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JNF J J o o r r d d a a n n N N a a t t h h a a n n i i e e l l F F e e n n s s t t e e r r [email protected] @jordanfenster 845.558.6445 jnfstuff.blogspot.com "I went to them and asked them directly, ‘What’s the story? Is this, what we’re hearing from Jordan Fenster true? What’s the story? And they said, ‘No, no, no, not true,’ and they maintained that all the way through two years, up until they walked into the courtroom.” Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton Skills Writing and narrative Staff management Investigative reportage Crisis communications Strategic planning Social media growth Web and print design News and brand blogging Community engagement Infinite creativity Interests Politics Literature and poetry Music performance Theater Philosophy Notable Experience ConnCAN Senior Writer and Editor Developed strategy and implemented tactics designed to build ConnCAN's individual advocacy brand. Created earned media matierials, drafted testimony and coordinated communications efforts among strategic partners across Connecticut. New Haven Register Lead State Politics Reporter/Blogger Reported for and managed the award-winning CT5thDistrict site, reportage from which resulted in two federal investigations, and more than a dozen convictions. Entertainment Editor Created new access points and web design for feature and arts content. Interviewed celebrities (Dolly Parton, 'Weird' Al Yankovik and Bob Weir, among many others) and helped support New Haven's respected arts and music community. The Register Citizen Lead editor Transitioned traditional daily news product into 24-hour web-focused daily news service. Conceived, created, designed and launched five weekly, local community news products. Integrated social media into daily news gathering, development and dissemination. Increased monthly page views 130 percent to over 1.4 million consistently. Increased monthly unique visitors 120 percent to over 130,000 consistently. Long Island Jewish World Wrote advocacy-focused feature and news copy - investigative, interview-based articles as well as critiques and editorials. Created graphic design materials, and designed and executed layouts and multiple page spreads. For a complete work history in both traditional resume and timeline form, extensive list of awards and more general information about me, log on to jnfstuff.blogspot.com Want to know more? References gladly made available upon request Software InDesign, Quark XPress, Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft suite, basic HTML, content management software and social media.

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JNFJJoorrddaann NNaatthhaanniieell FFeennsstteerr [email protected]@jordanfenster845.558.6445

jnfstuff.blogspot.com"I went to them and asked them directly, ‘What’s the story? Is this, what we’re hearing from Jordan Fenster

true? What’s the story? And they said, ‘No, no, no, not true,’ and they maintained that all the way through twoyears, up until they walked into the courtroom.” ­ Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton

SkillsWriting and narrative

Staff management

Investigative reportage

Crisis communications

Strategic planning

Social media growth

Web and print design

News and brand blogging

Community engagement

Infinite creativity

InterestsPoliticsLiterature and poetryMusic performanceTheaterPhilosophy

Notable ExperienceConnCANSenior Writer and EditorDeveloped strategy and implemented tactics designed to build ConnCAN'sindividual advocacy brand. Created earned media matierials, drafted testimonyand coordinated communications efforts among strategic partners acrossConnecticut.

New Haven RegisterLead State Politics Reporter/BloggerReported for and managed the award-winning CT5thDistrict site,reportage from which resulted in two federal investigations, and morethan a dozen convictions.

Entertainment EditorCreated new access points and web design for feature and arts content.Interviewed celebrities (Dolly Parton, 'Weird' Al Yankovik and Bob Weir,among many others) and helped support New Haven's respected artsand music community.

The Register CitizenLead editorTransitioned traditional daily news product into 24-hour web-focuseddaily news service. Conceived, created, designed and launched fiveweekly, local community news products. Integrated social media intodaily news gathering, development and dissemination. Increasedmonthly page views 130 percent to over 1.4 million consistently.Increased monthly unique visitors 120 percent to over 130,000consistently.

Long Island Jewish WorldWrote advocacy-focused feature and news copy - investigative,interview-based articles as well as critiques and editorials. Createdgraphic design materials, and designed and executed layouts andmultiple page spreads.

For a complete work history inboth traditional resume andtimeline form, extensive list of

awards and more generalinformation about me, log on to

jnfstuff.blogspot.com

Want to know more?

References gladly made available upon request

SoftwareInDesign, Quark XPress,Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat,Microsoft suite, basic HTML,content managementsoftware and social media.