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kerrd ine@emai l . sc .edu 843-422-0031SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Published writer with articles in USA TODAY and Golfers Guide Magazine Nearly three years experience working in deadline-driven news reporting Proficient in Adobe in-design, MS Office, Lexis-Nexis and HTML Ability to write across various media platforms, including print and online Strong interviewing, copy editing, proofreading, researching and oratory skills Types at a pace of 100 words per minute; skilled with Macintosh and Windows Graduating in May 2012 with a Bachelors degree in English Literature

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

USA TODAY May 2011 presentNews Reporting Internship, McLean, Va.

Writes bi-weekly articles for USA TODAY newspaper and USATODAY.com Monitors wire services for news and writes blog entries on breaking stories Works with USA TODAYs national desk on research and data analysis Conducts interviews and performs news-gathering tasks for reporting staff Enhances Web articles with related content, including photos and videosTheDigitel.comStaff Writer, Charleston, S.C. Dec. 2010 present

Beat writer for news and issues impacting University of South Carolina Beaufort Performs news-gathering duties, such as interviewing, researching, copy editingTidal Tribune Student NewspaperNews Editor, Hardeeville, S.C. Jan. 2009 present

Beat writer for national and state political issues impacting the university Writes twice-weekly articles for print newspaper and website editions Responsible for newspapers content production and editorial topic selectionGolfers Guide MagazineFreelance Writer, Hilton Head, S.C. May 2010 present

Contributes feature articles for the nationally distributed, bi-annual print magazineExtreme Makeover: Home EditionNews & Public Relations Intern, Hilton Head, S.C. Dec. 2010 Jan. 2011

Worked on Emmy Award-winning, internationally distributed TV show Wrote press releases, public service announcements, media alerts and speeches Corresponded with national, regional and local media outlets on a daily basisGolfers Guide Magazine/GolfersGuide.comIntern, Hilton Head, S.C. May 2010 Aug. 2010

Conducted interviews and contributed two weekly columns to GolfersGuide.com Copy edited content for magazine and website; assisted in news-gathering tasks

EDUCATION AND HONORS

University of South Carolina Beaufort, GPA 3.726 May 2012 BA in English Literature, Student Body President and Student Ambassador Six semesters on the Chancellors List for Academic Excellence, one semester on

Presidents list for Academic ExcellenceTECHNICAL SKILLS

Proficient in Adobe in-design, Adobe photoshop, Newsgate, MS Office, Lexis-Nexis, Macintosh, Windows, podcasting

Types at a pace of 100 words per minute; intermediate HTML capabilities