Resume
KATHARINE LACKEY
klackey23@gmail.com
www.katharinelackey.com
EXPERIENCE
The News Leader, Staunton, Va.
June 2009 – present
• Copy Editor/Page designer: Designed pages and edited stories for a 20,000 circulation daily newspaper covering Augusta County, Va.; wrote headlines and cutlines; designed and edited weekly feature sections including those for entertainment, home and real estate and lifestyles; edited online versions of the stories; created graphics such as bar graphs and pie charts for some stories.
USA Today
October 2009-present
• Correspondent: Produced six to eight bylined stories each year for the nation’s highest circulation daily newspaper; provided feeds for Virginia for other reporters’ stories; sent weekly email with news tips, trends and story pitches; alerted USA Today to breaking news in Virginia.
May 2008-August 2008
• News Intern: Produced stories on national topics and trends; conducted research on trends; provided feeds to other reporters on a number of states; compiled and edited an ‘Across the USA’ chart for a special charity section; compiled a state-by-state look at bridge conditions a year after the Minneapolis bridge collapse; remained on the correspondents’ staff as a freelancer during the school year.
The Daily Collegian, State College, Pa.
September 2006–May 2008
• Copy Editor: Edited articles for style, grammar and content for a 20,000 circulation daily newspaper covering the Penn State community; fact checked all daily and special section stories; designed inside pages; wrote headlines and cutlines; published articles online
• Reporter: Wrote in-depth features and breaking news stories; interviewed prominent newsmakers including Valerie Plame Wilson and Sen. Barack Obama; localized national as well as state affairs and trends.
AARP.org
July-August 2007
• Editorial Intern: Generated feature ideas; edited text; researched topics of interest to the 50-plus demographic; helped set up video interviews; pitched stories.
EDUCATION
The Pennsylvania State University: Bachelor of Arts in Journalism; Minors in Animal Science and Equine Science; Major GPA: 3.65; Graduated May 2009
SKILLS
Proficient in basic HTML, Photoshop, Audacity, SoundSlides, Final Cut Express and Quark; Working knowledge of InDesign and Illustrator.
AWARDS
• Recipient of USA Today’s Hainer Award, which recognizes the paper’s best work each day, for a state-by-state bridge chart; honorable mention for two articles in one publication.
• 2009 Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Gold Circle Awards, 2nd place for personality profile for “Valerie Plame talks of future” feature published in February 2008.
• Society of Professional Journalists 2009 Region I Mark of Excellence, third place for feature photography
