My resume as of Spring 2010 can be found here in text and .pdf format. I’ll be adding some writing samples soon. This site is still young, so there isn’t much in the way of content right now. I am leaving the site live while I work on it.
I can be contacted at Jeremy.W.Bookmyer.1@ohio.edu. You may also contact me via my twitter, @ItsJeremy.
Education:
Ohio University, Scripps College of Communication, Athens, OH. – June 2010 graduation
- Double major in Online Journalism and Communication Studies with a specialization in Public Advocacy.
- Bachelor of Science in Communication and Bachelor of Science in Journalism.
- Cumulative GPA: 3.6 – Journalism GPA: 3.6 – Communication GPA: 3.5
Relevant Experience:
Editor-in-Chief, SpeakEasy Magazine (Athens, OH)
June 2009 – June 2010
- Responsible for making final copy edits and fact checking on stories before posting them to the web.
- Responsible for training and assisting the writing and editorial staff during the writing process.
- Responsible for administrative activities for the site, including conducting meetings, communicating with staff and leading the organization as well as designing and maintain the current web site.
- Established working relationships with a number of other local publications and businesses.
Asst. Copy Chief, SpeakEasy Magazine (Athens, OH)
May 2008 – June 2009
- Responsible for making final copy edits and fact checking on stories before posting them to the web.
- Responsible for training and assisting the copy staff during their copy process.
- Assisted in organizing a concise style sheet to be used by all staff writers, section editors and copy editors.
Staff Writer, SpeakEasy Magazine (Athens, OH)
Sept. 2006 – May 2008
- Wrote feature length stories for the Behind the Scenes section of the SpeakEasy Magazine Web site.
Intern, Washington Post Politics team (Washington D.C.)
June 2009 – Aug. 2009
- Headline and summary writing, organizing and create the Politics front page.
- Created transcripts of speeches, evaluated and categorized them. Categorizations were used for the POTUS tracker.
- Attended a health care think-tank at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
- Gained experience working with political journalists in Washington D.C.
Public Opinion Survey Assistant, Senior practicum (ICI) (Athens, OH)
Jan. 2010 – March 2010
- Conducted, analyzed and presented a mailed/web/in-person opinion survey for Athens, OH City Council
- Helped write and edit the survey as well as organized and executed a time to gather survey responses
- Aggregated and organized data, created an SPSS program to analyze data and helped write a summary report
Awards
CITI Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Qualified Human Research Assistant (Feb. 2010 – Present)
OU Student Research Expo for political rhetoric paper about FDR’s first Fireside Chat (May 2010)
Dean’s List five consecutive quarters (Jan. 2006 – Present)
Ohio University Gateway Excellence Scholarship (Sept. 2006 – Present)
BSA Eagle Scout Award (July 2006)
Skills
- Experience with interviewing, research, feature and news writing and creation of Web sites
- Completed courses over political rhetoric, argument, debate, and persuasion
- Experience with public speaking, public speaking rhetoric, interpersonal communication and organizational communication
- Experience designing and executing campaigns, both non-profit and fund-raising
- Proficient with a variety of content managements systems including: WordPress, Joomla and others
- Proficient with several web and computer programming languages including: HTML and CSS
- Proficient with a variety of computer programs including: Windows XP, Vista and Seven, OS-X, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, SPSS, Microsoft Access, MySQL