1. EMILY PENNINGTON
e.r.pennington@gmail.com :: 972.948.7953 :: www.twitter.com/emilypennington
www.emilyinhongkong.wordpress.com :: www.doimakemyselfclear.blogspot.com
EDUCATION
University of Texas, Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Austin, 2010, GPA 3.5
JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
2009 - present, Freelance Work, Writer
The Texas Independent, “San Antonio tea partiers enthusiastic about dark horse Trotter for Congress,
quiet on Canseco”, a three part story on the congressional races in San Antonio
Austin American Statesman (Circulation 140,602), “Radio Station’s classic style keeps technology
manager busy”, a 500 word profile of a local professional
2009 - 2010 Our Campus & Longhorn Life (Circulation 48,000), Student Editor
First undergraduate student to hold Student Editor position
Improved the Longhorn Life publication by creating reoccurring departments for each issue rather than
featuring random topics chosen as in prior issues
Composed feature stories, blurbs and sidebars, and for each issue
Recruited new writers and edit their incoming articles
Improved the communication flow between writers and editors by creating an efficient hierarchy of
editors
Created story ideas for each issue
Approved page layouts before print date
Summer 2009 Austin Monthly (Circulation +130,000), Intern
Fact checked stories for inconsistencies and errors
Researched topics for stories written by editors or staff writers
Wrote blurbs for the Style and Events section
Interviewed sources
Took initiative to come up with story ideas and present them to editors
Completed a digital archival project of every issue published
2008-2010 The Daily Texan Supplements (Circulation 48,000), Contributing Writer
Researched topics and came up with ideas for stories
Wrote 500-1500 word features
Interviewed sources
Promoted to editor for Our Campus and Longhorn Life
LANGUAGE
Spanish: Conversational, reading and writing
German: Beginner, reading, writing
SKILLS
Computer: Audacity, LexisNexis, Excel, PowerPoint, FileMaker Pro, Mac OS X and Outlook
Editing: AP writing style, Final Cut Pro and basic HTML
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Politics, Film/Literature, Travel, Social Media, Art/Entertainment
