niki doyle's resume
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ASHLEY (NIKI) DOYLE2317 S. Memorial Parkway Huntsville, Ala. 35801 256-532-2627
[email protected] www.nikidoyle.com
EDUCATIO N Auburn University Auburn, Ala.Graduated in May 2007 Bachelor of Arts
Major: Journalism Minor: BusinessOverall GPA: 3.80 Honors: Summa Cum Laude
EXPERIENCE The Huntsville Times Huntsville, Ala.
March 2009 Present Social Media Editor
Train newsroom staff to use our content management system (Moveable
Type Enterprise 4.2), Twitter and Facebook to share news items andinformation
Establish best practices for using social media to disseminate news
Monitor traffic to al.com and use analytics tools to determine popularcontent and refine best practices
Oversee content on the Huntsville section of al.com
Coordinate with other editors and reporters to create online extras
July 2007 March 2009 Crime and public safety reporter
Covered breaking news and worked on long-term projects
Served as city editor one weekend a month
Led the award-winning coverage of the murder of Huntsville police officerEric Freeman, one of only eight officers here to die in the line of duty since
the department was founded.
Established CrimeTrack, a blog dedicated to tracking crime in Huntsville
Sent text alerts of breaking news events as one of only two reporters
allowed to use this feature
Took photographs and shot and edited video for the Web
June 2007 July 2007 Intern
Hired within the first month of my internship
The Auburn Plainsman Auburn, Ala.
Aug. 2006 May 2007 Editor-in-ChiefJan. 2006 May 2006 Copy Editor
Aug. 2005 Dec. 2006 Associate Copy Editor
Dec. 2004 May 2005 Assistant Photo EditorSept. 2004 Nov. 2004 Campus, Sports and Photography volunteer
The paper placed second in the Best College Newspaper category in theSoutheast Journalism Conference Best of the South competition while I
was editor
Editor responsibilities included dictating the overall direction of aweekly paper, overseeing a 27-person staff and serving as the final
say on content and budget decisions for a financially independent
college newspaper
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Other responsibilities: Wrote stories and columns, shot photos,edited copy and paginated using QuarkXPress and InDesign
EXPERIENCE The Birmingham News Birmingham, Ala.
May 2006 Aug. 2006 News Intern Worked as a general assignment reporter
Responsibilities included reporting, writing and editing
Wrote breaking news stories and worked on long-term projects
TimesDaily Florence, Ala.
May 2005 June 2005 News Intern
May 2004 Nov. 2004 Sports InternOct. 2002 March 2003 Staff Writer
Worked as an unpaid intern in all editorial departments, including copy
Wrote sports, features and news stories; shot most photos for stories Shot photos of Auburn football games after returning to college
Wrote for the td extreme, the papers high school page
The Prep Sports Reporter Rogersville, Ala.
Sept. 2002 Nov. 2002 Staff Writer
Worked as reporter and photographer
Featured reporter of the week for the first publication
The East Lauderdale News Rogersville, Ala.
April 2002 May 2003 Photographer
Shot photographs of local events
Worked with one other photographer to shoot the 2002 and 2003editions of the East Lauderdale News Vacation Guide
ACTIVITIES Society of Professional JournalistsAuburn Chapter President (2006-2007), Vice President (spring 2006)
AW ARDS First place, Best Non-Deadline Reporting2008 Alabama Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) Awards
First place, Best Deadline Reporting
2007 Alabama APME AwardsFirst place, Best News Reporter
2006 Southeast Journalism Conference Best of the South competition
First place in region, Online Reporting
2005 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards
Overall Winner (best entry) 2002 Alabama Scholastic Press Association contest
First place photography portfolio 2002 ASPA contestThird place photography portfolio 2003 ASPA contest2002 Special Merit Award in Layout & Design, Walsworth Publishing Company
SCH O LARSH IPS Full tuition freshman academic scholarship (2003-2007)
Boone Scholarship for Journalism Excellence, full tuition (2006-2007)
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Lynne Hopkins Memorial Scholarship (2006-2007)
Decatur Daily/Barrett C. Shelton full tuition journalism scholarship (2005-2006)
HO NO RS Mortar Board honor society
Phi Kappa Phi honor societyGolden Key International Honour Society
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Alpha Theta Chi honor society
University Honors College, 1 semesterThe Chancellors List, 2 semesters
The National Deans List, 3 semesters
CO MPUTER Proficient in Adobe PageMaker, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Word, Comet,
SK I L L S Microsoft Excel, Photoshop 7.0, Moveable Type, Wordpress, NewsEditPro
(Baseview)
Working knowledge in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop CS4 and Final Cut Pro
Working knowledge in HTML and CSS
Have used Twitter and Facebook to promote newspaper Web sites
Able to record, edit and upload video and audio to the Web
REFERENCES Available on request