1. Christopher Robert Keizur
1810 Harris Street, Apt. 323, Eugene, OR 97403 — chriskeizur.com — chriskeizur@hotmail.com — (509) 432-1230
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Reporting Intern
Portland Tribune — Portland, Oregon March 2016 to Present
Beats: News, Sustainable, Sports, Healthy Living
o Wrote four to six stories a week, including features, breaking news, event coverage and enterprise, for
multiple sections that would run between 15 and 35 inches
o Reported on multiple sports in Portland, including the NBA Playoffs and MLS regular season, as well as
high school events, professional wrestling, arena football and club rowing
o Assisted and wrote articles for a four-part enterprise feature on the vacant homes epidemic in
Portland, which included working with city officials and knocking on neighbors’ doors
o Took photos to run alongside articles and helped copy edit the print edition and write photo captions
before the paper was published on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Senior Sports Reporter
Emerald Media Group — Eugene, Oregon July 2013 to March 2016
Beats: Track & Field, Cross Country, Rugby, Basketball, Football, Club Sports and Soccer
o Contributions and writing helped earn the 2014-15 Pinacle College Media Awards Best Sports Section
o Earned recognition as the 2014 winter term newsroom MVP by the Emerald editorial board
o Wrote two 550-word feature articles a week in addition to multiple game recaps and breaking news posts
o Expanded the reach of the desk by covering 22 sports during my time at the publication
o Created first ever track and field Gameday special edition for the 2015 Prefontaine Classic, researching
and writing three stories and a 1118-word cover
o Received two second-place awards in 2015 and 2016 from the ONPA Collegiate Newspaper Contest under
the “Best Sports Story” category
Environmental Reporter
Envision Journalism — Eugene, Oregon March 2015 to August 2015
Beats: Energy Conservation and Environmental Architecture
o Wrote and took photos for weekly 500 word articles about environmental issues on campus
Reporting Intern
Moscow-Pullman Daily News — Moscow, Idaho June 2014 to August 2014
Beats: Football, Volleyball and Baseball
o Designed and edited two pages in the weekend edition of the newspaper each week, writing headlines and
pairing stories with photos from the wire
o Created a 40-inch front-page volleyball preview on the seven teams in Division I of the Whitepine League,
contacting coaches and players from each school and researching performances from the previous year
o Contributed three articles to the 2014 Washington 2B High School Football Preview
Sports Reporting Intern
Lane Today — Eugene, Oregon February 2013 to September 2013
Beats: Basketball, Hockey, Roller Derby, Lacrosse and Track & Field
o Initiated and implemented a new coverage plan for high school and collegiate sporting events
EDUCATION
University of Oregon
School of Journalism & Communication
o Bachelor of Science in Journalism
o Business Minor
SKILLS
o Proficient in Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere,
Photoshop and InDesign
o Comfortable using social media to promote
articles and update readers