Dan Eckles has over 18 years of experience as a newspaper writer, editor, and manager. He is proficient in writing, editing, researching, and generating news stories and articles for print and online. As managing editor, he oversaw staff, assigned stories, edited content, and evaluated the newspaper's strategy. He also has experience photographing and designing images for print and online content. Eckles is skilled in Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Quark Express. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and has coached youth sports in the community.

1. DAN ECKLES
7070 Island Queen Court
Sparks, NV 89436
(775) 544-9406
Email: eckhoops@yahoo.com
OBJECTIVE
To use my 18-plus years of experience as a newspaper writer, editor and manager in a
position that requires professional communication and problem-solving skills
QUALIFICATIONS
*Research, generate and write news stories and articles for print and internet
*Post stories and news information to social media
*Set agenda for staff and tone of content to best promote reader engagement
*Prioritize and accomplish multiple assignments simultaneously under deadline pressure
*Oversee young staff and interns, cultivating improved writing and professionalism
*Shoot print-quality photographs with iPhone to supplement stories and news content
*Serve as face of organization at functions, like career days and service club meetings
*Supervise fundraising, budgeting and scheduling for high school athletic program
*Proficient in Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Quark Express
*Locate, collect, analyze pertinent information for a wide array of content, including
education, government, community and sports coverage
CAREER WORK EXPERIENCE
Sparks Tribune (Sparks, NV)
*Managing/Sports Editor -- Aug. 2012-to-Feb. 2015 and July 1999 to August 2001
- Managed all newsroom operations of former daily and now weekly newspaper,
including: supervising staff that has ranged from 5-to-10 employees, assigning story
ideas, editing all content, paginating newspaper, working with newspaper's management
team to continually evaluate long-term strategy for product
- Collected information and formulated news and sports stories for readers in the
Sparks, NV community.
- Wrote commentary/editorials, speaking for the newspaper and releasing its
views on a myriad of community issues
- Photographed images for the newspaper's hard copies and website and then
manipulated them with Adobe Photoshop for optimum visual appeal
- Managed project overseeing the newspaper's swap of website providers in early
months of 2014. Decisions included choosing designs and prioritizing content, surveyed a
variety of newspaper web sites from across the country, evaluating pros and cons of each
to find a provider that could offer the Sparks Tribune a user-friendly product that reached
its readers. The project saw website hits triple to more than 30,000 per month
- Implemented and promoted campaigns to cross promote newspaper, using
Facebook and Twitter, an effort which has seen the small newspaper reach more than
2,000 new readers and growing every day

2. *Sports Editor -- Aug. 2001-to-Aug. 2012 and Dec. 1996-to-July 1999
- Managed sports staff of up to 4 reporters and photographers, assigning stories,
editing all content for sports section and wrote content targeting high school, community
sports.
Moscow-Pullman Daily News (Moscow, ID)
*High School Sports Reporter -- Aug. 1996-to-Dec. 1996
- Provided sports news coverage of more than 20 high school athletic programs
for second- largest newspaper on Idaho panhandle
EDUCATION
University of Idaho
Bachelor of Science, Journalism and Mass Communication -- 1992-1996
- Sports Editor UI Argonaut student newspaper for 2 years
- Student Assistant UI Sports Information Dept. for 4 years
SECONDARY WORK EXPERIENCE / COMMUNITY SERVICE
*Youth Sports coach
- Coached varsity, JV and freshmen girls basketball at Spanish Springs High
School as well as middle school girls basketball at Shaw Middle School. Helped manage
program budget of up to $20,000. Initiated and continue to oversee all aspects of largest
girls or boys high school basketball tournament in northern Nevada
- Coached youth sports (flag football, baseball, basketball, soccer) for Boys &
Girls Club of Truckee Meadows, City of Sparks, Reno SportsDome, Spanish Springs Cal
Ripken, Spanish Springs Basketball Association, Sparks AYSO
- Coaching efforts have helped hundreds of Sparks-area youth learn values of
athletics while applying them to life lessons, ie. dealing with failure, using a never-quit
attitude in facing adversity and being a good teammate