Resume

Mark Coddington

2028 W. 11th Ave. Grand Island, NE 68803
markcoddington@gmail.com
(308) 390-3521

Experience

Regional Reporter, The Independent, Grand Island, Neb., August 2006 – present
• Cover a 16-county region of central Nebraska, along with energy issues and general assignments
• Work with editors on Web-first publishing of stories and developing online reader interaction
• Write breaking and in-depth stories on education, government, agriculture, business and crime
• Earned six Nebraska Press Association awards and one Nebraska AP award from 2007-09

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
• Named 2006 Ed Trayes Scholar for excellence during training session at Temple University

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

Staff Reporter, Daily Nebraskan, Lincoln, Neb., August 2005 – December 2005
• Covered spot news and in-depth stories
• Worked with editors to create fresh story angles
• Awarded the Best News Feature of Fall 2005 by the Student Publications Board

Education

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

Additional Abilities

• Proficient in AP Style
• Computer skills: Blogging, Wordpress, Twitter, Audacity, Adobe Photoshop, NewsEditProIQue, APT Falcon, Microsoft Office, digital photography, social media

References available upon request