Lauren L. Dillard

Resume

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Journalism experience

The Oregonian | Circulation 319,625 daily
I have been selected as a page design intern for the summer of 2009
The Daily Astorian | Circulation 8,400
Copy editing, daily page design and some reporting/photography
The Oregonian | www.oregonlive.com/opinion
Freelance blogger from April 2008 to July 2008
  • Post one question each day, based on The Oregonian's content, on oregonlive.com for readers to comment
  • Extend comments to other bloggers notifying them of The Oregonian's online platform
The McMinnville News-Register | Circulation 9,000 | The Charles Snowden Internship Program
Reporting as part of a 10-week internship program
  • 14 page-one stories of 32 printed works
Copy editing as part of a two-week extension of internship
  • Two A-section layouts completed
The Daily Barometer | Circulation 9,000 | Oregon State University collegiate daily newspaper
Managing editor, Sept. 2008 to present
  • Oversee staff of 70 in concert with editor in chief, supervise online content and multimedia, payroll, budgeting concerns
Editor in chief, March 2007 to July 2008
  • Oversee staff of 70 in daily production, editing, layout/design of more than 200 issues of the paper, budgeting
  • Handle ethical concerns, complaints for the student newspaper, internal and external conflicts
News editor, Sept. 2006 to Dec. 2006
  • Oversee staff of 20, assign stories, edit stories, enforce beat system
Police beat reporter, Jan. 2006 to Sept. 2006
  • Compile logs of four separate police agencies locally, follow court cases
Staff writer and photographer, Sept. 2005 to present
The Girls State Journal and The Girl State Alumni Newsletter | Quarterly newsletters for Oregon Girls State
Director of communications
  • Responsible for content writing, gathering and layout of quarterly newsletter
Journalism advisor
  • Responsible for overseeing 16 high school journalists that produce three newspapers during the one-week session in June

References

  • Frank Ragulsky
    • Director, OSU Student Media Department
  • George Rede
    • Sunday opinion editor, The Oregonian
  • Pamela Cytrynbaum
    • Professor, OSU New Media Communications
  • Patrick Webb
    • Manging editor, The Daily Astorian
  • Steve Bagwell
    • Manging editor, The McMinnville News-Register
Contact information available upon request.

Education

Honors Bachelor of Science degree in liberal arts, option in new media communications
Expected June 2009: Awarded by Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore.
Honors High School Diploma
June 2005: Awarded from Canby High School, Canby, Ore.

Volunteer service

Certification, State of Oregon Search and Rescue Volunteer since 2004
  • Earned in 2005, 300+ volunteer hours annually
  • Reserve team leader for Multnomah County Search and Rescue
Fcc licensed amateur radio operator

Skills

I've gained proficiency in the following areas
Adobe InDesign expert
QuarkXpress expert
Audio editing with Audacity expert
Mac OS and Windows expert
Copy editing expert
iMovie video editing expert
SLR Photography intermediate
PD-Videography intermediate
Adobe Photoshop intermediate
Adobe Illustrator intermediate
Adobe GoLive intermediate
WordPress, Moveable Type, blogger blogging intermediate
Final Cut Pro video editing intermediate
Video additions using LiveType intermediate
Video additions using Soundtrack Pro intermediate
HTML and CSS web design intermediate