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Please visit my LinkedIn page to see my full résumé. Jannon "J.J." Barrow 415-935-1425 • jaejeb@gmail.com • jaejeb.com
Experience
• Reporter, Dow Jones News Fund Multimedia Intern @ Berkeley Patch June 2011 — August 2011 in Berkeley, CA
General assignment reporter. Participated in Dow Jones News Fund multimedia training at Western Kentucky
University. Served as Berkeley Patch guest editor for a week. Work appeared on multiple Patch sites, and Huffington
Post websites.
• Transportation and Arts & Culture Reporter @ Mission Loc@l
August 2010 — May 2011 in San Francisco, CA
Transportation beat reporter with forays into arts & culture. Served as a section editor for the Winter 2010 print
edition. Contributed to Society of Professional Journalists Region 11 Mark of Excellence award-winning work.
• Reporter and Webmaster @ The Echo Times
August 2007 — May 2008 in Kentfield, CA
Wrote college news and features, contributed copy editing and photos. Created "web editions" of issues and monitored web traffic received. Moderated message boards and article comments. Aided computer use in the
newsroom and troubleshooted problems.
• Communications & New Media Intern @ The Ella Baker Center
June 2010 — August 2010 in Oakland, CA
Worked to expand and update the organization's presence via online networks and social media. Contributed to
communications planning in busy pre-election season.
• Online Communications Intern @ Green For All
May 2009 — July 2009 in Oakland, CA
Wrote news blog entries and maintained social networking presence in the midst of Waxman-Markey climate
change bill efforts. Conducted Web 2.0 research project.
Education
• Master's Degree @ UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
August 2010 — Present in Berkeley, CA
• B.A., Media Studies & American Studies @ University of California, Berkeley
August 2008 — May 2010 in Berkeley, CA
• A.A., Liberal Arts & Sciences @ College of Marin
August 2006 — May 2008 in Kentfield, CA
• Diploma @ Sir Francis Drake High School
June 2006 in San Anselmo, CA
Skills
Experience with Mac and Windows computers, Microsoft Office, Flash, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop and Fireworks image editing software. HTML and CSS coding knowledge, plus experience using WordPress, Plone, College Publisher and other web content managers.
Honors
• Mark Felt Scholar in Investigative Reporting, 2011 — 2012
• IDEAL Scholar, 2008 — 2010
• John L. Wasserman Memorial Scholarship Recipient, 2008
• College of Marin Honors List, 2006 — 2008
Memberships
• Society of Professional Journalists • Investigative Reporters and Editors • Online News Association • Cal Alumni Association
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