Joe Veyera Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

Seattle, Wash.

• Write stories and take photos for a neighborhood newspaper in Seattle with a weekly circulation of 11,000
• Cover late breaking events for online publication and write longer features for print
• In charge of page design and layout, along with web upload of each week's paper
• Coordinate freelance contributors for various stories

Seattle, Wash.

• Write stories and take photos for four neighborhood newspapers — two weeklies (Queen Anne & Magnolia News and the Capitol Hill Times) and two monthlies (Madison Park Times and City Living Seattle)
• Cover late breaking events for online publication, and write longer features for print.

Seattle, Wash.

• Edit and write content for the team’s web presence, and press releases for local media outlets
• Brainstorm feature ideas, and work with team’s communication director and content manager to create full-length stories

Seattle, Wash.

• Oversee nightly production of student newspaper with circulation of 10,000.
• Provide second edits to all stories, following edits by section editors, but before stories are forwarded to the copy editing staff.
• Serve as a reporter for the news and sports section, writing stories and covering games and events other writers are unable to attend.

Seattle, Wash.

• Write game previews and recaps sent out to the press, and posted on local news websites.
• Work with Director of Communications to produce content for the team's match day programs.

Seattle, Wash.

• Write a minimum of four posts per day of 250 words of more, regarding anything related to Seattle's Ballard neighborhood.
• Cover breaking news, events, and found local angles to city-wide and county-wide stories, and write weekly posts on development applications in the neighborhood, and previews of weekend events.
• Post all stories to the website's Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Seattle, Wash.

• Assigned and edited daily news content for both print and online, working with a staff of approximately 25 writers.
• Held weekly meetings with section writers to plan content for coming weeks, and discuss what the section had done well, and what could be improved on.
• Continued serving as a reporter for the news section, writing stories and covering events other writers were unable to attend.

Seattle, Wash.

Worked with news and sports section editors to produce content for the print edition and online only.

Shoreline, Wash.

• Covered breaking news, general interest stories, sports, and features in part-time freelancing role for hyper-local news website serving Shoreline and Lake Forest Park, Washington.
• Wrote recurring, “Where are they now,” series, chronicling local high school athletes’ collegiate and professional sports careers.
• Served as guest editor for website in editor’s absence for four days in August 2012. Kept website, along with the site’s social media pages, updated with multiple news and event posts each day.

Journalism

Named to Dean's List every quarter from Autumn 2011 to Spring 2014, and to annual Dean's List for 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14 academic.

Education record