Matt Schmitz Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

United States

Greater Chicago Area

300 S. Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Ill.

— Manage the entirety of daily editorial content creation and publication, including assigning, coaching, editing, headline writing and scheduling of objective, consumer-focused news stories, reviews and video content produced by a team of around two-dozen writers, editors, visual artists and multimedia specialists.— On-camera talent for a weekly TV news segment, "Driving Smart," that airs on more than 30 network news affiliates coast-to-coast; related responsibilities also include content selection, script writing and social-media promotion, as well as live TV and radio appearances.— Key contributor to efforts to assess and evolve the editorial team's content and SEO strategy.— My bylined work has appeared in dozens of major publications, including USA Today, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday in New York and many more.— Attend four major auto shows a year in Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago and New York to oversee the production and publication of a massive flow of editorial content, as well as appear in on-the-scene videos from the exhibit floor.— Lead daily and weekly editorial meetings to brainstorm, refine, assign and schedule news content.— Maintain editorial calendar of all daily, weekly, monthly and annual news content.— Test and review children's car seats in new-model vehicles, for which purpose I underwent a 40-hour training course to become a nationally certified child passenger safety technician; related duties include acting as an expert ambassador at car-seat installation demonstrations, auto shows and media events.— Participate in objective head-to-head vehicle testing in locations across the nation.— Promoted from News Editor in June 2017.

Chicago Metropolitan Area

Managing Editor of three titles under the Pioneer Press banner, including the Niles Herald-Spectator, Morton Grove Champion and Park Ridge Herald-Advocate, which at the time had the greatest circulation base of any of the 32 Pioneer Press titles. Simultaneously served during a company transition period as news producer for three other titles, including the Evanston Review, Skokie Review and Lincolnwood Review.Assisted in the company’s transition from print-based news delivery to a strong focus on immediate web-based news delivery.Planned the contents of publications focusing on important community issues and community readership.Responsible for all content, placement and emphasis of news stories in print publications and posting all online content to the web daily.Managed reporters and freelancers, and directed reporting duties, including assigning topics, events and other story ideas for coverage.Recruitment, hiring and management of freelance reporters.Coordinated closely with page designers for publication production, including artwork and layout, and ensuring adherence to deadlines.Reading copy, proofing for errors in spelling, punctuation and syntax, as well as verifying facts, dates and statistics.Managed election coverage, which included: news reporting, agenda setting, developing questionnaires, candidate interviews, writing endorsements and coordinating election-night activities.Wrote editorials pertaining to topical community issues and managed letters to the editor.Allocated print space for story text, photos and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance.Primary point of contact for all internal and community readership questions and concerns pertaining to the three newspapers under my charge.Managing Editor and Acting Managing Editor for previous publications, including: the Edison-Norwood Times-Review, Mount Prospect Times and Des Plaines Times.

Chicago Metropolitan Area

Performed all duties and responsibilities of Managing Editor on a daily basis as requested by the three Pioneer Press Central Group Managing Editors.Worked as Acting Managing Editor for Managing Editors on vacation, ill, called away on family emergencies or otherwise on leave.Responsible for the conception, planning, assigning, editing and layout of all Central Group Business, Schools and varied other features pages.Regularly performed copy editing and headline writing for Central Group Managing Editors.

Chicago Metropolitan Area

Primary Reporter for the Harlem-Irving Times, and on a secondary basis for the Jefferson Park Times, Edison-Norwood Times-Review and Edgebrook-Sauganash Times-Review.Contributed to all of the dozens of Pioneer Press editions regularly including the Mount Prospect Times, Des Plaines Times, Niles Herald-Spectator and the Park Ridge Herald-Advocate, as well as to the Chicago Sun-Times.Primary responsibilities included newsgathering and reporting of breaking, investigative, enterprise, feature and other budgeted stories pertaining to schools, city and county government, and police and other public-safety agencies, in addition to varied general-assignment duties.Reviewed copy and corrected errors in content, grammar, punctuation and style.Coordinated with photographers and graphic designers to determine how to best illustrate a story.

Jefferson City, Mo.

Fulton, Mo.

Bachelor Of Journalism, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Reporter, copy editor at the Columbia Missourian daily newspaper

Education record

Activities and Societies: Football, track, pole vaulting