Katherine N. Clement

kat.clement@gmail.com
http://katherineclement.wordpress.com/

GOAL

To be involved in a fast-paced, deadline-driven media outlet that embraces the multimedia platform utilizing my skills as a writer, reporter, photographer or editor, gaining skills that make me a stronger designer and a well-rounded, self-sufficient journalist in the face of media convergence.

 

EDUCATION

The University of South Florida St. Petersburg (1/05 – 12/08)

Bachelor’s degree in mass communications with a minor in sociology     

St. Petersburg High School (8/00 – 5/04)        

 

EXPERIENCE

Marketing Assistant, Temporary, Advanced Protection Technologies, Clearwater, FL (4/09 – 7/09)

-          updated more than 4,000 database entries using research methods taught in journalism courses

-          photographed products for marketing and technical materials

-          created, assembled, and mailed marketing materials

Freelance Event Photographer, Kat Clement Photography, St. Petersburg, FL (2/06 – current)

-          professionally photographed three weddings and a baby shower

-          professionally photographed Burning Tree, a local St. Petersburg band, live

Assistant Editor, Crow’s Nest, St. Petersburg, FL (8/08 – 12/08)

-          directly responsible for content-editing stories written by two reporters

-          frequently published front-page, breaking news articles on last-minute deadlines

-          photographed events for my own stories as well as others

Intern, Creative Loafing, Tampa, FL (10/07 – 2/08)

-          fact-checked and copy-edited minor articles before publication

-          wrote a cover story the third week

-          photographed events

-          contributed to larger cover stories

Contributing Writer and Photographer, The Crow’s Nest, St. Petersburg, FL (2/07 – 5/08)

-          contributed articles and accompanying photographs

Clerk, Web Clerk, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL (2/06 – 10/07)

-          performed clerical tasks such as answering phones, running errands, updating databases and delivering faxes and proofs

-          took over a web clerk position line-editing copy for publication to the web using Coyote, Speed Writer and the St. Petersburg Times News Processor

-          selected and edited photographs to accompany stories on the web

-          edited stories for submission to Lexis Nexis

Staff Writer and Photographer, Indie, Orlando, FL (8/04 – 12/04)

-          accompanied reporters on stories to photograph events

-          pitched and wrote stories for publication

Staff Writer, Palmetto and Pine, St. Petersburg, FL (8/02 – 5/04)

-          pitched and wrote stories for publication

 

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite: Word (64 WPM), Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook

Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Acrobat

Coyote, Speed Writer, St. Petersburg Times News Processor, Dispatch

 

HONORS, AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Awards

The St. Petersburg Times journalism scholarship: $10,000

Florida Bright Futures scholarship

 

Seminars Taught

 “How to Develop a Story Idea That Will Get Your Article Published”

(Seminar given, by invitation, at Lakewood High School, St. Petersburg, FL)

 

Memberships

Society of Professional Journalists

 

Programs Attended

WMNF Broadcast News Training Course, WMNF, Tampa, FL

The High School Journalism Program at the Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, FL

The Global Young Leaders Conference, Washington D.C. and New York, NY

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