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Elizabeth S. Breyer
________________________________________________________________ebreyer@email.unc.edu
Temporary Address: 110B Ashley Forest Dr., Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Permanent Address: 1221 Middlebury Ln., Wilmette, IL 60091

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hill, NC: 1999-present
* Pursuing B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication (news-editorial sequence) and Public Policy: expected graduation date May 2003. Cumulative GPA to date: 3.80.
*Elected to Phi Beta Kappa national honor society, fall 2002
*Working on honors thesis for the Department of Public Policy
* Dean's List, Fall 1999-Spring 2002; member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars
*Participant in UNC-Chapel Hill study abroad program, Florence, Italy: spring 2001

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
PROJECTS EDITOR, The Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, NC: August 2002-present
*Serve as a member of the three-person management team for a paper with a readership of 39,000, overseeing a staff of about 200
*Coordinate, manage and edit all special projects and long-term stories from every desk
*Attend budget meetings twice daily, as well as scheduling individual planning meetings for special projects
*Organize and administer an extensive, year-long enrichment and training program for all staff members

DOW JONES NEWSPAPER FUND EDITING INTERN, Foreign Desk, The New York Times: May-Aug 2002
*Edited original copy from correspondents around the world for content, clarity and mechanics, including several page 1 stories
*Wrote headlines, photo captions, blurbs and graphic captions, several appearing on the front page
*Conceived and wrote a features story that was published in the SundayStyles section
*Participated in intensive 12-day pre-internship residency at Temple University

UNIVERSITY EDITOR, The Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, NC: Aug. 2001-May 2002
*Managed a staff of 25 writers of varying skill levels, editing all stories written by staffers
*Conceived and assigned all stories, attended daily budget meetings and organized desk schedule
*Wrote stories requiring a particularly skilled or experienced author

EDITORIAL INTERN, cars.com, Chicago, IL: May-Aug. 2001
*Worked as one of two copy editors for the site, editing original copy for clarity, accuracy, spelling and grammar
*Wrote original articles for the site on automotive-related issues

ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR, The Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, NC: Apr.-Dec. 2000
*Edited 5-7 stories daily for content, accuracy, clarity, spelling and grammar
*Attended daily budget meetings and wrote story assignments for staffers

STAFF WRITER, The Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, NC: Sept. 1999-May 2000
*Wrote stories on daily and long-term deadline for the University desk, covering a wide range of issues

JOURNALISM AWARDS
*Member of Kappa Tau Alpha national journalism honor society
*Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence 2001, Region 2, honorable mention for In-depth Reporting for one story in a series on a proposed business school in Qatar
* Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence 2000, Region 2, first place for In-depth Reporting for one story in a series on the University's Master Plan for development

OTHER EXPERIENCE
INTERN, Don S. Samuelson & Associates Management, Chicago, IL: May-Aug. 2000
*Worked on-site in Chicago public housing projects to aid the transition to private management

SPECIAL SKILLS
Substantial computer literacy, including Microsoft Office; Windows 98, 2000 and XP; Adobe Photoshop; Allaire HomeSite; Atex; Macromedia Dreamweaver; QuarkXPress; and Quark CopyDesk. Proficient in spoken and written Italian.

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Last updated on Nov. 13, 2002