Resume

Rebecca Turner

Email: rebecca.michel.turner@gmail.com
Phone: 401-924-4558

Permanent Address: 160 Souza Road, Tiverton, RI 02878

School Address: The University of Tampa UT Box 5811 Tampa, FL 33606

Education

The University of Tampa, B.A., Journalism. Attended Fall 2014-Fall 2016, 4.0 GPA in major and overall.

Professional Experience

The Newport Daily News                                                          2014, 2015

 Wrote two articles for the Newport, R.I. publication that reaches 27,500 readers per day; one on high school required community service hours and another on how travel opportunities affect high school students

Collegiate Experience

Features Editor                                                                         2015-Present

§  Section editor for The Minaret, the University of Tampa student newspaper, magazine and online publication

Opinion Writer                                                                          2014-2015

§  Weekly writer for the opinion section of The Minaret

Blogger                                                                                    2014-2015

§  Created blogs, The Savvy Spartan and The Campus Niche, for posting of audio, video and photographic work in Multimedia Journalism courses

§  Student Government Beat Writer for online blog, The Weekly Spartan

Political Internship

R.I. General Treasurer’s Office                                                  2015

§  Legislative and Policy Intern, wrote briefs of committee meetings and legislative sessions

Skills

§  Spanish

§  Proficiency with InDesign, iMovie, Wordpress, t3i DSLR camera, lavalier and smartphone accessible microphones

§  Knowledge of Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Audacity

References

§  Jeffrey Neely, Assistant Professor of Journalism, professor for 2014, 2015, jneely@ut.edu, (813) 257-3178

§  Bea Lanzi, Director of Legislation and Outreach for RI General Treasurer, supervisor for 2015 internship, blanzi@treasury.ri.gov