats.• Recognized team leader and mentor. Experienced at coaching team members both in person and virtually across the United States. Trained staff across Pacific Northwest in new publishing software.• Experienced recruiter and editor of freelance work.• Creative headline writer, digital storyteller, and editor of web-ready copy.• Volunteer non-profit leader and reluctant yet capable public speaker.• Award-winning photographer; some training and experience in audio and video editing.• Never-ending source of story ideas, from breaking news to enterprise and investigative.• Trained in data mining and interpretation; experienced at seeking and obtaining public records.• Early adopter of new technology and social media platforms.Awards:• 2019 2nd place, editorial writing, Best of the West, member of Seattle Times team on legislative secrecy and public records.• 2012 3rd place education reporting, SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest• 2007 1st prize investigative reporting, Education Writers Association, member of AP team for teacher sex abuse series• 1999, 2000 Rockower Awards for Jewish journalism, 1st and 3rd place, for news reporting• 1995 and 1994 Kovod Award for newsletters• 1983 SPJ Mark of Excellence Contest, Region Five — 3rd place, non-fiction magazine writing

Listed skills include Editing, Publications, Newspapers, Journalism, and 21 others.

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  University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign

  Journalism