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Tiffanie Drayton's Resume

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, May 2004
News Editorial sequence
Junior
GPA 3.18. Deans List 2 semesters

Related Coursework:
Community Journalism
Reporting
News Writing
Electronic Information Sources
Feature Writing
Magazine Writing

Work Experience

Columnist, The Daily Tar Heel, Fall 2002 (See my portfolio to read my columns)
•Picked out of approximately 40 applicants to write a weekly opinionated 700-word column.
•Worked one-on-one with editorial page editor, polishing writing skills.
•Became experienced at working under deadline and pressure.
•Responded to dozens of reader feedback emails.
•Gained knowledge of basic newsroom procedure through editing process.

Student Researcher, Course work for Community Journalism, Fall 2002
•Followed and researched The Triangle Tribune during the entire fall semester for a case study.
•research included interviewing workers, interviewing readers, repeatedly visiting the newsroom and analyzing story content, design and layout, and approaches to reaching target audiences.
•produced 12-page case study for the publication’s use, detailing the overall analysis and findings for the paper and giving any suggestions for improvement based on other successful publications.

Published Work

The Daily Tar Heel, Throughout Fall 2002 semester

Collegiate Standard, Fall 2002 Issue
•paid reprint of one of the Daily Tar Heel columns

The Courier-Tribune, November 2002
•Public Service feature story on student coordinator for the Big Buddy
Program

Special Interests

Writing and reading stories dealing with human, children’s and women’s rights, social injustice, economic inequality, racism and ethnocentrism, and any other socially conscious issue.

Jomc 50 -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

email: drayton@email.unc.edu

last updated: April 15, 2003