This document provides a summary of Nathan Mihelich's professional experience and education. Some of his professional experiences include working as a reporter and weekend assignment editor for WLOX News in Biloxi, Mississippi, where he covered spot news, features and live reports. He also worked as an embedded reporter with the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion in Iraq and Kuwait. For education, he received a BA in Communication and Journalism from Northern Illinois University. His honors and activities include being a finalist for an Aegis Award for video production and earning honors from NIU for excellence in debate.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nathan Mihelich
Reporter & Weekend Assignment Editor! quot;##quot;$Present!
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
Nathan Mihelich
WLOX News %&' Biloxi' Mississippi! Spot news' feature and
NATHAN MIHELICH Continued... live reporter' thriving in tight deadline situations! I
enterprise stories' maintain contacts in multiple communities'
248 DeBuys Rd. Apt #159 • Finalist: Aegis Award' carry heavy story loads and perform live shots when
Recognizing Excellence in Video necessary! As the weekend assignment editor' my job is to
Biloxi, Mississippi 39531 and Film Production' quot;##%; plan for the weekend coverage and find unique local stories
Phone: 228-385-3022 Honorable Mention: The to satisfy our viewer for myself and four other reporters! I
report the news of the day' make beat calls' listen to the
Communicator! Awarded for
Email: amihelich5@aol.com scanners' check the wires' and read the papers for news
excellence in video production'
opportunities!
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• Editor of the Year: NIU School
Embedded Reporter! March$April quot;##&! for WLOX News %&'
of Journalism' DeKalb' Illinois'
Biloxi' Mississippi! Naval Mobile Construction Battalion %&&!
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Iraq' Kuwait! traveled with the battalion to provide in$depth
• O'Connell Forensics Award:
coverage on the work of the Navy Sea Bees! Met the
NIU Department of challenge to tell stories that were interesting and intimate
Communication' DeKalb' Illinois! while at the same time representing the appropriate scope'
For excellence participating on perspective and honesty of the events!
the inter$collegiate debate team'
quot;##%! Reporter/Photographer/Fill$In Sports Anchor! quot;##%$quot;##quot;!
WLOX' Newswatch %&' Biloxi' Mississippi! Able to gather'
• Team Captain: NIU Debate
compile and present video from many different sources!
Team' DeKalb' Illinois' quot;###–
Developed and presented story ideas for broadcast' while
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keeping up with current events! Ensured the accuracy of
• %(th Place in the Nation:
news' and made stories internet$interactive whenever
American Debate Association'
possible! Edited daily packages on digital non$linear editing
Clarion' Pennsylvania' quot;##%!
computers!
• Undergraduate Research Fellow:
NIU College of Liberal Arts and
EDUCATION
Sciences' Dekalb' Illinois' quot;### •
B! A!' Double major in Communication and Journalism!
quot;##%! Research apprentice to a
Northern Illinois University' DeKalb' Illinois! quot;##%!
NIU journalism professor' quot;###–
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HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
• Scholarship: NIU Department of
• First Place $ Mississippi AP Broadcasters Association
Communication' Dekalb' llinois!
Competition' June' quot;##!
Tuition scholarship for
• Certificate of Recognition $ City of Gulfport' Mississippi'
participating on the NIU
April quot;##' quot;In sincere Appreciation for continued
intercolegiate debate team'
support' assistance' and cooperation toward enhancing
%**( – quot;##%! the quality of life in Gulfport' Mississippi!quot;