Resume

Mark Coddington

10301 RR 2222 No. 728, Austin, TX 78730 markcoddington@gmail.com (308) 390-3521

Education

M.A. Journalism Research and Theory, May 2012 University of Texas at Austin • Member of Online Political Communication Research Posse with Dr. Tom Johnson • Coordinated social media for Millennials and News Summit, November 2010 B.A. Communication, Emphasis in Media Studies, May 2006 Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill. • Graduated summa cum laude, member of the Wheaton Honor Society • Awarded the National Communication Association’s best student-authored paper, November 2005 • Studied at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications, August 2005 - December 2005 • Attended the Summer Institute of Journalism in Washington, D.C., May 2005 - June 2005 • National Merit Scholar, 2002 - 2005

Experience

Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, August 2010 - present • Teach lab section of Intermediate Reporting to upperclass undergraduates • Guide students through process of reporting, writing and editing stories • Design and prepare original lab exercises on story sourcing, organization and editing Blogger, Nieman Journalism Lab, Harvard University, January 2010 - present • Write weekly reviews curating  journalism and technology news and analysis • Researched and wrote entries for online future-of-news encyclopedia, May 2010 - August 2010 • Conducted two forthcoming case studies on newsroom innovation and entrepreneurship Regional Reporter, The Independent, Grand Island, Neb., August 2006 - April 2010 • Covered a 16-county region of central Nebraska, along with energy issues and general assignments • Worked with editors on Web-first publishing of stories and developing online reader interaction • Wrote breaking and in-depth stories on education, government, agriculture, business and crime • Created a blog covering my beat, the first such blog in The Independent's history Dow Jones Copy Editing Intern, The Buffalo News, Buffalo, N.Y., June 2006 - August 2006 • Edited local news and wire stories for style, grammar, flow and factual accuracy • Wrote eye-catching headlines and cutlines on tight deadlines Associate/Managing Editor, The Wheaton Record, Wheaton, Ill., August 2004 - May 2005, January 2006 - May 2006 • Directed copy editors in story revision for the campus newspaper • Assisted in reporting news and feature stories • Created headlines and assisted in direction of newspaper layout and layout and organization

Additional Abilities

• Earned seven Nebraska Press Association awards and one Nebraska AP award from 2006-09 • Named Dow Jones Newspaper Fund’s 2006 Ed Trayes Scholar • Computer skills: Blogging, Wordpress, social media, Audacity, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, digital photography, NewsEditProIQue, APT Falcon