Mitchell Chapman Email & Phone Number

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States

I coordinate nightly news coverage, edit and launch news stories to the web and social media, write news stories as need, as well as oversee the nightly production of the print newspaper by assigning stories to our design hub and coordinating layouts. I also serve as the editor/designer of the Monday e-edition, including sports, lay out the daily Berkshires section, manage our Facebook and Twitter on Saturdays and Sundays and occasionally write news stories. CMS Experience•TownNews (March 2022-present)

I provide a twice-monthly column for The Berkshire Eagle. Awards• 3rd Place for Best Commentary at the 2023 NENPA Better Newspaper Competition.• 1st Place for Best Commentary at the 2021 NENPA Better Newspaper Competition.

I coordinated weekend news coverage, edited and launched news stories to the web and social media, as well as served as the editor/designer of the Monday e-edition. I also assisted in daily page design and copy editing of The Berkshire Eagle, Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer and Manchester Journal Wednesday-Friday. Notable projects• Coordinated the coverage of Commencement 2022, The Eagle's 24-page graduation section. I also designed and edited every page of the section, and handled the online presence of most of the section's stories.CMS Experience•TownNews (March 2022-January 2023)•Echobox (March-October 2022)

Pittsfield, Massachusetts Area

Responsible for paginating pages of The Berkshire Eagle, The Bennington Banner, The Brattleboro Reformer, and The Manchester Journal using InDesign 2019. Copy editing duties include proofing body copy for front pages and display copy for inside pages, as well as making those changes and communicating them to PrePress.Job requires me to lay out sports, features, local news, entertainment, health, section fronts, front pages, and special sections, using our CMS, in accordance to NENI's style. I worked part-time for my first two years in the position, but was brought on full time upon my graduation in 2018. Notable projects • 2016 redesign of all four papers. I designed the very first edition of The Eagle under the new design.• 2017 launch of SportsPlus, The Eagle's expanded weekend sports section. Since 2017, I have primarily focused on sports newspaper design, and I have designed almost every edition of SportsPlus.• 2020 launch of The Eagle, Reformer, and Banner's Digital Monday editions, which I took a lead on in regards to its design, workflow, and overall direction. • 2020 launch of the Monday edition of SportsPlus, which was picked up by the Reformer and Banner. I pitched the initial idea and led its concept and design. • 2021 launch of The Huddle, The Eagle's weekly high school football section, which I took a lead on in terms of design, presentation, and workflow. CMS experience• Saxotech (June-November 2016; 6 months)• Newzware (November 2016-October 2020; approx. 4 years)• TownNews (October 2020-March 2022)Awards• NENPA's Better Newspaper Competition: ▪︎Best Sports Section (The Berkshire Eagle): 1st Place in 2020; 1st and 2nd Place in 2021. ▪︎Best Overall Design and Presentation (The Berkshire Eagle): 1st Place for 2017, 2018 and 2020; 2nd place in 2019; 1st and 3rd Place in 2021. ▪︎Best Overall Design and Presentation of a Special Section (Introducing 46; The Berkshire Eagle): 2nd Place in 2021

As a freelance reporter, I wrote occasional articles for The Berkshire Eagle and its sister newspapers. Reoccurring beats included news about Ilvermorny, North Adams and business stories. For 2018-2020, I also provided food reviews for The Eagle's Sunday arts section.

Pittsfield, Massachusetts

10 week internship funded by a Bernstein Scholarship. I wrote weekly stories and assisted in page design. I curated the publication's weekly Best Bets feature, wrote previews, and ran the publication's weekly "Nightlife Spotlight" feature.

InReview is an independent movie and video game review website dedicated to publishing the highest quality entertainment analysis and commentary. It's a member of the Large Association of Movie Blogs, the largest association in the world of its kind. As the site's owner and editor, I recruit contributing writers, write reviews and columns for the site, and coordinate with a staff of three writers on the content we publish. I also maintain the site's Facebook and produce content regularly for its TikTok account, which supplements our written reviews. CMS Experience•WordPress

As the editor of Sigma Chi Beta's alumni magazine, The Pegasus, I write features as needed, coordinate our writers, lay out the yearly print magazine, and am in charge of distributing it to our alumni who opt for a print copy.CMS Experience•WordPress

North Adams, Massachusetts, United States

I relaunched the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts chapter of Her Campus, serving in the following roles: • Campus Correspondent (Editor In Chief, President) July-December 2017 • Senior Editor (December 2017-May 2018)CMS Experience• Hootsuite

North Adams, Massachusetts, United States

I spent 3 1/2 years on the staff of my college newspaper, holding the following positions: • Business Manager (Spring 2018)• Features Editor (Fall 2017)• Editor In Chief (Spring 2017)• Managing Editor (Fall 2016)• Columnist (Spring 2016-Spring 2018)• Arts & Entertainment Editor (Fall 2015-Spring 2016)• Arts & Entertainment Reporter (Spring 2015)CMS Experience •WordPress

North Adams, Massachusetts, United States

Designed the yearly print version of the 2017 and 2018 editions of the Spires Literary Journal, a publication of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Both were approximately 80-page paperback books.

Wrote movies reviews, columns, pop culture news stories, political pieces, as well as stories relating to new media, such as YouTube.

From July to November 2016, I maintained and ran the Berkshire Eagle entertainment blog "The Way of The Sith," which focused on entertainment news, especially marketed towards millennials, until the elimination of our blog platforms. CMS Experience•WordPress

Online entertainment magazine I wrote for Summer 2016. CMS Experience •WordPress

Wrote weekly articles for the Massachusetts College of Art and Design's chapter of The Odyssey, to help them establish a firm base.

Wrote on various topics, primarily on entertainment news and reviews.

Bachelor Of Arts With A Major In English/Communications, Concentrations In Journalism, Creative Writing And Public Relations & Corporate Communications, 3.7 Gpa

Activities and Societies: The Beacon Newspaper, Her Campus, Student Government Association, Spires Literary Journal, Film Club, MassPIRG.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Drama Club, Quiz Team, Speech Team.